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Gentleman's Magazine Library, 1731-1868 |
English Topography Part III Derbyshire - Dorsetshire |
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Revolution House at Whittington |
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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.
Go to page
68
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 |
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