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Her Majesty's Mails
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William Lewins
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With
the
machinery
thus
ready
to
his
hand,
the
improvements
contrived
by
Edward
IV.
were
easily
accomplished.
In
1481
this
monarch
was
engaged
in
war
with
Scotland,
when,
in
order
to
facilitate
the
transmission
of
news
from
the
English
capital,
he
ordered
a
continuous
system
of
posts,
consisting
of
relays
of
horses
and
messengers
every
twenty
miles.
By
this
arrangement,
despatches
were
conveyed
to
him
at
the
English
camp
with
marvellous
expedition,
his
couriers
riding
at
an
average
rate
of
seventy
miles
a
day.
When
peace
was
restored,
the
system
of
relays
was
allowed
to
fall
into
disuse,
only
to
be
revived
in
cases
of
urgency.
Little
improvement
in
communication
could
be
expected
under
such
a
course
of
procedure,
and
little
was
effected.
Henry
VIII.
was
the
first
monarch
who
endeavoured
to
keep
the
posts
in
a
state
of
efficiency,
and
improve
their
organization,
in
peace
as
well
as
in
war;
though
still
it
is
noticeable
that
the
post
stages
are
kept
up
purely
and
exclusively
as
a
convenience
to
the
Government
for
the
conveyance
of
its
despatches.
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