Importation_Act_1482

Importation Act 1482

Importation Act 1482

United Kingdom legislation

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.

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

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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. 429.


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