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WESTMINSTER ABBEY. 51
Mereton, Merton, or Mordune, in the county of Surry. This manor was con-
firmed by Edward the Confessor, in whose charter it is mentioned as containing
twenty hides. Several privileges were afterwards added to it by the same prince,
and it received a final confirmation from William the Conqueror.
Pereham, Perham, or Parham, containing seven hides of land, received also
the confirmation of Edward the Confessor. That monarch is also said to have
increased the value of Dunstan's gift, by certain privileges and exemptions. In
a subsequent charter of King Stephen, it is called, with an added confirmation,
the manor of Perham.
Cowell and Etvell. The latter received the Confessor's confirmation; in which
it is represented as containing two hides. It was favoured also with various exemp-
tions and privileges from the same royal bounty. v
Sceperton, or Sheperton, in the county of Middlesex: a possession of eight
hides of land, confirmed by a charter of Edward the Confessor, with a grant of
extensive privileges. Henry I. favoured it also with an additional confirmation.
It is mentioned in Dunstan's charter, that the Bishop of Winchester, of that
period, gave ten houses.
It is also stated, that Welroys, one of the king's knights, gave the sum of one
hundred and eighty pounds, and three casatas, or houses, to this church.
On the death of Edgar, his son Edward succeeded to the throne, for which
he was in a great measure indebted to the courage and popular influence of Dun-
stan. It is natural, therefore, to consider him as a probable benefactor to the
Church of Westminster, which was such a distinguished object of that prelate's
regard. Accordingly there appears, in a charter of the Confessor, a confirma-
tion of grants made to it by the young king, though they are not particularly
specified.
The following places, however, are supposed to have been given by him, or his
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Mereton, Merton, or Mordune, in the county of Surry. This manor was con-
firmed by Edward the Confessor, in whose charter it is mentioned as containing
twenty hides. Several privileges were afterwards added to it by the same prince,
and it received a final confirmation from William the Conqueror.
Pereham, Perham, or Parham, containing seven hides of land, received also
the confirmation of Edward the Confessor. That monarch is also said to have
increased the value of Dunstan's gift, by certain privileges and exemptions. In
a subsequent charter of King Stephen, it is called, with an added confirmation,
the manor of Perham.
Cowell and Etvell. The latter received the Confessor's confirmation; in which
it is represented as containing two hides. It was favoured also with various exemp-
tions and privileges from the same royal bounty. v
Sceperton, or Sheperton, in the county of Middlesex: a possession of eight
hides of land, confirmed by a charter of Edward the Confessor, with a grant of
extensive privileges. Henry I. favoured it also with an additional confirmation.
It is mentioned in Dunstan's charter, that the Bishop of Winchester, of that
period, gave ten houses.
It is also stated, that Welroys, one of the king's knights, gave the sum of one
hundred and eighty pounds, and three casatas, or houses, to this church.
On the death of Edgar, his son Edward succeeded to the throne, for which
he was in a great measure indebted to the courage and popular influence of Dun-
stan. It is natural, therefore, to consider him as a probable benefactor to the
Church of Westminster, which was such a distinguished object of that prelate's
regard. Accordingly there appears, in a charter of the Confessor, a confirma-
tion of grants made to it by the young king, though they are not particularly
specified.
The following places, however, are supposed to have been given by him, or his
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