ALDENHAM, a parish in the hundred of CASHIO,
or liberty of ST-ALBANS, county of HERTFORD, 2 miles
(N. E. by E.) from Watford, containing, with the hamlet
of Theobald-Street, which is in the hundred of Dacorum,
1399 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage, in the
archdeaconry of Huntingdon, and diocese of Lincoln,
rated in the king's books at £24, and in the patronage
of the Trustees of P. Thelluson, Esq. The church,
dedicated to St. John the Baptist, is built in the early-
English style. In the 31st of Elizabeth, Richard Platt
founded and endowed six almshouses, also a free grammar
school for sixty children, to be chosen from among
the poor of Aldenham and the families of freemen of
the Brewers' Company, London; and, in default of the
full number of scholars from Aldenham, the choice to
be extended to the adjacent parishes, the children of
the founder's name and kin to have the preference.
The Master and Wardens of the Brewers' Company are
the governors, and elect the master, who must have
taken the degree of M.A. The annual income of the
whole charity is £857. 4. 6.; of this sum the master
receives £80 per annum, with a rent-free residence and
a supply of coal, and the usher £40; forty-five boys
are taught on the foundation.