The History of the British Post Office

by Joseph Clarence Hemmeon

[740] Ibid., 1627-28, pp. 511-22.

[741] The House had already shown its interest in postal affairs by summoning postmasters before the Committee of Grievances in 1624 (Jo. H. C., 1547-1628, pp. 689-774).

[742] Cal. S. P. D., 1628-29, p. 177.

[743] Ibid., 1625-49, p. 367; 1629-31, p. 200.

[744] Cal. S. P. D., 1633-34, p. 39.

[745] Ibid., 1637-38, pp. 22, 171, 177, 183.

[746] Ibid., 1637-38, p. 193; Rep. Com., 1844, xiv, 601, app., p. 58 (37).

[747] Jo. H. C., 1640-42, p. 722.

[748] These were the same judges who had decided in favour of Stanhope's patent in Stanhope v. Witherings.

[749] Rep. Com., 1844, xiv, 601, app., p. 67 (42).