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| | §3. Berkenhead, Dillingham, Audley, Nedham, Smith, Rushworth and Border. XV. The Beginnings of English Journalism. ... |
 | | Six John Berkenhead began his Mercurius Aulicus at Oxford in January, 1643, and the appearance of this, the only royalist periodical for some years, with its contemptuous ridicule of the dishonest and illiterate parliamentary press, was an important factor in deciding the two Houses to set on foot their wholly beneficial licensing regulations in June. |
 | | John Dillingham, a tailor living in Whitefriars, was the writer of The Parliament Scout, and, for a time, leader of the parliamentary press. |
 | | John Rushworth superseded Walley as licenser on 11 April, 1644, and wrote The London Post, which appeared from 6 August, 1644 to 4 March, 1645, and, again, from 31 December, 1646 to February, 1647. |
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