Simplify the following text for a Grade 8 native English-speaking person.
Original: MoÅ ovce first developed as a royal settlement with a free advocacy , and from the middle the 14th century as a privileged town subjected to the royal castle of Blatnica .
Simplified: MoÅ ovce was at first a royal village , and in about 1350 changed into a privileged town , which belonged to the royal castle of Blatnica .