Complex sentence: This was one of the 35 lordships bestowed upon the earl Ferrers by the Conqueror who later ceded Orton (Overton) and Morebarne to the Cistercian abbey of Merevale.
Split into simpler sentences: This was one of the 35 lordships bestowed upon the earl Ferrers by the Conqueror. Ferrers ceded Orton (Overton) to the Cistercian abbey of Merevale.