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

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