Cleek, Dunmore, Gum, Hill, Stephenson, Suit Family - Person Sheet
Cleek, Dunmore, Gum, Hill, Stephenson, Suit Family - Person Sheet
NameLady Godiva 142586,142587,142588,139095
Birthca 980142592
Death1080, Coventry142593
Alias/AKAGodgifu (or Godiva)142594
FatherUNNAMED (ca955-)
Misc. Notes
Pg 149 Line 176A, Godgifu (or Godiva) (She is Lady Godiva of legend)25651

Pg 111, 37. Leofric Marr: Godiva. According to legend: “the people of Coventry suffering grievously under the earl's oppressive taxation, Lady Godiva appealed to her husband, who .. said that he would grant her request if she would ride naked through the streets of the town. After issuing a proclamation that all people should keep within doors and shut their windows, she rode through Coventry, clothed only in her long hair. One person disobeyed her proclamation, a tailor, ever afterward known as Peeping Top, who is said to have been struck blind. Her husband kept his word and abolished the obnoxious taxes. The Godiva procession … as part of the Coventry fair, was celebrated at intervals until 1826.”17595

Pg 483 Lady Godiva of Coventry fame61292
Spouses
Birthca 968
Death31 Aug 1057, Bromley, Staffordshire142589,142590,142591
FatherLeofwine of Mercia (ca946-<1032)
Misc. Notes
Pg 149 Line 176A, 2. Leofric, founder of the church of Coventry, seen as thegn from 1005 “dux” from 1026, Earl of Mercia by 103225651

Pg 111, 37. Leofric, Earl of Mercia17595

Pg 50 Leofric III, Earl of Mercia, Lord of Coventry55285

Pg 483 Leofric, Earl of Mercia61292
Marr Memobef 1030
ChildrenElgar III (ca995-1059)
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