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A knight's fee could be created by the king himself or by one of his tenants-in-chief by separating off an area of land from his own demesne (land held in-hand), which process when performed by the latter was known as subinfeudation, and establishing therein a new manor for the use of a knight who would by the process of enfeoffment become his tenant by paying homage and fealty to his new ...
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Knight's Fee is a children's historical novel written by Rosemary Sutcliff, first published in 1960.It is set in and around the South Downs in England, near the towns of Steyning and Arundel in West Sussex and covers the period 1094–1106, some 30–40 years after the Norman conquest of England in 1066.
Knights fee may refer to: Knight's fee, a unit measure of land deemed sufficient to support a knight in feudal England; Knight's Fee ...
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The knights owed the king military service in return. The knights were allowed to "buy out" of the military service by paying scutage (a term derived from Latin scutum, "shield"). As time passed the kings began to impose a scutage on holders of knight's fees, whether or not the holder was actually a knight.
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In feudal Anglo-Norman England and Ireland, a knight's fee was a unit measure of land deemed sufficient to support a knight, and it is known that, "John de Gateford, in the 6th year of Edward III (1333), held the fourth part of a knight’s fee in Gateford." Thomas de Gayteford held the manor of Gayteford, in the 40th year of the same reign (1367).