In the court of Leofric, the Earl of Mercia, trouble is brewing - Lady Godiva, the Earl's wife in all but the eyes of the church, won't go to bed with him unless he pays his penance to the local Bishop. However, when Leofric imprisons the cousins of Godiva's handsome tailor Tom, she has little choice but to carry out his demand to ride naked through the centre of the city in order to free them. A musical tale of Anglo Saxon attitudes to a soundtrack of minstrels' lutes and debauched singing where (almost) everything will be revealed.