{{short description|English Archdeacon}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Roger Alley | office1 = Rector & Vicar of Pyworthy | term_start1 = 1581 | term_end1 = 1610 | office2 = Archdeacon of Cornwall | term_start2 = 13 October 1563 | term_end2 = 1563 (deprived) | birth_date = 1535 | birth_place = Devon, Kingdom of England | death_date = 1610 | death_place = Kingdom of England | occupation = Archdeacon, Vicar | parents = William Alley | relatives = Alley Family | known_for = | rank = | battles = }}
'''Roger Alley''' (1535–1610) was an English Archdeacon of Cornwall who was deprived of his duties by his father William Alley, who thought his appointment was too premature. He later served as a Vicar and Rector for Pyworthy.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Register of the Rectors, Fellows, and Other Members on the Foundation of Exeter College, Oxford |author=Rev. Charles William Boase |year=1894 |publisher=Clarendon Press |location=Oxford |url=https://archive.org/stream/b24879277/b24879277_djvu.txt |access-date=6 April 2026}}</ref>
== Life == Roger Alley was born in 1535 to William Alley, who was later Bishop of Exeter. His grandfather was William Alley (mayor), his great-grandfather was John Alley (mayor), and his great-great-grandfather was Richard Alley (sheriff). Roger became Archdeacon of Cornwall in 1563 but was deprived of his position by his father some short time later that same year.<ref>{{Cite book |title=The Visitations of the County of Devon Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564, & 1620 |editor=Lt.-Col. J. L. Vivian |year=1895 |publisher=H. S. Eland |location=Exeter |url=https://archive.org/details/visitationsofcou00lpos |access-date=6 April 2026}}</ref> His father, William Alley, thought his son's appointment to the position of Archdeacon of Cornwall was too premature, and that his son was not ready yet for such a role.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Lives of the Bishops of Exeter |author=John Le Neve|year=1861 |publisher= Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |url=https://archive.org/download/cu31924029445180/cu31924029445180.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{cite DNB|wstitle= Alley, William |volume= 01 |last= Cooper |first= Thompson |author-link= Thompson Cooper| pages= 326-327 |short=1}}</ref>
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