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knight's fee1387
Under the Feudal System: The amount of land for which the services of an armed knight were due to the sovereign.
knightly feea1640
Of things, actions, etc.: Of, belonging to, suitable, or appropriate to a knight. †knightly fee = knight's fee, n.