[383] Ibid., 1629-31, p. 379.
[384] Ibid., 1652-53, p. 312.
[385] Cal. S. P. D., 1652-53, p. 449.
[386] Ibid., 1655, pp. 285-86.
[387] Ibid., 1661-62, p. 385.
[388] Ibid., 1665-66, p. 19.
[389] Ibid., 1666-67, p. 384.
[390] Ibid., 1667-68, p. 116. From copies of these labels made out in 1666 and 1667 we know exactly how long it took to convey the mails between London and the important cities of the kingdom although the time varied more or less at different trips and different seasons.
| Between | Hours | ||
| London and | Yarmouth | From 29 | to 32 |
| Plymouth | 50 | 58 | |
| York | 39 | 42 | |
| Chester | 30 | 56 | |
| Bristol | 25 | 30 | |
| Gloucester | 20 | 26 | |
| Portsmouth | 15 | 23 | |
| Edinburgh | 73 | 103* | |
| Newcastle | 57 | 81 | |
| Manchester | 32 | 48 | |
| Preston | 47 | 58 | |
| Dover | 19 | 22 | |
| Southampton | 18 | 23 | |
(Cal. S. P. D., 1667-68, pp. 117, 118, 120, 121; 1666-67, pp. 388, 389.)