Ancestrees
Odiva "Lady Godiva" OF MERCIA
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Name Odiva "Lady Godiva" OF MERCIA [1] Gender Female Nickname Lady Godiva Death Aft 1040 Person ID I7838 Ancestrees Last Modified 7 Sep 2024
Family Earl Leofric OF MERCIA _MARRIED N Children 1. Alfgar OF MERCIA, III * [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] Family ID F1169 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 7 Sep 2024
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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 cheir 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)
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Sources - [S1094] 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.
- [S1094] 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.