Footnotes

The reverse of the salver also with the following inscription
'Names of the deceased and retired members of The Cisalpine Club from its commencement 12 April 1792 to 1830'
below two columns of engraved names, some 40 deceased and some 49 retired members.
At the bottom further inscribed
'The Cisalpine Club Was Dissolved On The Day This Piece Of Plate Was Presented (20th April 1830) A New Club Was Then Formed, Entitled The Catholic Emancipation Club Of Which All The Members Of The Cisalpine Club Were Invited To Become Original Members'

Provenance: presented to Charles James Turville thence by descent to the present owner

Literature: accessed via https://www.ncregister.com/features/sacred-catholic-objects-seeking-new-home-a-window-into-england-s-rich-recusant-history

This was originally part of a collection from Bosworth Hall, other notable items found within this collection include a rosary of Marie-Antoinette and a Book of Hours which belonged to Adrian Fortescue (martyr) who was executed for treason without a trial by Parliament for undisclosed acts. Most likely, these acts were to do with opposition against Henry VIII's church policies and that Fortescue supported Pope Clement VII's refusal to annul the marriage between Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon.

The Cisapline Club was formed on 12th April 1792 and disbanded in 1830 following the passing of the Roman Catholic Relief Act (Catholic Emancipation Act) in 1829. The members re-formed themselves in 1830 as the 'Emancipation Club' which continued for 17 years before dissolving in 1847. The Cisalpine Club was dissolved on the day the Salver was presented to Charles Turville (20th April 1830).
The Cisapline Club's intentions was to aid the fight for Catholic Emancipation following the violent persecution of Catholics after the Reformation. The belief was that loyalty to the Crown was not incompatible with loyalty to the Pope.

The engraving depicts the arms of the Turvile family but also it lists many major Catholic families involved in the Catholic Emancipation of 1829. The engraving of 1830 commemorates the cessation of the Cisapline Club and the inauguration of the future Catholic Emancipation Club, celebrating the role of Charles Turvile as secretary and treasurer of the former.
Charles James Turvile (earlier Turville) (1790-1839) of Bosworth Hall and the Husbands Bosworth Estate in Leicestershire, the son of Francis Fortescue Turville (1755-1839) by his wife Barbara Talbot (1756-1806) sister of the 15th Earl of Shrewsbury. Notably he inherited the Bosworth Estate by descent from his great-great grandfather William Turville (1667-1703) by his wife Frances Fortescue. The estate had in 1630 been purchased by Lady Grace Fortescue, widow of Sir Francis Fortescue of Salden Buckinghamshire and daughter of John Manners of Haddon Hall, Derbyshire.

The present owner of the salver has notable Catholic lineage – most noteworthy is Saint Thomas More, author of Utopia (1516), and a fellow Catholic who refused to acknowledge Henry VIII as supreme head of the church of England – despite serving Henry VIII as Lord High Chancellor of England (1529-1532). He was consequently executed in 1535 after refusing to swear the Oath of Succession following Henry VIII's marriage to Anne Boleyn.

"Cisalpine means this side of the Alps; implying that the government of the Church should be in the hands of authorities in this country to whom control from Rome should be secondary" – quote from letter dated 24th October 1984 which came with the salver.
The Cisalpine Club met around four to five times a year, initially the Club took an active part in Catholic affairs – a school was established at Oscott where it was directed by a governing body of Catholic laymen, overseen by the headmaster, who was a priest, who himself was appointed by the bishop.
The Cisalpine Club, after its initial few years, evolved into a dining club rather than completing any active work in the Catholic world.

The blazon: quarterly of four – 1,4: gules, three chevronels vair, a crescent for difference (Turvile) – impaling – azure, a bend engrailed argent cotised or, a crescent for difference (Fortescue).
The Crest: a dove closed holding in the beak a branch of olive slipped vert of three or (Turvile)
Motto engraved is: Virtus Semper Eadem = translated as Virtue is always the same.