England's improvements in two parts : in the former is discoursed how the kingdom of England may be improved ... : in the latter is discoursed how the navigation of England may be increased and the soveraignty of the British seas more secured to the crown of England ... / by Roger Coke.

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Title: England's improvements in two parts : in the former is discoursed how the kingdom of England may be improved ... : in the latter is discoursed how the navigation of England may be increased and the soveraignty of the British seas more secured to the crown of England ... / by Roger Coke.
Author: Coke, Roger, fl. 1696.
Publication: London :: Printed by J.C. for Henry Brome ...,; 1675.
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Subject terms: Great Britain -- Commercial policy -- 17th century.; Great Britain -- Economic conditions -- 17th century.
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Consequences.

It came to pass, that as the Natives lost a great exchange of their Woollen and other Manufactures for Hemp and Flax, so did many thousands of poor people their Employ∣ment in making Cordage, Nets and Sails: Even the Town of Yarmouth in Norfolk, before the Act of Navigation, made yearly 2800 Tun of Cordage, now not ten.

And the fitting up of Ships with Cordage and Sails be∣came so dear, that in the year 1650, several persons of good knowledge and experience in building Ships, and any self built a Vessel of 100 Tun, and fitted her out to Sea for 505 l. Four years after, the same Builder built another (both for the Newcastle-Trade) of 110 Tum, and this Ship fitted out to Sea cost above 800 l. And the reason of this dearness, the Builder ascribed to the excessive prices of Pitch, Tar, Cor∣dage and Sails.