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The King's Post--John Stanhope's patent, 1590 1
Wages of Chief Postmaster--Confusion of terms "post," "packet," etc. 2
New office created of Postmaster for Foreign Posts, out of the king's dominions 5
De Quester and his son appointed Foreign Postmasters 6
Contest between Stanhope and the De Questers--Who the De Questers were 7
William Frizell and Thomas Witherings succeed the De Questers 8
Letters for the public carried by the Foreign Postmasters--Delays of the posts 11
Philip Burlamachi, subsequently Acting Postmaster--Who he was 13
Orders for the Foreign Posts drawn up by Secretary Coke 14
Witherings visits the Continent 15
Posts by estafette, or fixed stages, established--Dover packet 16
Quarrels between Witherings and others--Witherings suspended from office 17
Witherings and Frizell contend for possession of the office 19
Sir John Coke, Witherings' patron 21
Conflicting opinions of Witherings 22
Merchants petition in favour of Witherings 23
Attempts to set up rival posts 24
Witherings recovers his office 27
Settlement of accounts during period of sequestration 28
Post stages in France 29
Robberies of Channel packets 30
Measures taken to resist attacks--More outrages 33
People of Calais attack the English packet boat 39
Witherings' family connection 43
Stated to have been a papist, and Gentleman Harbinger to the Queen 44
Probable interest at Court--Said to have been a mercer of London--His wife--She assists in purchasing his office--Value of money in middle of seventeenth century 45
Corruption and Court favouritism 46
Inland Posts 47
Means for sending inland letters--Probable conveyance by postmasters on their own account 48
Conveyance by carriers 49
Postmasters on Western Road set up a chain of posts for letters of the public, 1630--Foot post from Barnstaple to Exeter to work into the London posts 50
Project for Inland Public Posts, 1633--Estimated number of letters then reaching London 52
Troubles with postmasters and hackneymen on Dover Road as to charges 53
Pressing of horses--Difficulties between postmasters and public 54
Stanhope interferes with the public conveyance of letters by the Western postmasters--He tries to raise the price of purchase of their offices 57
Petition of Foreign Post messengers dismissed by Witherings 59
Foot post between London and Dover--Carrying gold out of the realm 60
Speed of posts, 1633 62
Condition of roads and difficulty of travelling 63
Quality of English horses and riders 68
Witherings propounds a scheme of Inland Posts for use of public, 1635 69
Proclamation issued for giving effect to his proposals 75
Probable difficulties of working 77
Deputy postmasters unable to supply fit horses 78
Arrears of deputies' pay 80
Stanhope's removal from office, 1637 85
He petitions for arrears of pay 86
Reasons for his removal suggested 88
The manner of his removal 90
Patent granted to Witherings for Foreign Letter Office 91
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