hide{1}(b) or less, sometimes six or more hides.' name='description'> knight's fee - definition and meaning

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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • (Feudal Law) The fee of a knight; specif., the amount of land the holding of which imposed the obligation of knight service, being sometimes a hide{1}(b) or less, sometimes six or more hides.

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