Cloth Act 1337

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]

Notes

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.

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[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.