The Speed and Efficiency of the T udor South‐West's Royal Post‐Stage Service

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ID9877490
AuthorsIan Cooper (0000-0002-0110-9070, University of Plymouth, corresponding author)
Year2014
Volume99
Issue338
Pages754-774
Publication date2014-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueHistory (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0018-2648 • E-ISSN: 1468-229X
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/1468-229x.12074
OpenAlexW1492336107
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited23

This article examines the roads upon which the T udor government's postal arrangements rested, the methods deployed by central government for sending and receiving official mail nationwide, and the network of exchequer‐funded post‐stages that connected London with the south‐western periphery of the realm during periods of war, rebellion and political turmoil. The article also uses a large number of postal endorsements to measure objectively the speed and efficiency of the T udor south‐west's royal post‐stage service. In doing so, the study's primary goal is to demonstrate that this mode of government dispatch was more rapid and reliable than the majority of historians, who have relied on anecdotal subjective evidence, recognize

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