Thanks, Paul! Next question (I'm full of them!) Can anyone explain he difference between an "indenture of bargain & sale" and "an indenture of feoffment". Sometimes the record said "indenture of feoffment with livery of seizin". I'm familiar with the livery of seizin part - it's the difference between bargain & sale and feoffment that I can't figure out. I have found these expressions numerous times in the Lunenburg Order Books - in many cases I have found the deeds they are referring to. Surely there is some difference, but I haven't been able to determine what it is, even with the deeds to compare. Some of the definitions I've found for feoffment relate to inherited land, but the corresponding deeds indicate the land was sold for money, not inherited - unless maybe the grantor had inherited it previously. I think with a little rummaging through papers I can come up with the deeds and the corresponding order book records as examples if needed.