Key term for OCR GCSE History B, used in Castles.
A feudal obligation requiring knights to provide 40 days of unpaid military duty to their lord or King per year, often spent garrisoning castles.
Knight service appears in OCR GCSE History B revision content for The Norman Conquest (1065–1087), especially Castles and Distribution and design.
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