Sir Alexander Iden (c. 1420 – 19 November, 1457) was the High Sheriff of Kent in 1456 and was a custodian of Rochester Castle.

On 10 July 1450 Henry VI issued a proclamation offering "1,000 marks" for Cade's capture, dead or alive.

[2] It is written that Cade's injuries that he suffered from his capture were so severe, that he passed away before the group could return to London on July 15.

However, it could be safe to assume that he would have been in support of the House of Lancaster as he stopped Jack Cade's Rebellion and he would take the position of High Sherrif of Kent under the crown in 1456.

This version of events could have been made popular by William Shakespeare's 1591 historical play, Henry VI, Part 2.