John Aleyn ( fl. 1360s; died 1373) was a

Canon of Windsor The Dean and Canons of Windsor are the ecclesiastical body of St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle. Foundation The college of canons was established in 1348 by Letters Patent of King Edward III. It was formally constituted on the feast of ...

from 1362 to 1368''Fasti Wyndesorienses'', May 1950. S. L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle and

Archdeacon of Suffolk The Archdeacon of Suffolk is a senior cleric in the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich. The archdeacon is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy in the territory of the archdeaconry. History Originally in the Dioceses of No ...

from 1368 to 1373.

Career

He was appointed: *Rector of Chelmondiston, Suffolk until 1362 *Rector of Otteford, until 1368 *Rector of Wederingsete *Rector of Bradstede *

1368 - 1373 *Canon and Prebendary of Wells He was appointed to the second stall in

St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle in England is a castle chapel built in the late-medieval Perpendicular Gothic style. It is both a Royal Peculiar (a church under the direct jurisdiction of the monarch) and the Chapel of the Order of the Gar ...

in 1362 and held it until his death in 1373. He may well be the same person as the composer

Johannes Alanus Johannes Alanus () was an English composer. He wrote the motet '' Sub arturo plebs/Fons citharizancium/In omnem terram''. Also attributed to him are the songs "Min frow, min frow" and "Min herze wil all zit frowen pflegen", both lieds, and "S'en ...

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Canons of Windsor Archdeacons of Suffolk 1373 deaths {{RC-clergy-stub