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 Surrey born farmer wins the right to marry one of his fields. Dennis Curworthy, 48, has been battling the past four years the local and national marriage laws that prohibited any such nuptials. However this week, he finally got his wish, and his field of dreams. Though most law experts claim this will not set a precedent.
The laws regarding marriage have been mostly unaltered since their last major overhaul by King Henry VIII. It originally stated that marriage can be that communion between two consenting adults of opposite sex and who had previously not taken part in wedlock. King Henry VIII put a stop to the small detail "of previously taking part in wedlock" when his huge constitutional overhaul permitted his re-marriage to his then second wife Anne Boleyn. There were further laws added since stating specifics about the inability for any Lord or Gentry to marry any animal, or building. This was a direct rebuttal to King Henry's Head of the Royal Army, Duke of Norfolk's attempt to marry Pendennis Castle, a military outpost in south west England.
The rules of marriage got even more strict when in 1654 one man attempted to marry a part of his woodland and thus a new law was put into effect. This is the law that Dennis Curworthy has been fighting as being outdated and irrelevant in these ever changing cultural times. The law amendment from 1654 clearly states that, "man nor woman may marry, a whole, or portion thereof, of woodland, grassland, meadow, pasture or any ground on which such vegetation grows, especially that which is set aside for use by domestic grazing animals."
Dennis Curworthy won his case by proving that his field, named "Sally" is not set aside for domestic animal grazing and thus the law specifically legally forbidding the right to marry a piece of land "for which vegetarian grows, especially that which is set aside for use by domestic grazing animals." is redundant in his particular case.
Many law experts believe the case wont set a precedent. Our law expert noted that this was a unique case, that was eventually won by the simple fact that the law courts were just getting sick and tired of the farmer's constant applications and "badgering". It is expected that the law will be rewritten to avoid such a loophole in the future.
Dennis Curworthy married his field on Sunday September 27th 2009. They are currently honeymooning at his farm in Gospel Green, Surrey, England, which we believe to the exact location of the said field.
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