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Here is one of the 24 descents of Elizabeth Willoughby from Godgifu, wife of Leofric of Mercia, the famous "Lady Godiva" of legend:
1. Elizabeth Willoughby 1512-1562 = Sir Fulke Grevill, knight
2. Edward Willoughby = Margaret Nevill b. 1494/5
3. Richard Nevill, Lord Latimer ca. 1458-1530 = Anne Stafford
4. Sir Henry Nevill = Joan Bourchier d. 1470
5. Sir John Bourchier, Baron Berners d. 1474 = Margery Berners
6. William Bourchier, Cout of Eu = Anne of Gloucester 1383-1438
7. Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester = Eleanor de Bohun 1365-1399
8. Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford 1342-1372/3 = Joan Fitzalan
9. Sir William de Bohun, Earl of Northampton 1310/12-1360 = Elizabeth de Badlesmere
10. Humphrey VIII de Bohun, Earl of Hereford 1276-1321/2 = Elizabeth Plantagenet
11. Humphrey VII de Bohun, Earl of Hertford ca. 1249-1298 = Maud de Fiennes
12. Humphrey VI de Bohun d. 1265 = Eleanor de Braiose
13. Humphrey V de Bohun, Earl of Hereford 1208-1275 = Maud d'Eu
14. Henry de Bohun, Earl of Hereford 1176-1220 = Maud fitz Geoffrey
15. Humphrey IV de Bohun, Baron de Bohun d. 1182 = Margaret of Huntington
16. Humphrey III de Bohun, Lord of Hereford = Margaret of Hereford
17. Miles fitz Walter, Earl of Hereford = Sibyl de Neufmarche
18. Bernard de Neufmarche, Lord of Brecknock = Nesta fitz Osborn
19. Osbern fitz Richard = Nesta of Wales b. ca. 1055/57
20. Gruffydd ap Llywellyn, Prince of North Wales = Aldith of Mercia d. aft. 1086
21. Aelfgar, Earl of Mercia liv. 1062 = Aelfgifu/Alveva
22. Leofric, Earl of Mercia = Godgifu "Lady Godiva" b. ca. 1010
