Notables in a medieval or fantasy town: how many, and where

About one household of notables for every 200 townspeople. Counted as masters and heads of household: journeymen, apprentices and servants come on top.

TownspeopleHouseholds
3,00015
10,00050
40,000200
150,000750

Where they work

The upper town: in the safest place: on high ground if there is any, near the palace, the fortress or the town hall. The districts of a town

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Other trades

Clergy, Scribes and public writers, Guards

Orders of magnitude for play: sourced figures and Hearth estimates together. Every source, and every figure still waiting for one, is listed in the builder under Sources.

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