Chapter XLIII

DOOMSDAY BOOK:--William begins to think about casting up his
subjects' accounts--His commissioners--Bad understanding between
the king and the barons--The manner of carrying out the
undertaking--The council for the discussion of the Doomsday
Book--The Goddess of Discord in the council--William asserts
himself proprietor of all the land that belonged to Edward the
Confessor, Harold, and the house of Godwin--Several barons
renounce their allegiance--Their descendants