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