51°30′49″N 0°06′40″W / 51.5137°N 0.1111°W The Rainbow Coffee House was a famous coffee house located at 15 Fleet Street, London. [1] It was opened by James Farr in 1657, becoming London's second coffee house. [2]
The Rainbow provided a meeting place for freemasons and French refugee Huguenots who established an information centre there. [3] The Rainbow was also featured in the furore created by Titus Oates, who accused Sir Philip Lloyd of denying the existence of a popish plot there, finding witnesses from amongst the coffee drinkers to testify against him [4]
In 1719 John Woodward wrote a satire The Two Sosias: Or, the True Dr. Byfield at the Rainbow Coffee-House, to the Pretender in Jermyn-Street
David Hughson wrote in 1807 that the Rainbow was replaced by Nando's Coffee House in the same building, later in the 17th century. [5]
Many notable Huguenots were associated with the Rainbow Coffee House. However, there were also other German and English notable people. [6]
51°30′49″N 0°06′40″W / 51.5137°N 0.1111°W The Rainbow Coffee House was a famous coffee house located at 15 Fleet Street, London. [1] It was opened by James Farr in 1657, becoming London's second coffee house. [2]
The Rainbow provided a meeting place for freemasons and French refugee Huguenots who established an information centre there. [3] The Rainbow was also featured in the furore created by Titus Oates, who accused Sir Philip Lloyd of denying the existence of a popish plot there, finding witnesses from amongst the coffee drinkers to testify against him [4]
In 1719 John Woodward wrote a satire The Two Sosias: Or, the True Dr. Byfield at the Rainbow Coffee-House, to the Pretender in Jermyn-Street
David Hughson wrote in 1807 that the Rainbow was replaced by Nando's Coffee House in the same building, later in the 17th century. [5]
Many notable Huguenots were associated with the Rainbow Coffee House. However, there were also other German and English notable people. [6]