They devised the plans, in 1688, so that the Whig party brought about the fall of James II. and the succession of William III. It was then a hostelry, known as the Cock and Pynot The local name for a magpie was a pynot.
They devised the plans, in 1688, so that the Whig party brought about the fall of James II. and the succession of the protestant William III. This change in the monarchy came to be known as the glorious revolution. The house was then a hostelry, known as the Cock and Pynot The local name for a magpie was a pynot.