Godiva Descents

Here are two descents from Lady Godiva to gateway ancestors Rose (Stoughton) Otis and Elizabeth (Mansfield) Wilson.  There are probably a slew of  valid descents but here's just two  of them.

1. Leofric, Earl of Mercia m. Godiva
2. Aelfgar, Earl of Mercia
3. Edith m. Gruffydd ap Llewelyn, King of Wales
4. Nest m. Osbern Fitz Richard
5. Nesta Fitz Osbern m. Bernard de Neufmarche, Lord of Briton
6. Sibyl de Neufmarche m. Miles Fitz Walter, Earl of Hereford
7. Lucy Fitz Walter m. Herbert Fitz Herbert
8. Peter Fitz Herbert m. Alice Fitz Robert
9. Sir Reginald Fitz Piers m. Alice (---)
10. Alice Fitz Piers m. John Saint John, Seneschal of Gascony
11. Sir Edward Saint John m. Eve Dautry
12. Sir Edward Saint John m. Anastasia Atton
13. Margaret Saint John m. Sir Thomas Bromflete
14. Henry Bromflete, Lord Vessy m. Eleanor Fitzhugh
15. Margaret Bromflete m. John Clifford, 9^th Lord Clifford
16. Henry Clifford, 10^th Lord Clifford m. Anne Saint John
17. Elizabeth Clifford m. Sir Ralph Bowes
18. Margery Bowes m. Sir Ralph Eure
19. Anne Eure m. Lancelot Mansfield
20. John Mansfield m Elizabeth (---)
21. Elizabeth Mansfield m. John Wilson of Boston Mass.

Leofric, Earl of Mercia m. Godiva

Aelfgar, Earl of Mercia

Edith m. Gruffydd ap Llewelyn, King of Wales

Nest m. Osbern Fitz Richard

Nesta Fitz Osbern m. Bernard de Neufmarche, Lord of Briton

Sibyl de Neufmarche m. Miles Fitz Walter, Earl of Hereford

Lucy Fitz Walter m. Herbert Fitz Herbert

Peter Fitz Herbert m. Alice Fitz Robert

Sir Reginald Fitz Piers m. Joan de Vivonne

Reynold Fitz Reynold m. Joan Martel

Herbert Fitz Reynold m. Lucy Peverell

Sir Reynold Fitzherbert m. Joan Hakluyt

Alice Fitzherbert m. Sir Thomas West

Sir Thomas West, 1^st Lord West m. Joan la Warre

Sir Reynold West, 6^th Baron de la Warre m. Margaret Thorley

Mary West m. Sir Roger Lewknor

Roger Lewknor m. Anne (---)

Edmund Lewknor m. Joan Tyrrell

Elizabeth Lewknor m . Thomas Stoughton

Sir Lawrence Stoughton m. Rose Ive

Sir Anthony Stoughton m. Agnes Pierce

Rose Stoughton m. Richard Otis of Dover, N.H.

Comments

[Michael Meggison]

I met Peter Asher of Peter & Gordon who sang the 60s hit Lady Godiva. I told him I was a descendant of her, and he said many people through the years told him that they descend from Godiva.

[Michael Meggison]

My Godiva descent:
Godgifu "Lady Godiva" Mercia 980-1067
29th great-grandmother
Ælfgar (Alfgar) Mercia Earl of Mercia, Earl of East Anglia 1002-1062
Son of Godgifu "Lady Godiva" Mercia
Ealdgyth Mercia Queen consort of Wales and later the English 1041-1070
Daughter of Ælfgar (Alfgar) Mercia Earl of Mercia, Earl of East Anglia
Nest II ferch Gruffudd 1056-1153
Daughter of Ealdgyth Mercia Queen consort of Wales and later the English
Nesta "Agnes" Osbern aka FerchOsbern, FitzOsbern, le Scrope 1075-1121
Daughter of Nest II ferch Gruffudd
Sybil (Sibyl) Neufmarché 1093-1143
Daughter of Nesta "Agnes" Osbern aka FerchOsbern, FitzOsbern, le Scrope
Lucy FitzMiles 1136-1220
Daughter of Sybil (Sibyl) Neufmarché
Piers FitzHerbert Lord of Blaenllynfi, Wales 1184-1235
Son of Lucy FitzMiles
Lucy FitzPiers 1204-1266
Daughter of Piers FitzHerbert Lord of Blaenllynfi, Wales
(Sir) William deRos 1245-1310
Son of Lucy FitzPiers
Lucy "Lucia" deRos 1280-1332
Daughter of (Sir) William deRos
Eustacia Plumpton 1302-1354
Daughter of Lucy "Lucia" deRos
Margaret Middleton 1345-
Daughter of Eustacia Plumpton
John Vavasour 1380-
Son of Margaret Middleton
Joan Vavasour 1430-1470
Daughter of John Vavasour
Joan Hutton 1454-1495
Daughter of Joan Vavasour
Anne Rokeby 1475-1535
Daughter of Joan Hutton
Thomas Layton 1507-1535
Son of Anne Rokeby
Thomas Layton 1525-1583
Son of Thomas Layton
Charles Layton 1567-1618
Son of Thomas Layton
(Sir) Thomas Layton 1597-1651
Son of Charles Layton
Catherine Layton 1618-1686
Daughter of (Sir) Thomas Layton
Layton (Laton) Eden Vicar of Hartburn 1654-1735
Son of Catherine Layton
Jane Eden 1710-1798
Daughter of Layton (Laton) Eden Vicar of Hartburn
Margaret Harle 1734-1818
Daughter of Jane Eden
George Eden Meggison 1756-1815
Son of Margaret Harle
Thomas Meggison 1803-1883
Son of George Eden Meggison
Thomas Cuthbert Meggison 1847-1924
Son of Thomas Meggison
Thomas Bernard Meggison 1877-1965
Son of Thomas Cuthbert Meggison
Ernest Joseph Meggison 1914-1995
Son of Thomas Bernard Meggison
Thomas Frederick Meggison 1944-
Son of Ernest Joseph Meggison
Michael Thomas Meggison