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ˈknight-ˌservice
Also knight's service.
1. Under the Feudal System: The military service which a knight was bound to render as a condition of holding his lands; hence, the tenure of land under the condition of performing military service.
α1439Rolls of Parlt. V. 31/2 Eny of youre said Comunes, holdyng of you by Knyghtes service. c1500Corte Barune in Book of Brome 155 If they holde be skwage, that is knytes serwyce. 1513More in Grafton Chron. (1568) II. 774 He hath nothing by dissent holden by knightes service, but by socage. 1628Coke On Litt. i. 74 Tenure by homage, fealty & Escuage, is to hold by Knights Seruice.
βc1500Corte Barune in Book of Brome 155 The chylde..þat holdith be þat tenuer of knyte serwisse. 1523Fitzherb. Surv. 11 b, What fees they holde..and wheder it be by socage or by knight seruyce. 1767Blackstone Comm. II. v. 63 This tenure of knight-service had all the marks of a strict and regular feud. 1874Stubbs Const. Hist. I. x. 305 As a special boon to tenants by knight-service, their demesne lands are freed from all demands except service in the field. 1876Digby Real Prop. i. 39 Tenure per militiam, in chivalry or by knight-service.
2. fig. Such service as is rendered by a knight; hence, good service.
αa1716South Serm. VI. vi. (R.), He [the devil] never knights any one, but he expects more than knights-service from him in return.
β1675tr. Machiavelli's Prince (1883) 263, I have done you knight-service. 1874T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd I. xxv. 283 Doing the mistress of the farm real knight-service by this voluntary contribution of his labour. |