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B13095 By the King. A proclamation for the setling of the letter office of England and Scotland. England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I); Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. 1635 (1635) STC 9041; Interim Tract Supplement Guide 506.h.12[42]; ESTC S123786 2,064 2

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C R HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE DIEV ET MON DROIT ❧ By the King ❧ A Proclamation for the setling of the Letter Office of England and Scotland WHereas to this time there hath beene no certaine or constant entercourse betweene the Kingdomes of England and Scotland His Maiesty hath beene graciously pleased to command His seruant Thomas Witherings Esquire His Maiesties Post-master of England for forraigne parts to setle a running Post or two to run night and day betweene Edenburgh in Scotland and the City of London to goe thither and come backe againe in sixe dayes and to take with them all such Letters as shall be directed to any Post-towne or any place neere any Post-towne in the said Roade which Letters to be left at the Post-house or some other house as the said Thomas Witherings shall thinke conuenient And By-Posts to be placed at seuerall places out of the said Roade to run and bring in and carry out of the said Roades the Letters from Lincolne Hall and other places as there shall be occasion and answeres to be brought againe accordingly And to pay Port for the carrying and recarrying of the said Letters Two pence the single Letter if vnder fourescore Miles And betweene fourescore and one hundred and fourty Miles foure pence If aboue a hundred and fourty Miles then sixe pence and vpon the borders of Scotland and in Scotland Eight pence If there be two three foure or fiue Letters in one Packet or more Then to pay according to the bignesse of the said Packet after the rate as before which money for Port as before is to be paid vpon the receiuing and deliuery of the said Letters here in London The like rule His Maiesty is pleased to order the said Thomas W●therings to obserue to Westchester Holyhead and from thence to Ireland according to a prouision made by the Lord Deputie and Councill there and to take Port betwixt the City of London and Holyhead as before to the Northward and to goe thither and bring answeres backe to the City of London from all the places in that Roade in sixe dayes which is constantly hereafter to be obserued and to setle By-posts in the said Roade as there shall be occasion for the benefit of all His Maiesties louing Subiects His Maiesty is pleased further to command the said Thomas Witherings to obserue the like rule from the City of London to Plymouth and to prouide sufficient messengers to run night and day to Plymouth and to returne within sixe dayes to the City of London and for carriage of the said Letters to Plymouth Exeter and other places in that Roade His Maiestie doth Order the said Thomas Witherings to take the like Port that now is paid as neere as possibly he can And further His Maiestie doth Command and Order the said Thomas Witherings so soone as possibly may be to settle the like conueyance for Letters from Oxon Bristoll and other places on that Roade for the benefit of all His Subiects And the like the said Thomas Witherings is to obserue with all conuenient speed to Colchester and so to Norwich and diuers other places in that Roade The three first conueyances from London to Edenburgh from London to Westchester and Holyhead in Wales and from London to Plymouth and Exeter are to begin the first weeke after Michaelmas next Now for the better enabling the said Thomas Witherings to goe forward with this seruice and for the aduancement of all His Maiesties Subiects in their Trade and correspondence His Maiestie doth hereby Command and Order all His Post-Masters vpon all the Roades of England To haue ready in their Stables one or two Horses according as the said Thomas Wi●herings shall haue occasion to vse them to carry such Messengers with their Portmantles as shall be imployed in the said seruice to such Stage or Place as his present occasions shall direct him to If the said Messenger shall haue occasion but for one Horse then to leaue him at the place where he shall take fresh Horse paying for him Two pence halfe-peny for euery Mile if two Horses then to take a Guide and pay Fiue pence a Mile And that the said Post-Masters may be prouided for this seruice His Maiestie doth hereby Order and Command that such Horses as shall be prouided for the said seruice shall not vpon that day the Messenger shall be expected let or send forth the said Horses so prouided vpon any other occasion whatsoeuer And His Maiesties further Will and Pleasure is that from the beginning of this seruice or imployment no other Messenger or Messengers Foot-Post or Foot-Posts shall take vp carry receiue or deliuer any Letter or Letters whatsoeuer other then the Messengers appointed by the said Thomas Witherings to any such place or places as the said Thomas Witherings shall settle the conueyances as aforesaid Except common known Carryers or a particular Messenger to be sent of purpose with a Letter by any man for his owne occasions or a Letter by a friend And if any Post Messenger or Letter-Carryer whatsoeuer shall offend contrary to this His Maiesties Proclamation His Maiestie vpon complaint thereof made will cause a seuere exemplary punishment to be inflicted vpon such delinquents And His Maiestie doth hereby strictly require and Command all His louing Subiects whatsoeuer duly to obserue and performe His Royall Pleasure herein declared as they will answere the contrary at their perils And lastly His Maiestie doth hereby charge and command all Iustices of Peace Maiors Sheriffes Bailiffes Constables Headboroughs and all other His Officers and Ministers whatsoeuer to be aiding and assisting to the said Thomas Witherings in the due accomplishment of this His Maiesties will and pleasure Giuen at Our Court at Bagshot the last day of Iuly in the eleuenth yeere of Our Reigne 1635. God saue the King ¶ Imprinted at London by Robert Barker Printer to the Kings most Excellent Maiestie And by the Assignes of Iohn Bill 1635.