Peter Allix (priest) explained

(John) Peter Allix,^[1] D.D. (22 August 1679 – 11 January 1758) was an Anglican dean in the early 18th century.^[2]

Allix was born in Alençon and graduated from Queens' College, Cambridge in 1703. From 1705 to 1714, he was a Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge.^[3] He held livings at Swaffham,^[4] Fordham and Dry Drayton. He was Dean of Gloucester from 1729 until 1730; and Dean of Ely^[5] from then until his death in Castle Camps.^[6]

Notes and References

1. https://www.geni.com/people/Very-Rev-John-Allix-DD/6000000019508553532 Geni
2. https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:Fasti_ecclesiae_Anglicanae_Vol.1_body_of_work.djvu/487 Fasti ecclesiae Anglicanae Vol.1 p. 445
3. [Alumni Cantabrigienses|Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900]
4. https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1000396 Historic England
5. "Magna Britannia: pt. 1. Cambridgeshire. pt. 2. The county palatine of Chester" Lysons, S. p. 262 London; T.Cadell and W.Davies; 1808
6. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/fasti-ecclesiae/1541-1847/vol7/pp10-12#s1 Deans, pp. 10–12, Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857: Volume 7, Ely, Norwich, Westminster and Worcester Dioceses. Institute of Historical Research, London, 1992