The original texters: Queen Elizabeth I & Rob Dudley
Link: Texting dates back to Elizabethan times .:. NewKerala - India’s Top Online Newspaper.
Stick with it.. they have a point here 
It’s actually rather interesting.
A recent study done by British researchers suggests that Royal love letters written between Queen Elizabeth I and her tragic confidante Robert Dudley used symbols to replace words in much the same way that people communicate in mobile phone text messages today, reports the Daily Mail.
