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Sir Brian Tuke sets out Henry VIII plan for King’s Post (17 August 1533)
This letter from Brian Tuke, Governor of the King’s Posts under Henry VIII, to then Chancellor of the Exchequer Thomas Cromwell, sets out how he would achieve Henry’s desire ‘that posts be better appointed, and laid in places most expedient; with the commandment to all townships in all places, on pain of life, to be in such readiness, and to make such provision of horses at all times, as no tract or loss of time be had in that behalf.’
