Meaning of knight service | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The military service a knight owed to his chief lord as a condition of holding title to his lands and rank.
   historical, uncountable
2. Synonym of knight's fee, the system of land tenure based on such service.
   historical, uncountable

Examples

“Land became fully devisable with the abolition of knight-service in 1660, but magnates continued to inherit property which was tied up in strict settlements, giving the current representative of the family no more than a life-tenancy.”

“If they were not heiresses, a lord's daughters were sometimes married off to his knights, but the latter […] might well need an incentive such as a cash payment, land or a reduction in their knight service.”

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