Quo Fuit places 3 dated presences for Lady Godiva across 3 places, from 995 to 1732.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Lady Godiva (died between 1066 and 1086), in Old English ', was a late Anglo-Saxon noblewoman who is relatively well documented as the wife of Leofric, Earl of Mercia, and a patron of various churches and monasteries.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place Lady Godiva is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.
Where Lady Godiva was documented, and when
995year
Bucknall, Lincolnshireattested“It is claimed that Godiva was born in Bucknall, Lincolnshire around 995 AD; however several historians have declared the charter document used as evidence for this to be spurious.”source: Wikipedia: Lady Godiva
1732 to 1782period
Chester, Englandattested“The historian Paul de Rapin (1732) reported the Coventry lore that Lady Godiva performed her ride while "commanding all Persons to keep within Doors and from their Windows, on pain of Death", but that one man could not refrain from looki…”source: Wikipedia: Lady Godiva
1732 to 1782period
Londonattested“The historian Paul de Rapin (1732) reported the Coventry lore that Lady Godiva performed her ride while "commanding all Persons to keep within Doors and from their Windows, on pain of Death", but that one man could not refrain from looki…”source: Wikipedia: Lady Godiva
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1043year
Coventrymentioned“In 1043, Leofric founded and endowed a Benedictine monastery at Coventry on the site of a nunnery destroyed by the Danes in 1016.”source: Wikipedia: Lady Godiva
1057year
Coventrymentioned“According to the account in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, "There is no reason to doubt that she was buried with her husband at Coventry, despite the assertion of the Evesham chronicle that she lay in Holy Trinity, Evesham.…”source: Wikipedia: Lady Godiva
1656year
Holy Trinity Church, Coventrymentioned“William Dugdale (1656) stated that a window with representations of Leofric and Godiva was placed in Trinity Church, Coventry, about the time of Richard II.”source: Wikipedia: Lady Godiva
11 June 1773exact date
Coventrymentioned“(In Pennant's time, around 1782, silk was worn, but the annotator of the 1811 edition noted that a cotton garment had since replaced the silk fabric.) According to the DNB, the oldest document that mentions "Peeping Tom" by name is a rec…”source: Wikipedia: Lady Godiva
1775year
Holy Trinity Church, Coventrymentioned“A 14th century window depicting Lady Godiva and her husband once existed in Holy Trinity Church, but was removed in 1775.”source: Wikipedia: Lady Godiva
1854year
Coventrymentioned“St Mary's Guildhall in Coventry houses a marble statue by William Calder Marshall of Lady Godiva, which was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1854.”source: Wikipedia: Lady Godiva
1854year
Royal Academymentioned“St Mary's Guildhall in Coventry houses a marble statue by William Calder Marshall of Lady Godiva, which was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1854.”source: Wikipedia: Lady Godiva
1937year
Corporation of Hampsteadmentioned“When he died in 1937, the Pre-Raphaelite-style painting was offered to the Corporation of Hampstead.”source: Wikipedia: Lady Godiva
1974year
Coventrymentioned“These hopes were eventually realised in a play staged in 1974, at the Belgrade Theatre in Coventry, entitled The Only True Story of Lady Godiva, in which Lady Godiva appeared naked, riding a motor cycle.”source: Wikipedia: Lady Godiva
August 2007month
University of Warwickmentioned“In August 2007, the Godiva Sisters was performed in front of 900 delegates from 69 countries attending the World Council for Gifted and Talented Children Biennial Conference held at the University of Warwick.”source: Wikipedia: Lady Godiva
2010year
Coventrymentioned“In 2010 an arts project, "Godiva Awakes", involving a 32 foot (10-metres) tall puppet version of Lady Godiva, powered by 50 bicycles, leading a procession from Coventry to London, was proposed by the independent company Imagineer product…”source: Wikipedia: Lady Godiva
2010year
Londonmentioned“In 2010 an arts project, "Godiva Awakes", involving a 32 foot (10-metres) tall puppet version of Lady Godiva, powered by 50 bicycles, leading a procession from Coventry to London, was proposed by the independent company Imagineer product…”source: Wikipedia: Lady Godiva
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