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Hace 3 días · THE LEGEND OF LADY GODIVA. The earliest known version of the story occurs in the Chronicle of Roger of Wendover (d. 1237), and may be rendered as follows:. However, the countess Godiva, a devotee of the mother of God, desiring to free the town of Coventry from the heavy servitude of toll, often besought the earl, her husband, with earnest prayers to free the town from the said servitude and ...
Hace 4 días · Neale was then returned unopposed together with George Fitzroy, Earl of Euston, son of the recorder. The Whig control of Coventry's seats was weakened in 1741, however, when only Euston was re-elected; despite corruption in the swearing-in of freemen, Neale was ousted by a Coventry man, William Grove, for the Tories.
Hace 3 días · THE OUTLYING PARTS OF COVENTRY. (fn. 1) There is no reference to any place in the Coventry district, apart from Coventry itself, before 1086 when Ansty, Foleshill, Coundon, Sowe, and Binley appear in the Domesday Survey. (fn. 2) Coventry, Ansty, and Foleshill were then held of the king and had been part of Godiva's estates; Coundon and the ...
Hace 4 días · During the late Middle Ages the southernmost part of the historic county, at the edge of the Cotswolds uplands, thrived on wool production while in the north Birmingham developed as a metalworking centre and Coventry was an important woolen-manufacturing and ecclesiastical centre.
Hace 4 días · The Most Noble Order of the Garter was founded by Edward III of England in 1348. Dates shown are of nomination or installation; coloured rows indicate sovereigns, princes of Wales, medieval ladies, modern royal knights and ladies, and stranger knights and ladies, none of whom counts toward the 24-member limit.
Hace 5 días · Thomas Coventry: 1800–1801 Two games for England XIs. Cowell ... George Finch, 9th Earl of Winchilsea: 1786–1804 Played in 128 first-class matches.
Hace 5 días · A new photo shows "shocking" overgrowth at a cemetery in Coventry. The state of the London Road Cemetery has left one visitor feeling "very sad." The image of the site from last week shows grass ...
