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A brief view of English town-life in the later middle ages: E. Lipson, An Introduction to the Economic History of England, Vol. I , ch. v-ix.
However, it is evident, that if Captain Lipson continues the same praiseworthy exertions he has hitherto used, he will deepen the bar for vessels of any tonnage.
See Power, The Paycockes of Coggeshall, pp. 33-4. Quoted in Lipson, Introd. to the Econ. Hist, of England , I, p. 421. Quoted ibid., p. 417. On John Winchcomb see Power, op. cit., pp. 17-18; and Lipson, op. cit., p. 419. Deloney's Works, ed. F.C. Mann, pp. 20-1. Ibid., p. 22. Quoted in C.L. Powell, Eng. Domestic Relations, 1487-1563 , p. 27.
With a tug, there would be less difficulty and danger in loading to 18 feet than there now is to 15. "There is now three feet more water on the bar than there was previous to its being deepened, and if the work be continued next summer, to enlarge a cut which has been made, there will be five feet. "I have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant, "THOMAS LIPSON, Harbour Master.
The following letter, addressed by Captain Lipson, the Harbour-master, to the Colonial Secretary, in reference to the improvements that have been effected at the bar, will best explain its present state, and the description of vessels it will admit into the Port. "Port, 6th July, 1847.
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