Godiva, or Godgifu, Lady (c. 1040–1080)
Wife of Leofric, Earl of Mercia (died 1057). Legend has it that her husband promised to reduce the heavy taxes on the people of Coventry if she rode naked through the streets at noon. The grateful citizens remained indoors as she did so, but ‘Peeping Tom’ bored a hole in his shutters and was struck blind.
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