Of Buckingham, Lady Godiva, Gogdifu (Godiva)

Birth Name Of Buckingham, Lady Godiva, Gogdifu (Godiva) 1a
Gramps ID I26092
Gender female
Age at Death about 70 years

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Birth [E25849] about 1010    
1b
Death [E25850] 1080    
1c
Burial [E25851]   Porch Of The Battle Abbey  
1d

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father , (Unk) [I28437]
    Brother     Of Buckingham, Sheriff Of Lincoln, Thorold [I28438] before 1079
         Of Buckingham, Lady Godiva, Gogdifu (Godiva) [I26092] about 1010 1080

Families

    Family of Earl Of Mercia, Leofric and Of Buckingham, Lady Godiva, Gogdifu (Godiva) [F11724]
Unknown Partner Earl Of Mercia, Leofric [I26091] ( * + 1057-08-31 )
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Earl Of East Anglia, Aelfgar [I26089]about 1033about 1062

Narrative

[MARSHALL.FTW]

SOURCE NOTES:
KeatsRohan, K.S.B., The Parentage of Countess Lucy Made Plain, Prosopon 2, May
1995. http://www.linacre.ox.ac.uk/research/prosop/PRSPN2.stm

Wagner, Anthony, Pedigree and Progress, Essays in the Genealogical
Interpretation of History, London, Philmore, 1975. Rutgers Alex CS4.W33.

Watney, Vernon James, The Wallop Family and their Ancestry, Oxford:John
Johnson, 1928. LDS Film#1696491 items 6-9.

Weis, Frederick Lewis, Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists, 6th Edition,
Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co, 1988.

Wurts, John S., Magna Charta: The Pedigrees of the Barons, Philadelphia, PA:
Brookfield Publishing Co, 1942.
RESEARCH NOTES:
Godiva's ancestry is uncertain, but she was evidently of an old, noble
family. She is the "Lady Godiva" of legend. [Ref: Weis AR #176A]

sister of Thorold of Buckingham, sheriff of Lincs [Ref: Weis AR #176A, Watney
#673]

The people of Coventrytown suffered grievously under the Earl's oppressive
taxation, about the year 1040, whereupon Lady Godiva appealed to her husband,
who refused to remit the tolls. At last, says the legend, he promised he
would grant her request if she would ride naked through the streets of the
town. After issuing a proclamation that all persons should keep within doors
and draw their blinds, she rode through Coventry clothed only in her long
hair. One person, a tailor, afterward known as Peeping Tom, disobeyed her
instructions and is said to have been struck blind. Her husband kept his
word, and abolished the obnixious taxes. The oldest form of the legend is
given By Roger of Wendover, who quoted from an earlier unknown writer. The
Godiva procession, instituted May 31 1678 as part of Coventry Fair, was
celebrated at intervals until 1826. [Ref: Wurts p429]
SOURCE NOTES:
date: abt 1010 [Ref: Weis AR #176A], brother: Thorold of Buckingham, sheriff
of Lincs [Ref: Watney #673, Weis AR #176A] Turold the Sheriff [Ref: KeatsRohan
Lucy]
SOURCE NOTES:
date: abt 1080 [Ref: Watney #673], note: [Ref: Wurts p429]
SOURCE NOTES:
place: Coventry [Ref: Watney #673], note: [Ref: Wurts p429]

Attributes

Type Value Notes Sources
AFN AR:176A-2s, 8XQ9-4D
 

Pedigree

  1. , (Unk) [I28437]
    1. Of Buckingham, Sheriff Of Lincoln, Thorold [I28438]
    2. Of Buckingham, Lady Godiva, Gogdifu (Godiva)
      1. Earl Of Mercia, Leofric [I26091]
        1. Earl Of East Anglia, Aelfgar [I26089]

Ancestors

Source References

  1. MARSHALL.FTW [S346124]
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