Press in Britain

Compilation of the first printed messages attributed to Lord Burle in 1588 , when the Spanish armada appeared at the English coast . They had the characteristic features of newspapers and published under the title " English Merkur ".
The reliability of these data is very controversial , since more accurate information about the " English Mercury" have not survived , and seven newspapers , three and four printed manuscript held in the British Museum , and long considered the true copy of the " English Mercury" in 1839 were recognized as fraudulent , thanks to research Mr. Watts , the librarian of the British Museum .