
Fees paid to knights in medieval England 1253-1254 by county
In the years 1253 to 1254, a total of 5.334.40 British pounds was spent on the hiring of knights' services. The counties with the highest amount of money spent on knights' fees were Essex and Hertfordshire combined, Norfolk and Suffolk combined, and Yorkshire. The counties where the lowest amount of money was spent on hiring knights' services were Middlesex and Rutland, where just 1.50 pounds was spent in both counties in 1253 and 1254. If converted into 2018-valued pounds, the total amount spent in 1253 and 1254 is equivalent to somewhere between 8.2 million and 10.8 million pounds.