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In a feudal system, when someone was granted land (e.g. if they were knighted), where did it come from? Would a king wait until some lord died and grant his land to someone else? Or were another noble’s lands divided to accommodate the new landholder?

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In a feudal system, when someone was granted land (e.g. if they were knighted), where did it come from? Would a king wait until some lord died and grant his land to someone else? Or were another noble’s lands divided to accommodate the new landholder?	40