Shepton v Dogge (1442) B&M 390[1] is an old English contract law case, concerning the action for debt, and exemplifying the manner in which litigants had to make claims in deceit, or other forms of action that were recognised by the primitive legal system.
She took the money, but then conveyed the land to a third party.
This would have meant actions in covenant did not require documents under a seal.
The normal remedy would be specific performance.
Moreover, if one had put it out of their power to perform, they would be imprisoned until they could repay.