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Post Office: Private Collection: Colonel Roger Whitley: Deputy Postmaster General
Catalogue reference: POST 94
What’s it about?
This record is about the Post Office: Private Collection: Colonel Roger Whitley: Deputy Postmaster General dating from 1672-1677.
Is it available online?
Maybe, but not on The National Archives website. This record is held at The Postal Museum.
Can I see it in person?
Not at The National Archives, but you may be able to view it in person at The Postal Museum.
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 94
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Title (The name of the record)
- Post Office: Private Collection: Colonel Roger Whitley: Deputy Postmaster General
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1672-1677
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Description (What the record is about)
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Peover papers written by Colonel Roger Whitley, Deputy Postmaster General 1672 - 1677, under Lord Arlington. The private papers were written only for the Postmasters and contain no related documents or incoming correspondence. They include account books relating to final years of farming postal revenue, which show, among other things, Whitley's annual payments for rent in farm of the Post Office. Letter books relating to England, Ireland and further abroad, show examples of abuses of the posts at home and abroad as well as other occurrences such as the provisioning of post horses and the quartering of soldiers on postmasters. Also included is correspondence relating to the history of the collection.
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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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11807/
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Post Office: Private Collection: Colonel Roger Whitley: Deputy Postmaster General
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