Cloth Act 1337

The Cloth Act 1337 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. It was part of a group of Sumptuary Laws intended to preserve class distinctions.

Legacy

The act was extended to Ireland by Poynings' Law 1495.
The provisions of the act providing "What clothes may be worn" were repealed by section 1 of the Repeal of Acts Concerning Importation Act 1822.
The whole act was repealed for England and Wales by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1863 and for Ireland by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law (Ireland) Revision Act 1872.