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 | | Godiva (sometimes Godgifu) was a Saxon lady, who,according to legend, rode naked through the streets of Coventry in England, in order to gain from her husband a remission of the oppressive toll imposed on histenants. |
 | | The claim that Godiva's long hair effectively hid her from sight is generally believed, like the story of Peeping Tom, to havebeen a later addition, but compare Rapunzel. |
 | | Her mark, "di Ego Godiva Comitissa diu istud desideravi", was found on the charter given by her brother,Thorold of Bucknall, sheriff of Lincolnshire, to the Benedictine monasteryof Spalding; and she is commemorated as benefactress of other monasteries at Leominster, Chester, Wenlock, Worcester, and Evesham. |
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