Record revealed
Copy of Henry VIII's diplomatic assurances to João III of Portugal
Recently rediscovered, this letter offers new archival evidence into Britain and Portugal's shared history.
Sub-sub-fonds
Post Office: Inland Mail Services: Letter Post
Catalogue reference: POST 23
What’s it about?
This record is about the Post Office: Inland Mail Services: Letter Post dating from 1636-1989.
Is it available online?
Maybe, but not on The National Archives website. This record is held at The Postal Museum. How to view it.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- POST 23
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Title (The name of the record)
- Post Office: Inland Mail Services: Letter Post
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1636-1989
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series comprises reports, case papers and correspondence relating to the establishment, development and operation of the Inland Letter Post service.
Contains some pieces originally in POST 22.
Please see The Postal Museum's online catalogue for descriptions of individual records within this series.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Catalogue entries below series level were removed from Discovery, The National Archives' online catalogue, in November 2016 because fuller descriptions were available in The Postal Museum's online catalogue.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The material is arranged in chronological order within series.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For Inland Services Parcel Post see POST 25
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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A small number of pieces have been transferred to
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The Postal Museum
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 212 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Communications
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- POST 23/67-71 on the Express Delivery Service have been disposed of as they are duplicate copies of POST 28/3, 28/5-7 and 28/9.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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In July 1635, by a royal proclamation of Charles I, a new revenue-producing plan to offset the cost of maintaining the royal posts was implemented. This allowed the public to use the royal posts in return for fixed rates of postage based on the number of sheets of paper making up the letter and on the distance it was carried. The public posts were set up on the five principal roads of the kingdom, those to Dover, Edinburgh, Holyhead, Plymouth and Bristol.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11753/
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