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Knight's service   /naɪts sˈərvəs/   Listen
Knight's service

noun
1.
Land tenure by service to the lord as a knight.





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"Knight's service" Quotes from Famous Books



... see people promote that in others which they themselves do not choose to practise? We consider matrimony as absolutely necessary to the good of society; it is a general duty; but as, according to all ancient tenures, those obliged to perform knight's service, might, if they chose to enjoy their own firesides, be excused by sending deputies to supply their places; so we, using the same privilege substitute many others, and certainly much more promote wedlock than we could do by entering into it ourselves. This may wear the appearance ...
— A Description of Millenium Hall • Sarah Scott
... I do knight's service owe, And therefore now he hath my wit in ward; But while it [i.e. the poet's wit] is in his tuition so Methinks he doth intreat [i.e. treat] it passing hard . . . But why should love after minority (When I have passed the one ...
— A Life of William Shakespeare - with portraits and facsimiles • Sidney Lee
... of those who restored the House of Stuart unjustly censured Abolition of Tenures by Knight Service; Disbandment of the Army Disputes between the Roundheads and Cavaliers renewed Religious Dissension Unpopularity of the Puritans Character of Charles II Character of the Duke of York and Earl of Clarendon ...
— The History of England from the Accession of James II. - Volume 1 (of 5) • Thomas Babington Macaulay


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