Page 10 - British Post Office Notices 1666 to 1799

TABLE OF CONTENTS

The listing of items in the table of contents is preceded by one number. This corresponds to the location of the
material in this book as explained in the Note to the Reader.

*** 1660-1669 ***
*6601 Weymouth. Mr. Stone, postmaster, sent up to the Council for reporting false news ............................................... 1
*6602 General Post Office will be located at the Two Black Pillars in Bridges Street, Covent Garden ........................... 1
*6603 General Letter Office will be located in Bishopsgate Street, at Sir Samuel Bernardiston's house ......................... 1
*6604 Kentish & Sussex Post Office moved to John Dyne's house near the Pump in Crutchet Fryers ............................ 1
...... *6701 Paid letters to be given in only to people having given security and oath. A List of such persons .......................... 1
*6702 Mr. Roberts and Mr. Magnus appointed Letter Receivers .......................................................................................... 1
*6703 Kentish Post Office moved to Bishopsgate Street. Postmaster not to overcharge for paid letters ......................... 1
*6704 Letters should be fully addressed ..................................................................................................................................... 2
*6705 Letters to Liverpool, Ormskirk, Prescot, Wiggan & Leagh to be conveyed 3 times a week instead of 2 .............. 2
*6801 Post house moved from the Swan near Charing Cross to the Red Lyon against Meuse Gate ................................ 2
*6802 Holland. Communication via Harwich and Helvoet Sluyce re-established. Schedule .............................................. 2
*6803 Letters to be carried twice a week between Exeter & Lawnston ................................................................................ 2
*6804 Letters to a particular person to be delivered for two pence besides the London postage ...................................... 2
*6901 Mr Groyne appointed to receive letters within Temple Barre instead of Mr. Eales ................................................ 3
*6902 Mr. John Grone appointed to receive letters within Temple Barre ............................................................................ 3
*6903 Conveyance of letters between Oxford & Gloucester and between Oxford & Bristol to begin August 1 ............. 3
*6904 Postmaster General published a table of Post towns in England and Wales ............................................................. 3

*** 1670-1679 ***
*7001 A Half Post is established between London and Chester ............................................................................................. 5
*7101 A Post will go every day from London to Newmarket during His Majesty's stay there ........................................... 5
*7201 A Post will go every day to from London to Harwich & Portsmouth ......................................................................... 5
*7202 His Majesty's Fleet. Letters dispatched every day (except Sunday) at 9 o'clock at night ......................................... 5
*7203 A Post will go four times a week from London to Newmarket during His Majesty's stay there ............................. 5
*7204 Mrs. Turner forbidden to carry letters to the General Letter Office in Bishopsgate Street .................................... 5
*7301 A Post to go four times a week from London to Portsmouth & Harwich during the expedition at sea ................ 6
*7401 Southampton. Two horses left at the post house. They can be claimed if owners pay for their keep .................... 6
*7402 A Post will go every day between London and Windsor .............................................................................................. 6
*7403 A Post will go every day from London to Newmarket during His Majesty's stay there ........................................... 6
*7404 A Post from London to Essex every day. Another one to Chichester & Arundel three times a week .................. 6
*7501 A Post will go every day from London to Windsor during His Majesty's stay there ................................................. 6
*7502 A Post is established three times a week to Lewes and Sussex. Another one to Alford in Kent ............................ 6
*7601 A Post will go every day from London to Newmarket during His Majesty's stay there ........................................... 7
*7602 Tunbridge Wells. Summer schedule ................................................................................................................................ 7
*7603 Lost Mare. A reward will be given to whoever finds it ................................................................................................. 7
*7604 A Post will go every day from London to Newmarket during His Majesty's stay there ........................................... 7
*7701 A Post will go every day from London to Bath during Her Majesty's stay there ...................................................... 7
*7702 Tunbridge Wells. Summer schedule. Also to Bath during the Queen's stay there .................................................... 7
*7703 Thomas Moris eloped with a horse and five pounds in coins ...................................................................................... 7
*7704 A Post will go every day from London to Newmarket during His Majesty's stay there ........................................... 7
*7705 Reward for finding two horses stolen from Mr. Thomas Shore .................................................................................. 8
*7801 General Post Office is removed from Bishopsgate Street to Lombard Street, to Sir Robert Viner's house ......... 8
*7802 Conveyance of letters to various towns in Surrey and Sussex ...................................................................................... 8
*7803 Tunbridge Wells. Summer schedule ................................................................................................................................ 8
*7804 Letters to go to Bedford three times a week to begin July 21th .................................................................................. 8
*7805 Conveyance of letters between London and Bedford three times a week ................................................. : ............... 8