Who was Hereward?
he “Wake” was, it’s been suggested by some later writers searching for his true identity, the son of Leofric, Earl of Mercia and his wife God- gifu, better known as Lady Godiva. That have a wayward son named Ælfgar, who was exiled in 1055 and returned to harass Edward the Confessor until he was pardoned. Ælfgar may have provided a model for the adventures of Hereward, leading to confusion over his parentage. Others have claimed that he was the son of one Leofric of Bourne, but this potential father cannot be traced in any source.
