Lady Godiva was married to Leofric ... founded a Benedictine house for an abbot and 24 monks on the site of St Osburg's Nunnery, which had been destroyed by the Danes in 1016.

Godiva was the wife of Leofric, Earl of Mercia, one of the most powerful noblemen in 11th century England. The couple gave generously to religious establishments and in 1043 founded and endowed a ...

Lady Godiva, here pictured in Stratford-upon-Avon, will lead a procession of corgis, horses, swans and boats A 20ft (6m) tall Lady Godiva will lead a procession in the Queen's Platinum Jubilee ...