Lady Godiva

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Lady Godiva was a Noblewomen during the Anglo-Saxon period of England.

Godiva was born about 1040 and was the wife of Leofric, who was the Earl of Mercia and her name appears multiple times within the Domesday Book, although with different various spellings. According to legend, Godiva took pity on the townsfolk of Coventry due to her husbands high taxes and pleading with him to lower them. After being refused time and time again, he only offered to lower them if she was to ride naked through the streets with the condition that the towns people closed their doors and shutters.

The name Peeping Tom is thought to have came from this legend, because a tailor, named Thom drilled holes in the shutters hoping to catch a glimpse of Godiva riding by, but was struck blind. Godiva died in 1080 and remained one of the handful of Saxons able to keep and hold their land during the Norman Conquest