knight's fee

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knight's fee

noun knights' fees

historical A kind of land tenure requiring military service to the land's chief lord as an obligation to maintain possession.
historical The specific amount of land giving rise to such requirements generally, being sometimes a hide or less and sometimes six or more hides.

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@misc{knight_s_fee_2026,
  title = {knight's fee},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/knight's%20fee},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}