[315] Rep. P. G., 1895, pp. 9-11.

[316] Rep. P. G., 1897, pp. 27 f.

[317] Parl. Deb., 4th ser., viii, col. 673; xxix, col. 117; lxxxii, coll. 199 f.; xciv, coll. 1357 f.; cvi, coll. 660-683, 715, 747; cxxi, coll. 1021-64; cxlviii, coll. 1367-69, 1382.

[318] Rep. Commrs., 1904, xxxiii, 171, pp. 5-26.

[319] Acc. & P., 1905, xliv, 98, pp. 3-6; Parl. Deb., 4th ser., cxlviii, col. 1363.

[320] In connection with such appeals both sides of the House as represented by their leaders had in 1892 advised that members should pay no attention to them (Parl. Deb., 4th ser., v, coll. 1123 f.).

[321] Parl. Deb., 4th ser., cxxxix, coll. 1633-34; cxlviii, coll. 1350, 1357-61, 1365; the London Times, 1904, Oct. 11, p. 4; Oct. 18, p. 4; Oct. 22, p. 10; 1905, Jan. 16, p. 7; Apr. 7, p. 11.

[322] The Postmen's Federation was established in 1891 and a journal, the Postman's Gazette, representing their views, was started in the following year (Postman's Gazette, May 28, 1892; Post Office Circular, no. 1702).

[323] Parl. Deb., 4th ser., cliv, col. 202; clix, col. 396; clxxiv, col. 387; the London Times, 1906, June 9, p. 9.

[324] Parl. Deb., 4th ser., cliii, coll. 323-38, 354-58; Rep. Com., 1907, 266.

[325] Parl. Deb., 4th ser., clxxxiv, coll. 1058-59, 1061-66, 1080; cxcii, coll. 1175, 1173; the London Times, 1907, Aug. 19, p. 17; Aug. 20, p. 2; Oct. 16, p. 12.

[326] Parl. Deb., 4th ser., clxxxiv, coll. 1058-70; cxcii, coll. 1120-21. It has been estimated that the recommendations adopted by the Postmaster-General will entail upon the country an additional cost of about £600,000, rising to £1,000,000 (Parl. Deb., 4th ser., cxcii, col. 1156).

[327] Hist. MSS. Com. Rep., 14, app., pt. 8, p. 35; P. & O. P. C., vii, p. 350.

[328] Rep. Com., 1844, xiv, app., p. 32 (7).

[329] L. & P. Hen. VIII, xvii (1542), p. 484.

[330] A. P. C., 1542-47, pp. 164, 333, 465, 469, 527; 1547-50, p. 505.

[331] Ibid., 1550-52, p. 452; 1542-47, p. 384.

[332] Ibid., 1558-70, p. 326.

[333] Cal. S. P. D., 1547-80, p. 612.

[334] Ibid., 1547-80, p. 362.

[335] F. Blomefield, Norfolk, 1806, iii, p. 294.

[336] A. P. C., 1571-75, p. 181.

[337] A. P. C., 1577-78, p. 219. A particularly violent man roused the ire of the Mayor of Guildford, who wrote to Walsingham asking for damages to a gelding killed by a Mr. Wynckfeld, riding post from Guildford to Kingston. The gelding stumbled and fell on the road and Wynckfeld thrust his dagger into him, beat the guide and threatened to kill the constables on his return (Cal. S. P. D., ii, p. 529).

[338] A. P. C., 1577-78, p. 219.

[339] Ibid., 1588-89, p. 206.

[340] Ibid., 1577-78, p. 62; 1580-81, p. 203.

[341] Rep. Com., 1844, xiv, app., pp. 38, 39, 40 (18).

[342] Macaulay, Hist. of England, 1849, i, p. 387.

[343] Cal. S. P. D., 1629-31, p. 193.

[344] 19 Geo. III, c. 51.

[345] Cal. S. P. D., 1581-90, p. 131.

[346] Rep. Com., 1844, xiv, app., p. 42 (20).

[347] Cal. S. P. D., 1619-23, p. 517.

[348] Ibid., 1619-23, p. 86; 1635, p. 18; 1631-33, p. 257.

[349] Ibid., 1635, p. 299.

[350] Rep. Com., 1844, xiv, app., p. 57 (36); Cal. S. P. D., 1637, p. 338.

[351] Scobell, Collect., 1656, c. 30.

[352] 12 Ch. II, c. 35.

[353] 9 Anne, c. 11.

[354] Jo. H. C., 1745-50, p. 830.

[355] 22 Geo. II, c. 25.

[356] 19 Geo. III, c. 51.

[357] 20 Geo. III, c. 51.

