▁time ▁with ▁the ▁Sy on ▁House ▁group ▁around ▁the ▁Earl ; ▁he ▁became ▁acquaint ed ▁with ▁Thomas ▁Har ri ot , ▁John ▁De e , ▁and ▁other ▁mathemat icians . ▁He ▁also ▁knew ▁well ▁Sir ▁Robert ▁Cot ton , ▁William ▁Cam den , ▁and ▁their ▁anti qu arian ▁associ ates . ▁He ▁pointed ▁out ▁the ▁historian ▁ Æ th el we ard ▁( F ab ius ▁Qu a est or ) ▁to ▁Cam den . ▁ ▁Ast ro lo ger ▁Allen ▁was ▁noted ▁as ▁ast ro lo ger ▁to ▁Robert ▁D ud ley , ▁ 1 st ▁Earl ▁of ▁Le ic ester , ▁as ▁De e ▁was ▁for ▁Queen ▁Elizabeth . ▁F oster ▁bel ieves ▁Allen ▁probably ▁met ▁Le ic ester ▁through ▁Lady ▁P au let , ▁wife ▁of ▁Hugh ▁P au let , ▁n ée ▁Elizabeth ▁Bl ount , ▁who ▁was ▁the ▁wid ow ▁of ▁Sir ▁Thomas ▁Pope , ▁the ▁founder ▁of ▁Tr inity ▁College , ▁Oxford . ▁ ▁There ▁is ▁a ▁surv iving ▁ 6 2 - page ▁hor os cope ▁cast ▁for ▁the ▁te en age ▁Philip ▁Sid ney ▁in ▁the ▁Ash m ole ▁manuscript s ▁in ▁the ▁Bod le ian ▁Library , ▁in ▁the ▁period ▁ 1 5 7 0 – 2 ▁when ▁he ▁was ▁studying ▁at ▁Oxford , ▁where ▁Le ic ester ▁was ▁Chan cell or , ▁and ▁it ▁has ▁been ▁attributed ▁to ▁Allen ; ▁the ▁case ▁has ▁also ▁been ▁made ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁by ▁De e . ▁A ▁link ▁between ▁the ▁two ▁is ▁that ▁Edward ▁K elle