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Date of photo: 2007	© Copyright Paul Makepeace and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence
The Cock & Pynot was situated on Church Street North. A plaque on the wall reads: "A.D. 1688 in a room which formerly existed at the end of this cottage (what is left of the Cock & Pynot), the Earl of Danby, the Earl of Devonshire and Mr John D'Arcy (eldest son of the Earl of Holderness), met sometime 1688 to concert measures which resulted in the revolution of that year". The Revolution House takes its name from the revolution of 1688. Three hundred years ago, this cottage was an alehouse, the 'Cock and Pynot' ('pynot' is a dialect word for magpie), and it was here, as history and tradition relate, that three local noblemen - the Earl of Devonshire (from nearby Chatsworth), the Earl of Danby and Mr John D'Arcy - met to begin planning their part in events which led to the overthrow of King James II in favour of William and Mary of Orange. Danby raised support in Yorkshire and the North, Devonshire in Derbyshire and the Midlands. William and Mary landed at Torbay in November 1688. The North and Midlands rose in support and James fled to France. The Glorious Revolution was over.
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