STAGNO, (Hertfordshire) is in the p. of Pauls-Walden, which is in Caisho-H. but lies in the half-H. of Hitchin, where it
is charged with all parliamentary and extraordinary taxes. The manor bel. formerly to the Pilkingtons, till forfeited in
1487 to the crown, by Sir Thomas's adherence to Lambert Simnel, the pretended Plantagenet, and granted to George Ld.
Strange, son to the E. of Derby, who sold it to Rich. Godfrey; in which family it continued 2 or 3 generations, till it
was sold to Richard Hale of King's-Walden; whose descendant, Sir John Hale, built the manor-house about 1650. It went by
marriage of his daughter to Sir John Austin; whose son, Sir Robert, sold it to the late Robt. Heysham.