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Granting Power and Crown Lands in English History
A correspondent argues against royal grants to favorites and urges converting Crown lands into public wealth. He cites the New Forest in Hampshire, proposing parcels rented for farming to boost the Exchequer, reduce waste, and aid the poor, with emphasis on improving seaboard tracts and avoiding detours from the Crown’s dignity. He recalls William the Conqueror and questions the efficiency of current Crown waste.
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Hamphire
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Winchester
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New Forrest
William the Conqueror