Nope, Gyrth: I am not affiliated with anybody. (I hated school as a youngster, but that is another subject.)

I have already noticed a discrepency: in a book I have The Domesday Book, England's Heritage, Then & Now, it says on page 97 that Maldon had a population of c. 1000; and on page 103, it says Maldon had 180 houses. This is not correct: because in the listing of the king's holdings, the Essex Domesday Book says that he has 180 houses in Maldon, and 18 more that are derelict: elsewhere, other property holders have houses in Maldon, so the total will end up larger than 180 plus 18.

The interesting - and frustrating - thing about the Domesday listings, is how they show that the larger settlements were broken up into holdings of two or more holders: for instance, Maldon is "king's land", but also has houses/tennants belonging to count Eustace, Ranulf Peverel, Hugh de Montfort, and others. This makes finding a total population for a place difficult, because the information is listed under the holder's names; therefore, a settlement can get mentioned several times, because several different holders have property/vassals there. (It is also an indication that the holders' properties were deliberately broken up all over the country to make any potential rebellion less likely of success.)

More on this later, but who knows when....