Rochefort 1753-55 by Jean Tostée (reg. 14th July 1731) A Louis XV mid-18th century French provincial silver tablespoons

Of French Fiddle pattern. All engraved with a coat of arms surmounted by a helmet with a crest of a hand holding a scroll, with motto above Prompte Et Consulto. Jurisdiction of La Rochelle charge marks, date letter F above ROCH, maker's mark IT.
Length – 20.8 cm / 8.2 inches
Weight – 81 grams / 2.6 ozt

Notes:

Une cuillère à soupe en argent, époque Louis XV, ville de province, Rochefort 1753-55, neuf par Jean Tostée (insc. 1731)

The crest, motto and arms are for Plenderleath of Exeter or Plenderleith of Blyth Scotland

A Lieutenant Colonel Charles Plenderleath (1781-1854) of 27, Richmond Terrace, Clifton, whose son was Rev. William Charles Plenderleath (1831-1906) who lived at Mamhead Rectory, Exeter.
On Jan 31st 1800 a claim was raised against the then Captian Plenderleath by the representatives of the Earl of Tweedale, and Duke of Queensberry in regards to land that ‘(i)n 1680, John, Earl of Tweedale, patron and titular of the teinds of the parifh, disponed the lands of Blythe and Badinfgill with the teinds, parsonage and vicarage, to David Plenderleath, his son, his heirs and successors …’. The lands were sold in 1732, however ‘the general clause of warrandice, contained in the Earl of Tweedale’s disposition of the pursuer Captain Plenderleith’s grandfather in 1680 of the lands of Blythe and Badinfgill …’. (Decisions of the Court of Session: from November 1796 to July 1801, collected by Robert Davidson and David Douglas, Edinburgh 1809, p.363-5) This may be the same David Plenderleath of Blyth whose inheritance to his son Archibald and laterly to younger son Alexander, is detailed in ‘John Semple, surgeon in Edingburgh against Robert Geddes surgeon there and Janet Murray his spouse.’ of July 17th 1727. (The Decisions of the Court of Session: From Its Institution until the seperation of the court into two divisions in 1808, William Maxwell Morrison, Edinburgh 1811, Volumes 11-12 p. 4322-3.