NEW FOREST COMMONERS MONTAGU OF BEAULIEU 1903 PRESENTATION TRAY LOCK v PLUMBLEY

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NEW FOREST COMMONERS MONTAGU OF BEAULIEU 1903 PRESENTATION TRAY LOCK v PLUMBLEY

 

Important New Forest historial artefact dating from 1903.  A large silver plated tea tray presented to the author William Moens following a successful legal challenge on behalf of the New Forest Commoners against their convictions by the Justices of the Lymington Bench.  Baron Montagu of Beaulieu, Lord Arthur Cecil is named as a supporter of this challenge.

Inscribed as follows: 

PRESENTED
TOGETHER WITH AN ILLUMINATED ADDRESS OCT 1903
BY mRS PLUMBLEY & OTHER COMMONERS OF THE NEW FOREST
TO W. J. C. MOENS FSA JP CC
AS A TESTIMONY OF THEIR APPRECIATION OF HIS SUCCESSFUL ENDEAVOURS
AIDED BY THE Rt HONble BARON MONTAGU OF BEAULIEU, LORD ARTHUR CECIL &
OTHERS OF THE NEW FOREST ASSN
AFTER TWO APPEALS TO THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE (LOCK v PLUMBLEY) TO
MAINTAIN & SECURE TO THE COMMONERS THEIR ANCIENT COMMON OF
PASTURAGE OVER THE OPEN WASTES, INCLUDING THE HIGHWAYS,
THEREBY QUASHING CONVICTIONS BY THE JUSTICES OF THE LYMINGTON
COUNTY BENCH ON THE ALLEGED ISSUE THAT CERTAIN
HIGHWAYS WITHIN THE BOUNDS OF THE SAID FOREST
DID NOT FORM PART OF THE SAID WASTES.

 

Marks: H&H & bird logo (Hukin & Heath); 4149.

Dimension: approx 28 inches long.


Weight: 3.8 kilos.

 

Light wear to the silver revealing hints of brass from below but overall excellent condition.