| Licensees : |
| HERCULES FOSTER |
1658 |
| ROBERT GYRDELER |
17.04.1661 |
| .... HOWMAN |
1739 |
JOHN WRIGHT
labourer |
1760 - 1761 |
| CHARLES FEARMAN |
1762 |
JANE READ widow
( Location as St. James ? ) |
1763 - 1764 |
| JOHN SLANEY |
1783 |
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Location believed to have been on the East corner of King Street and Tombland, partially
on the site of St. Cuthberts Church.
25th April 1507
`A fire broke out near an Inn called the Popinjay in Tombland, near the
cathedral. With thatched roofs quickly catching the flames, it spread
towards St Andrews and the Franciscan Monastery there............it took
four days to burn itself out.'
Said to have been the dwelling of the Popinjay family.
( F. Blomefield gives as Papingay , also found as Pappinjay )
Mentioned in the trial of Royalist rioters in 1648, following the blowing up of the
Committee House.
A dog named `Fuddle' was employed at one time to turn the kitchen spit.
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