Odiva "Lady Godiva" Of Mercia, *

- Aft 1040

• Name	Odiva "Lady Godiva" Of Mercia  [1]
  Suffix	*
  Gender	Female
  Nickname	Lady Godiva
  Death	Aft 1040
  Person ID	I7541	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Family	Earl Leofric Of Mercia, *   d. 1057
  _MARRIED	N
  Children	1. Ælfgar Of Mercia, III *   d. 1062  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Lord William De Graville Malet   d. 1072, Gidestan, Suffolk, , ENG  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F1326	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

• 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)

  
  

• Sources

  [S1364] 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.