Theodosia Alleine

Theodosia Alleine (d. 1685) was an English nonconformist writer.

Life Theodosia was born in Ditcheat, Somerset, in about 1635. She was the daughter of a Richard Alleine and a Lettice Gough. Richard was born in Ditcheat in 1610, where his father, another Richard Alleine, was the rector of St Mary Magdalene. Lettice Gough was born in 1611 in Oxford. They were married at St Mary Magdalene Ditcheat with Richard’s father officiating. Richard assisted his father as the curate of St Mary Magdalene until in 1640, when he was made rector in his own right at Batcombe, Somerset. After the Restoration her father and his brother became non-conformist ministers. Alleine accepted the offer and the marriage was arranged. Theodosia is presumed to be his cousin but it is not known how close a cousin she was. and she was credited when it was published as An Account of the Life and Death of That Excellent Minister of Christ, the Rev. Joseph Alleine. Written by Richard Baxter, Theodosia Alleine, and Other Persons, to Which are Added His Christian Letters. Her husband was buried in his church in Taunton and Theodosia remarried.