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Revolution House at Whittington image from: " Memorials of Old Derbyshire ", Rev. J. Charles Cox, LL.D., F.S.A. (1907) pub. Bemrose & Sons, Limited, 4 Snow Hill. E.C. and Derby  - Image Copyright 2002 Ann Andrews

Image from: " Memorials of Old Derbyshire", Rev. J. Charles Cox, LL.D., F.S.A. (1907)
pub. Bemrose & Sons, Limited, 4 Snow Hill. E.C. and Derby


The image shown above, by Mr. Jacob Schnebbelie, is of a small public house at Whittington, in Derbyshire. It first appeared in "The Gentleman's Magazine" of 1810 (Part II., p. 609, Plate II.) and was reproduced in Cox's "Memorials" in 1907. As I could not obtain an image from "The Gentleman's Magazine", I've used the image that appeared in "Memorials" instead.

The interesting story associated with this public house, the Cock and Pynot, is related on page 68 of the text from "The Gentleman's Magazine" on this website. It is a description of an historic meeting between Thomas Osborne, Earl of Danby, William Cavendish, Earl of Devonshire, and Mr. John D'Arcy. Unfortunately, "The Gentleman's Magazine" spelt the name incorrectly as it is recorded in that book as the Cock and Pyvot. Peter Davies, in his "History of Derbyshire" published in the following years, provided the correct spelling.
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A plaque on the house today,
commemorating the event, reads:

A.D. 1688.
IN A ROOM WHICH FORMERLY
EXISTED AT THE END OF THIS
COTTAGE [WHAT IS LEFT OF THE
OLD COCK & PYNOT] THE EARL OF
DANBY THE EARL OF DEVONSHIRE
AND MR JOHN DARCY [ELDEST SON
OF THE EARL OF HOLDERNESS] MET
SOMETIME IN 1688 TO CONCERT
MEASURES WHICH RESULTED IN THE
REVOLUTION OF THAT YEAR