Odiva "Lady Godiva" OF MERCIA

Odiva "Lady Godiva" OF MERCIA[1]

Female - Aft 1040

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  • Name Odiva "Lady Godiva" OF MERCIA 
    Gender Female 
    Died Aft 1040 
    Person ID I6796  Ancestrees
    Last Modified 23 Aug 2022 

    Family Earl Leofric OF MERCIA 
    Children 
     1. Lord William De Graville MALET,   d. 1072, Gidestan, Suffolk, , ENG Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Alfgar III OF MERCIA
    Last Modified 8 Jul 2022 
    Family ID F2437  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Lady Godiva was displeased with her husbands heavy taxing of his peoples. He finally made her a deal, that if she rode through the town naked, he would lower the taxes. She sent notices to the towns people of her intent to warn them to close their shutters on the designated day. Peeping Tom, a tailor, got his nickname from the fact that he did not avert his eyes when she rode through clad only in her long hair. Her husband did honor his wager, a fact often lost in Lady "Godiva's" infamy. (C-484)

  • Sources 
    1. [S1110] Garth C.M. to Linda Coate Email letter dated Jan 25, 1999 referencing the "Magna Charta Surities" by Wurts, 1942 at GarthCM@email.msn.com (C-1854) 1999.