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The respectful term "lord" refers to anyone at any rank in the feudal system who has vassals of his own - even the poorest knight might have a servant who would call him "lord".
The feudal system is based on all land being owned by the king or by the Church as an institution. The king allowed his earls to hold huge swathes of this land; they in tern allowed barons to hold land from them; the barons might have several lower-ranking knights holding parcels of land from them and all these "lords" (for every one of them was addressed as such) had peasants to do all the manual work who would be given small sections of land in return for rents and services.
So "lord" does not signify any particular level in this hierarchy - every nobleman at every level was a lord.
Each wealthy knight was assessed according to his wealth, property and the total area of lands he held - this was expressed as the "knight's fee". For example in 1135 the important knight Richard Basset held 184.25 carucates of land, which was assessed as being 15 knight's fees. In 1166 the Lincolnshire baron Lambert de Scoteny held 16.25 carucates of land, assessed at 10 knight's fees.
As part of their feudal obligations, Richard Basset was required to provided 15 fully-equipped knights and Lambert de Scoteny 10, or the financial equivalent, if called upon by the king. If they chose to pay money instead of providing the full quota of knights, this was called scutage (shield-money).
So the answer is that a "lord" at any level in the feudal hierarchy was assessed according to his land holdings and he might have 20 or more knight's fees - or just 1 (himself), but these could be just theoretical knights who were represented by a cash payment instead.
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A servant of a king or lord?
knights
What made a knight most valuable to a lord?
A knight was very valuable to a lord because knights had to follow a set of rules called chivalry which said that knights had to support their lords in battle no matter what and had to obey their lords. In return, the lords gave knights land where peasants farmed and they had to pay the knight that owned the land. But at the same time, knights also had to pay their lord.
What was the relationship between a lords and knights in the middle ages?
well for what i know the lords respected the knights but they were above them in the heirarchy. Knights were respected by all even the king and queen because they were the ones who went to fight for them. hope this helps
What is the feudal order?
the order is king lord knights peasants or serfs
Who had power of the knights in the middle ages?
The knights' lord or ruler who employed them had power over them to use them such as a government would use its army.
What was a lord?
A person who owned much land, many horses, and knights.
What was the purpose of the knights?
The purpose of knights are to defend there king or lord.
Who did knights fight for?
Knights fought for the king and lord when they needed their help.
Where did the knights work?
the knights work in the castle were the help the Lord with his stuff
What did the knights give the lord?
The lords provided knights with food & land.
Who did knights fight?
Knights fought whoever was a threat to their lord, whether it be rival knights or raging peasants.
A servant of a king or lord?
knights
How were European knights educated?
I believe knights were only trained to defend their lord.
Why were there medieval knights?
to protect the lord and fight with his lord in battle fields
What are the duties of a knight to his lord?
To server the lord, fight for him and many others tasks that a lord could give to the knight. But that dont force the knights go against religion i think.
Jobs in Europe?
to be a knights a lord or a king
Lord required to protect his vassal?
Knights
