Ceremonies of property transfer

[PETERSR@spiegel.becltd.com (Peters, Rise J.)]

Poster: PETERSR@spiegel.becltd.com (Peters, Rise J.)

I'm looking for information regarding the medieval ceremony for transfer of 
property rights (I believe this was "transfer of seisen," and that the 
estate was "fee simple," but I'm not sure) that involved handing over a 
clump of dirt.  (It's amazing what your mundane friends ask you about once 
they know what you do for fun.)  In particular, I'd like to know not only 
the nature of the estate involved, but also:  (1) the ceremonial details: 
 who had to be present, who could be represented by proxies; (2) was there a 
writing involved and if so what did it look like; and (3) was there a 
specific spoken form and if so what wording was required?  Plus, anything 
else one would want to know in order to replicate a ceremonial, effective 
medieva
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