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Her Majesty's Mails
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William Lewins
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As
the
general
intercourse
between
the
two
capitals
now
promised
to
be
permanent,
and
travelling
along
the
North
Road
increased
rather
than
diminished,
further
general
orders
were
published
from
time
to
time
by
royal
proclamation.
Two
kinds
of
post
were
established
during
the
reign
of
James
the
First,
both
being
in
operation
together
towards
its
close.
They
were
known
as
the
"thorough
post,"
and
"the
post
for
the
packet."
The
first,
consisting
of
special
messengers
who
rode
"thorough
post,"
that
is,
through
the
whole
distance
"with
horse
and
guide,"
was
established
in
1603.
The
couriers
were
ordered
to
pay
at
the
rate
of
"twopence-halfpenny
the
mile"
for
the
hire
of
each
horse,
and
to
pay
in
advance.
Further,
they
must
not
ride
any
horse
more
than
one
stage
(or
seven
miles
in
summer,
and
six
in
winter),
except
"with
the
consent
of
the
post
of
the
stage
at
which
they
did
not
change."
For
the
service
of
the
second
post,
or
"the
post
for
the
packet,"
every
postmaster
was
bound
to
keep
not
less
than
two
horses
ready,
"with
furniture
convenient,"
when
on
the
receipt
of
a
"packet"
or
parcel
containing
letters,
from
a
previous
stage,
he
was
to
send
it
on
towards
the
next
within
a
quarter
of
an
hour
of
its
receipt,
entering
the
transaction
in
"a
large
and
faire
ledger
paper
book."
As
a
further
precaution,
and
in
order
to
prevent
the
courier
loitering
on
the
road
with
any
important
despatch,
each
postmaster
was
required
to
endorse
each
single
letter
with
the
exact
time
of
the
messenger's
arrival,
just
as
we
have
seen
in
the
case
of
the
one
found
in
the
collection
of
Archbishop
Parker's
correspondence.
For
the
purposes
of
this
packet-post,
we
find
it
arranged
that
each
postmaster
should
have
ready
"two
bags
of
leather,
at
the
least,
well
lined
with
baize
or
cotton,
so
as
not
to
injure
the
letters."
It
also
rested
with
the
different
postmasters
to
furnish
the
couriers
with
"hornes
to
sound
and
blowe
as
oft
as
the
post
meets
company,
or
at
least
four
times
in
every
mile."[11]
Thus
arose
a
custom
which,
under
slightly
different
circumstances,
was
strictly
observed
in
the
days
of
mail-coaches.
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