[358] 25 Geo. III, c. 51.

[359] 27 Geo. III, c. 26.

[360] 48 Geo. III, c. 98.

[361] 4 Geo. IV, c. 62:—

For every horse let to hire by the mile at the ordinary rate, 1½d.

For no greater distance than eight miles, one fifth part of the sum charged or 1s. 9d.

For no greater distance than eight miles and when the horse or horses shall not bring back any person nor deviate from the regular road, 1s.

For every horse let for a period less than twenty-eight successive days and not let according to the terms given above, one fifth part of the sum charged or 2s. 6d. for each day not exceeding three days and 1s. 9d. for each day exceeding three days but not exceeding thirteen days and 1s. 3d. for each day exceeding thirteen but not exceeding twenty-eight days.

For every horse let for twenty-eight successive days or for a longer period, one fifth of the sum charged or 2s. 6d. for each day not exceeding three and 1s. 9d. for each day exceeding three days but not exceeding thirteen days and 1s. 3d. for each day exceeding thirteen and less than twenty-one days.

[362] Rep. Com., 1844, xiv, app., p. 32 (7).

[363] L.& P. Hen. VIII, vii, pt. 2, p. 1444.

[364] A. P. C., 1556-58, pp. 249-309.

[365] Ibid., 1571, 75, p. 201; Cal. S. P. D., 1547-80, p. 265.

[366] Cal. S. P. Ire., 1574-85, p. 176; A. P. C., 1580-81, p. 131.

[367] Hist. MSS. Com., Rep., 13, app., pt. 4, p. 89.

[368] A. P. C., 1580-81, p. 211.

[369] Cal. S. P. D., 1581-90, p. 712; Rep. Com., 1844, xiv, app., p. 43 (21).

[370] Hist. MSS. Com., Rep., 14, app., pt. 8, p. 35.

[371] L. & P. Hen. VIII, 1543, p. 4.

[372] Cal. S. P. D., 1547-65, p. 360.

[373] Ibid., 1566-79, p. 109.

[374] Ibid., 1580-1625, p. 278.

[375] Hist. MSS. Com., Hatfield House, pt. 7, pp. 174, 168, 332, 358.

[376] Rep. Com., 1844, xiv, app., pp. 38-40 (28).

[377] Six days from London to Holyrood House (Cal. S. P. D., 1611-18, p. 44). Five hours from Sittingbourne to Canterbury (12 miles) (ibid., 1619-23, p. 610). Nine hours from Sittingbourne to Dover (ibid., 1625-26, p. 256).

[378] Cal. S. P. D., 1619-23, p. 564.

[379] Ibid., 1625-26, pp. 43, 168.

[380] Ibid., 1627-28, p. 307.

[381] Ibid., 1623-25, p. 141; 1627-28, p. 307.

[382] Ibid., 1628-29, p. 184.

[383] Ibid., 1629-31, p. 379.

[384] Ibid., 1652-53, p. 312.

[385] Cal. S. P. D., 1652-53, p. 449.

[386] Ibid., 1655, pp. 285-86.

[387] Ibid., 1661-62, p. 385.

[388] Ibid., 1665-66, p. 19.

[389] Ibid., 1666-67, p. 384.

[390] Ibid., 1667-68, p. 116. From copies of these labels made out in 1666 and 1667 we know exactly how long it took to convey the mails between London and the important cities of the kingdom although the time varied more or less at different trips and different seasons.

(Cal. S. P. D., 1667-68, pp. 117, 118, 120, 121; 1666-67, pp. 388, 389.)

* Reproved for slowness.

[391] Cal. S. P. D., 1673-75, p. 494.

[392] John Ogilby, Itinerarium Angliae, 1675.

[393] Cal. S. P. D., 1667-68, p. 543.

[394] Rep. Com., 1844, xiv, app., p. 91 (64).

[395] Joyce, p. 53.

[396] Cal. T. B. & P., 1739-41, p. 240; Rep. Com., 1844, xiv, app., p. 94 (67); Acts of the Parl. of Scotland, ix, p. 417 (5 Wm. III).

[397] Cal. T. P., 1697-1702, p. 280.

[398] Ibid., 1657-96, p. 55.

[399] Latimer, Annals of Bristol, p. 488.

[400] Cal. T. P., 1697-1702, pp. 21-22.

[401] Ibid., 1697-1702, p. 56.

[402] Ibid., 1702-07, p. 26.

[403] Ibid., 1702-07, p. 134.

[404] 9 Anne, c. 11.

[405] 45 Geo. III, c. 43.

[406] 46 Geo. III, c. 134.

