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A22054 By the King whereas heretofore sundry wayes haue bene deuised to redresse the disorders among the postes of our realme ... England and Wales. Sovereign (1603-1625 : James I); James I, King of England, 1566-1625. 1609 (1609) STC 8434.5; ESTC S378 987 1

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❧ By the King WHereas heretofore sundry wayes haue bene deuised to redresse the disorders among the Postes of our Realme in generall and particularly to preuent the inconueniences both to our owneseruice and the lawfull trade of the honest Merchants by prohibiting that no Persons whatsoeuer should take vpon them publiquely or priuately to procure gather vp receiue bring in or cary out any Pacquets or Letters to or from any Port Citie or Towne by foote or no horsebacke within the Realme and to or from the Countreys beyond the Seas except such our ordinary Foot-postes Postes and Messengers for those vses as either by our Master of the Postes or the Masters of the Postes generall of those Countreys reciproquely should be found nominated for that kinde of seruice or otherwise be able to shew sufficient warrant for their voyages and dispatches vnder the handes of our principall Secretaries any Ambassadors or others sufficiently authorized Which notwithstanding diuers disauowed persons have vsed to intrude themselues contrary to all good order In consideration of which inconueniences past We doe hereby straightly prohibite and forbid all persons whatsoeuer directly or indirectly to gather vp receiue bring in or cary out of this Realme any Letters or pacquets without the allowance or ordinary addresse and dispach of the said Masters and Comptrollers of the Postes reciproquely or their Deputies or shal be sufficiently authorized as is aforesaid And therefore Our will and pleasure is That you the Lord Treasourer of England and Lord Warden of Our Master and Comptroller generall of all Our Postes cause publique knowledge to be giuen thereof vnto all Merchants both Strangers and others of Our Citie of London and all others whom it may or ought to concerne that neither they nor any for them doe hereafter take vpon them openly nor vnderhand to employ and disauowed person in the carying of their Letters but to vse such onely as shal be found lawfully appointed for that seruice To which effect also We doe expressely will and command by these presents all Maiors Sheriffes Iustices of Peace Bailiffe and all speciall Commissioners And more specially all Searchers of Our Ports and all other Our Officers and Ministers wheresoeuer in their seuerall Iurisdictions and Office to make diligent search of all Males Bougets and other carriages of all such disauowed Curriers Messengers or suspected persons comming in or going out of the Realme with Pacquets or Letters and all such so discouered to apprehend and stay keeping them in safe custodie vntill by the view of their wrighting sent vp to Our Priuie Counsel it bee seen and aduised what shal be further done with them Giuen at Our Mannour of Greenwich the xv day of May in the seuenth yeere of Our Reigne of great Britaine France and Ireland God saue the King ¶ Imprinted at London by Robert Barker Printer to the Kings most Excellent Maiestie ANNO. 1609.