Type: | Act |
Parliament: | Parliament of England |
Long Title: | None shall wear any Cloth but such as is made in England. |
Year: | 1337 |
Citation: | 11 Edw. 3. c. 2 |
Territorial Extent: | England, Ireland, Wales, and Scotland |
Repealing Legislation: | 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Status: | repealed |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]