Feoffee

Ok kiddo, let's talk about something called "feoffee". You know when you have something that belongs to you, like a toy or a book? Well, back in olden times, people had something similar called "land" which meant a big piece of ground that they could use for farming or living on.

Feoffees were the people who owned and looked after this land. They were responsible for making sure that the land was used properly and taken care of. Sometimes, they would give parts of this land to other people to use as well. This was called "feoffment".

Now, feoffees also had some special powers. They could transfer the ownership of the land to someone else, like a new feoffee, or even to a church or other organization. They could also pass down the land to their children or other family members through something called "entailment".

But the thing is, all of this was a long time ago and now we don't really use the word "feoffee" anymore. Instead, we have something called "property ownership" which means that people can own all sorts of things, like houses or cars or even land. And they don't need to have a special title like "feoffee" to do it.

So, in summary, feoffees were people who owned and took care of land a long time ago, and had special powers to transfer the ownership of that land to others. But nowadays, we just use the term "property ownership" and don't really use the word "feoffee" anymore.