Note 1116 — Chapter IX · THE REIGN OF EADWARD FROM THE RETURN OF GODWINE TO THE DEATH OF EADWARD THE ÆTHELING.[921] 1052–1057. (continued 2)
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We know her through a document in Cod. Dipl. iv. 265. “Godgiva vidua” gives lands to Peterborough “pro redemptione animæ suæ per consensum Regis Eaduuardi.” She then married Siward; “Postea accepit eam Siuuardus Comes in conjugio; post tempus non multum mortua est.” The singular story about these lands will be best told when discussing the character of Waltheof.