WALKERN, (Hertfordshire) on the Beane r. to the E. of Stevenage, was purchased of Sir Edward Howard in the R. of Henry VII. by Sir William Capel, from whom it descended to his posterity, the Earls of Essex. Here is a park and lodge. Jane Wenman, who was tried in this Co. about 50 years ago for a witch, and convicted by the jury, contrary to the express directions of judge Powel, who therefore got a reprieve for her, lived here several years on an allowance from the p.