ALLEN or ALLEYN, THOMAS (1542-163 2 ), English mathematician, was born at Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, Dec. 21, 1542, and died Sept. 3o, 1632. He was educated at Oxford, and found patrons in Henry Percy, 8th earl of Northumberland and Robert Dudley, earl of Leicester. He was on intimate terms with Sir Robert Cotton, William Camden, and their antiquarian associ ates. His great skill in mathematics and astrology earned him the credit of being a magician; and the author of Leicester's Common wealth accused him of employing the art of "figuring" to further the earl of Leicester's unlawful designs, and of endeavouring by the black art to bring about a match between his patron and Queen Elizabeth. Much of Allen's collection of old manuscripts was presented to the Bodleian library by Sir Kenelm Digby.