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.

In theory, a fief which provided sufficient revenue to equip and support one knight, which was approximately 12 hides or 1,500 acres (although the term applies more to revenue a fief could generate than its size).

In theory, a fief which provides sufficient revenue to equip and support one knight. This is approximately twelve hides or 1500 acres, although the terms applies more to revenue a fief can generate than its size; it requires about thirty marks per year to support a knight. (MEDIEV-L. Medieval Terms) A fief owing the service of one knight: notionally an estate providing sufficient revenue for the maintenance of one knight, but the size varied widely. In practice, the knight's fee became a unit of assessment to services and taxes, large fiefs being reckoned at multiples, and tiny fiefs at fractions, of the "kinght's fee". (Warren, W.L. Henry II, 635) Related terms: Knight / Knight Service

an area of land charged with the maintenance of one knight for knight service.

Knights were the fighting men who came with the Conquerer. They were rewarded with grants of lands (knight's fees) which they held either directly from the King or, more often, through his barons.

In theory, a Fief which provided sufficient revenue to equip and support one knight. This was approximately twelve hides or 1500 acres, although the terms applied more to revenue a fief could generate than its size; it required about thirty marks per year to support a knight.

Knight's fee was a feudal term used in medieval England and Anglo-Norman Ireland to describe the value of land.