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Her Majesty's Mails
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William Lewins
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The
control
of
the
English
letter-office
was
entrusted
to
the
Foreign
Postmaster-General,
who
had
suggested
the
new
undertaking.
Witherings
held
the
joint
offices
for
five
years,
when
in
1640
he
was
charged
with
abusing
both
his
trusts,
and
superseded
by
Philip
Burlamachy,
a
London
merchant.
It
was
arranged,
however,
that
Burlamachy
should
execute
the
duties
of
his
offices
under
the
care
and
inspection
of
the
principal
Secretary
of
State.
And
now
began
a
quarrel
which
lasted
incessantly
from
1641
to
1647.
When
the
proclamation
concerning
the
sequestration
of
his
office
was
published,
Witherings
assigned
his
patent
to
the
Earl
of
Warwick.
Mindful
of
this
opportunity,
Lord
Stanhope,
the
"Chief
Postmaster"
under
the
King's
father,
who
had
surrendered
his
patent
some
years
before,
now
came
forward
and
stated
that
the
action
had
not
been
voluntary,
but,
as
we
learn
from
his
petition
to
the
House
of
Lords,
he
"was
summoned
to
the
Council
table,
and
obliged,
before
he
was
suffered
to
depart,
to
subscribe
somewhat
there
penned
upon
your
petitioner's
patent
by
the
Lord
Keeper
Coventry."
Lord
Stanhope
found
a
staunch
friend
and
adherent
in
Mr.
Edmund
Prideaux,
a
member
of
the
House
of
Commons,
and
subsequently
Attorney-General
to
the
Commonwealth.
Two
rival
offices
were
established
in
London,
and
continued
strife
was
maintained
between
the
officers
of
the
two
claimants.
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