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**[http://www.anglo-saxons.net/hwaet/?do=get&type=charter&id=1233 Charter S1233] : "Godiva (Godgifu), wife of Leofric, to St Mary's, Stow..." | **[http://www.anglo-saxons.net/hwaet/?do=get&type=charter&id=1233 Charter S1233] : "Godiva (Godgifu), wife of Leofric, to St Mary's, Stow..." | ||
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=gpR0iz5GjYgC The Chronicle of Florence of Worcester, with the Two Continuations], Thomas Forester (tr). (1854) H. G. Bohn 512 pages. Firstly we need to show that Lady Godiva is mentioned only once in this work, see this [http://books.google.com/books?id=gpR0iz5GjYgC&pg=RA1-PA486&vq=godiva index page]. Turning to that page, I find [http://books.google.com/books?id=gpR0iz5GjYgC&pg=RA1-PA159&vq=godiva page 159] : "[A.D. 1057] ...The renowned Leofric, son of the ealdorman Leofwine, of blessed memory, died in a good old age, at his own vill of Bromley, on the second of the calends of September [31st August], and was buried with great pomp at Coventry; which monastery, among the other good deeds of his life, he and his wife, the noble countess Godiva, a worshipper of God, and devoted friend of St. Mary, Ever-a-Virgin, had founded, and amply endowing it with lands on their own patrimony, had so enriched with all kinds of ornament, that no monastery could be found in England possessed of such abundance of gold....His son Algar was appointed to his earldom. | *[http://books.google.com/books?id=gpR0iz5GjYgC The Chronicle of Florence of Worcester, with the Two Continuations], Thomas Forester (tr). (1854) H. G. Bohn 512 pages. Firstly we need to show that Lady Godiva is mentioned only once in this work, see this [http://books.google.com/books?id=gpR0iz5GjYgC&pg=RA1-PA486&vq=godiva index page]. Turning to that page, I find [http://books.google.com/books?id=gpR0iz5GjYgC&pg=RA1-PA159&vq=godiva page 159] : "[A.D. 1057] ...The renowned Leofric, son of the ealdorman Leofwine, of blessed memory, died in a good old age, at his own vill of Bromley, on the second of the calends of September [31st August], and was buried with great pomp at Coventry; which monastery, among the other good deeds of his life, he and his wife, the noble countess Godiva, a worshipper of God, and devoted friend of St. Mary, Ever-a-Virgin, had founded, and amply endowing it with lands on their own patrimony, had so enriched with all kinds of ornament, that no monastery could be found in England possessed of such abundance of gold....His son Algar was appointed to his earldom. | ||
| − | *John P Ravilous in a posting to Gen-Med 15 Aug 2007 states : "In the listing provided in Domesday Book (1086) of the lands of the Church of Coventry, in Stanley Hundred, there is a description of the land of Binley. The text states in part, "Aldgid, the wife of Grifin, held this land. The Abbey bought it of Osbern the son of Richard", citing William Reades, trans. Domesday Book, for the County of Warwick (Coventry: W. Reader, 1835), p. 14: 'Ipsa eccl'a ten' BILVEIE. Ibi sunt iii hidae T'ra e' viii car'. In d'nio e' una car' et iiii serui et x uill'i et vi bord' eu' v car'. Ibi viii ac' p'ti. Silua dimid' leu'u l'g' et una q'rent' lat'. T. R. E. et modo ual' LX solid'. Hanc tra' tenuit. Aldgid uxor Grifin. Hanc abb' emit ab 0' filio Ricardi. Ipsa eccl'a ten' in CONDONE iii virg' t'rae. T'ra e' ii car'. Ibi sunt iiii uill'i et vi bord' eu' ii car' et i fiemo. Silua iii q'r' et xxx p'tic' l'g' et iii q'rent' lat'. Valuit et ual' xx solid'.' | + | *John P Ravilous in a posting to Gen-Med 15 Aug 2007 states : "In the listing provided in Domesday Book (1086) of the lands of the Church of Coventry, in Stanley Hundred, there is a description of the land of Binley. The text states in part, "Aldgid, the wife of Grifin, held this land. The Abbey bought it of Osbern the son of Richard", citing[http://books.google.com/books?id=zQMIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA14&dq=aldgid+uxor&ei=eJfDRrfqKIb07gKp8_XTDw&ie=ISO-8859-1 William Reades, trans. Domesday Book, for the County of Warwick] (Coventry: W. Reader, 1835), p. 14: 'Ipsa eccl'a ten' BILVEIE. Ibi sunt iii hidae T'ra e' viii car'. In d'nio e' una car' et iiii serui et x uill'i et vi bord' eu' v car'. Ibi viii ac' p'ti. Silua dimid' leu'u l'g' et una q'rent' lat'. T. R. E. et modo ual' LX solid'. Hanc tra' tenuit. Aldgid uxor Grifin. Hanc abb' emit ab 0' filio Ricardi. Ipsa eccl'a ten' in CONDONE iii virg' t'rae. T'ra e' ii car'. Ibi sunt iiii uill'i et vi bord' eu' ii car' et i fiemo. Silua iii q'r' et xxx p'tic' l'g' et iii q'rent' lat'. Valuit et ual' xx solid'.' |
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