Brewer's: Knight's Fee

A portion of land held by custom, sufficient to maintain a knight to do service as such for the king. William the Conqueror created 60,000 such fees when he came to England. All who had 20 a year in lands or income were compelled to be knights.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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