Importation Act 1482

Importation of Silk Act 1482
Act of Parliament
Parliament of England
Long titleAn Act concerning silk workers.
Citation22 Edw. 4. c. 3
Dates
Royal assent18 February 1483
Commencement20 January 1483
Other legislation
Repealed byRepeal of Acts Concerning Importation Act 1822
Status: Repealed
Importations Act 1483
Act of Parliament
Parliament of England
Long titleThe statute of 22 Edward 4. c. 3. prohibiting wrought laces of silk to be brought into this realm, continued for ten years.
Citation1 Ric. 3. c. 10
Dates
Royal assent20 February 1484
Commencement23 January 1484
Other legislation
Repealed byRepeal of Acts Concerning Importation Act 1822
Status: Repealed

The Importation of Silk Act 1482 (22 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.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ William Cunningham, The Growth of English Industry and Commerce during the Early and Middle Ages. Fifth Edition (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1915), p. 429.


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