The History of the British Post Office

by Joseph Clarence Hemmeon

[730] See Appendix, pp. 249, 250, 251, Table VI; p. 252, Table VII.

[731] G. Roberts, Social History of the Southern Counties of England, 1856, p. 508; Joyce, p. 4.

[732] Cal. S. P. D., 1581-90, p. 131.

[733] Cal. S. P. D., 1581-90, p. 228; 1598-1601, p. 427; Rep. Com., 1844, xiv, 601, p. 4.

[734] Rep. Com., 1844, xiv, 601, p. 4; app., p. 36 (14).

[735] By "Posts for the Queen's immediate service" was probably meant the special messengers attached to the Court.

[736] Cal. S. P. D., 1547-65, pp. 215-77; Rep. Com., 1844, xiv, 601, app., p. 42 (20).

[737] Letters carried by a friend or special messenger or a common carrier were excepted.

[738] Rep. Com., 1844, xiv, 601, app., p. 42 (20).

[739] Ibid., 1591-94, p. 401.