Postal Letter

What are good sources for researching the postal system in Tudor England?

I am trying to write a paper on communication (mass and personal) during Tudor England. How long did it take for far off counties to learn of the Reformation? How well centralized was or was not the postal system? Any scholarly articles or books that touch on this subject would be extremely helpful. I need a lot of sources.

Public Comments

1. I'd start with Google! http://www.google.com/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=&=&q=british+postal+system&aq=0&aqi=g1&aql=&oq=British+Postal+System&gs_rfai=#sclient=psy&num=10&hl=en&safe=off&q=british+postal+system+history&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=&pbx=1&fp=280187d6f0589da0 There are links to a museum there. Some say that the idea of a postal service started in Germany with butchers who travelled between towns? At least that is what I read about in an essay on the character of Metzger written about Thomas Pynchon's 'The Crying of Lot 49.'
2. There was no postal system in Tudor England. The postal system was started in the 19th century.
3. There were no stamps and no post office before the 1840s. Also street numbers did not exist either. Houses had names, rather like pubs. There were however, hired carriers. Professional people who transported things for money.