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was laid in 1597, at Boyden's Hill, Aldenham. By a deed dated 18 January 1599, Platt endowed two charities, the grammar school and six almshouses, with land at
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Sir Hugh Plat: the Search for Useful
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Platt married Alice, a daughter of John
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