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