Knight's fee

Noun

Définitions

1.NounA kind of land tenure requiring military service to the land's chief lord as an obligation to maintain possession.

2.NounThe 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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