STEVENAGE, (Hertfordshire) 2 m. N. of Knebworth, 7 m. W. from Buntingford, 28 cm. 31 mm. from London, whose Ch. stands on
a hill, bel. to the Saxon Ks. till Edward the Confessor granted it to Westminster-abbey; but after the Diss. Edw. VI.
settled it on the Bps. of London, who have enjoyed it since, paying 100 l. a year into the exchequer. K. James I. granted
it a Mt. on M. and Fairs on the Fr. before Palm-Sunday, Ascension-day, and St. Swithin's. K. Will. and Q. Mary changed the
Mt. to F. Here is an almsh. or hos. founded in the R. of Henry VII. by Stephen Hilliard, called All-Christian-Souls-House,
and a grammar fr. sc. which was founded in the R. of Philip and Mary, by Thomas Allen, a clergyman, besides several other
funds of charity. This is a great thoroughfare in the north coach-road from London, both for people and cattle, to and
from Hartford, Hitchin, Baldock, &c.