Cloth_Act_1337 Knowpia

Act of Parliament
	Parliament of England
Long title	None shall wear any Cloth but such as is made in England.
Citation	11 Edw. 3. c. 2
Territorial extent	England, Ireland, Wales, and Scotland
Other legislation
Repealed by	Statute Law Revision Act 1863
Status: Repealed

The Cloth Act 1337 (11 Edw. 3. c. 2) was an Act of the Parliament of England passed during the reign of Edward III.

The Act legally obliged all English people to wear English-made cloth.^[1] It was part of a group of Sumptuary Laws intended to preserve class distinctions.^[2]

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^ William Cunningham, The Growth of English Industry and Commerce during the Early and Middle Ages. Fifth Edition (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1915), p. 308.
^ "Sumptuary laws of the middle ages". Lordsandladies.org. 8 April 2018.

[1] William Cunningham, The Growth of English Industry and Commerce during the Early and Middle Ages. Fifth Edition (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1915), p. 308.

[2] "Sumptuary laws of the middle ages". Lordsandladies.org. 8 April 2018.

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