Kingdomes Weekly Post (1643).

Other author Border, D. (Daniel), attributed name.
Other author Rushworth, John, 1612?-1690, attributed name.
Format Electronic
Publication Info[London] : Imprinted by John Hammond according to order, 1644.
Description9 volumes : illustrations (woodcut) ; 4°.
Supplemental ContentGale, Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection
Subjects

Uniform titleKingdomes weekly post (London, England : 1643)
FrequencyWeekly
SeriesSeventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection
Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection. UNAUTHORIZED
Local noteImages from the source library are selected or scattered issues as well as various editions of the cataloged title and related titles (where indicated in the MARC record) as representative of the general publishing history of the title during the 17th and 18th centuries.
Local noteImages from the source library are selected or scattered issues as well as various editions of the cataloged title and related titles (where indicated in the MARC record) as representative of the general publishing history of the title during the 17th and 18th centuries.
General noteReproduction of the originals from the Burney Collection, the British Library (London).
General noteImprint from undated colophon.
General noteThe "s" of 'letters' in the title of no. 1 failed to print.
General noteDates of publication from end of title in each issue; later issues use Lady Day dating.
General noteEach issue includes a woodcut of the post-boy below the title.
General noteWith continuous pagination and register.
General noteOne of three newsbooks with very similar titles, published during the Civil War period. This one, like its successor, concentrated on military news.
General noteSometimes attributed to John Rushworth; other sources cite Daniel Border as the probable editor, perhaps because he was known to edit the 1645 newsbook with this title. Cf. Williams; Frank.
General noteDescription based on: Numb. 1. (November 9 1643.); title from caption.
General noteLatest issue consulted: Numb. 9. (January 10. 1643. [i.e. 1644]).
References NCBEL, I:2099
References Nelson & Seccombe. Brit. newspapers and periodicals, 1641-1700, 217.1-9
References Frank, J. Beginnings of the English newspaper 1620-1660, pp. 54, 152
References Williams, J. B. History of English journalism to the foundation of the Gazette, p. 226
References Stewart, P. Brit. newspapers, 113
References Bodleian newspapers, p. 71
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Title history noteAssumed to be the predecessor of the 'Kingdomes Weekly Post' of 1645, which was also printed by John Hammond and covered military news. Cf. Frank.
Genre/formNewsbooks.