[407] 53 Geo. III, c. 146.

[408] London Times, 1817, Aug. 28, p. 2.

[409] Rep. Commrs., 1830, xiv, p. 347; 1831-32, xvii, p. 7.

[410] London Times, 1819, July 17, p. 2. Yarmouth is distant from London 124 miles.

[411] Ibid., 1821, Aug. 23, p. 3.

[412] Acc. & P., 1836, xlv, 364, pp. 2 f. The following times are given in Rep. Commrs., 1830, xiv:—

[413]Acc. & P., 1836, xlv, 364, p. 4. The following times are given in Rep. Commrs., 1830 xiv:—

[414] Acc. & P., 1836, xlv, 364, p. 7.

[415] Ibid., 1836, xlv, 364, p. 5.

[416] Rep. Commrs., 1831-32, xvii, pp. 7, 373-74.

[417] Ibid., 1831-32, xvii, pp. 373-74.

[418] Rep. Commrs., 1837, xxxiv, 7th rep., app., nos. 40-45.

[419] Ibid., 1837, xxxiv, 7th rep., app., no. 11. The packet leaving Holyhead at 6.30 p.m. carried letters from Birmingham, brought by the coach from that place, but took no London letters (Acc. & P., 1841, ix, p. 9).

[420] Rep. Commrs., 1831-32, xvii, p. 325.

[421] Ibid., 1837, xxxiv, 7th rep., app., no. 11.

[422] Ibid., 1831-32, xvii, pp. 5-9; Acc. & P., 1841, xix.

[423] Rep. Commrs., 1831-32, xvii, pp. 5-9.

[424] Sometimes the packet left Dunmore. See Rep. Commrs., 1831-32, xvii, pp. 373-4.

[425] Ibid., 1831-32, xvii, pp. 5-9, 373-74.

[426] Ibid., p. 325.

[427] Rep. Com., 1837-38, xx, pt. 1, p. 469, no. 17.

[428] Rep. Commrs., 1837, xxxiv, 7th rep., app., no. 13.

[429] 1 and 2 Vict., c. 98; 7 and 8 Vict., c. 85; Rep. Com., 1854, xi, 411, p. xiii; Rep. P. G., 1857, p. 7.

[430] Cal. S. P. Ire., 1574-85, p. 401.

[431] Rep. Com., 1844, xiv, app., p. 37 (15).

[432] Cal. S. P. D., 1598-1601, p. 107.

[433] Ibid., 1648-49, p. 210.

[434] Jo. H. C., 1648-51, p. 385.

[435] Cal. S. P. D., 1644, pp. 6, 29; 1641-43, p. 501.

[436] Cal. S. P. D., 1652-53, pp. 312, 449.

[437] Cal. T. P., 1557-1696, p. 308.

[438] 24 Geo. III, c. 6.

[439] Joyce, pp. 380-83; 55 Geo. III, c. 145.

[440] Cal. S. P. D., 1667-68, pp. 248, 249; Joyce, p. 46.

[441] 7 Geo. III, c. 50.

[442] Rep. Commrs., 1830, xiv, app., nos. 78, 80.

[443] Cal. S. P. D., 1581-90, p. 485.

[444] Cal. S. P. For., 1553-58, pp. 239, 341.

[445] Cal. S P. D., 1580-1625, p. 188; 1581-90, p. 84; L. & P. Hen. VIII, i, 3639.

[446] Hist. MSS. Com., Rep., 12, app., pt. 1, p. 478.

[447] Cal. S. P. D., 1631-33, p. 242; Hist. MSS. Com., Rep., 12, app., pt. 2, p. 103.

[448] Cal. S. P. D., 1631-33, p. 522.

[449] Hist. MSS. Com., Rep., 12, app., pt. 2, p. 6.

[450] Cal. S. P. D., 1634-35, p. 193.

[451] Cal. S. P. D., 1644, pp. 6, 29.

[452] Rep. Com., 1844, xiv, app., p. 58 (37).

[453] Cal. S. P. D., 1639-40, p. 457.

[454] Ibid., 1640, p. 163.

[455] Ibid., 1660-61, p. 82.

[456] Cal. S. P. D., 1661-62, p. 56.

[457] Ibid., 1664-65, p. 489.

[458] Ibid., 1693, p. 57.

[459] Ibid., 1667, p. 440.

[460] Ibid., 1667-68, p. 428; 1672, p. 189.

[461] Ibid., 1690-91, p. 119.

[462] Ibid., 1690-91, p. 552.

[463] Joyce, p. 77.

[464] Ibid., p. 139.

[465] Cal. S. P. D., 1691-92, p. 97.