This is done as a substitute for the common law rights of dower and curtesy. Dowry contrasts with the related concepts of bride price and dower. Among the tribes of the American Plains, a combination of dower and dowry was used. Most of her dower estates were granted from lands previously held by Edith of Wessex. Edward II gave several of her dower lands to the favourite, including Berkhamsted Castle. Slaves could be given as property (dower) during marriage. Multiple generations of dower slaves were born at Mount Vernon. To this could be added lands donated in the form of a dower. Washington owned 124 slaves, leased 40, and held 153 for his wife's dower interest. By 1799, 153 slaves at Mount Vernon were part of this dower property. Of that total, he owned 124, leased 40 and controlled 153 dower slaves. Muhammad gave Zaynab a dower of 400 "dirhams". Berengaria eventually settled in Le Mans, one of her dower properties. In all these cases, the father might dower her. Bill hides his costume in an oak dower chest.