Importation of Silk Act 1463

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Act of Parliament
Long titleWhosoever shall bring into this realm any wrought silk to be sold, concerning the mystery of silk-workers, shall forfeit the same, and x. li.
Citation3 Edw. 4. c. 3
Other legislation
Repealed byStatute Law Revision Act 1863
Status: Repealed

The Importation of Silk Act 1463 (3 Edw. 4. c. 3) was an Act of the Parliament of England passed during the reign of Edward IV.

The act prohibited the importation of foreign-made silk in order to protect the English silk industry located in London.[1]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Charles Derek Ross, Edward IV (University of California Press, 1974), p. 360.