Importation Act 1463

The Importation Act 1463 was an act of the Parliament of England passed during the reign of Edward IV.
Merchants of the Hanseatic League resident in England were importing a large amount of corn. Parliament therefore passed the Importation Act to prohibit the importation of corn when the price of wheat at the port at which it was purchased did not exceed 6s. 8d. per quarter. This was done to relieve the condition of labourers and to raise the price of English-grown corn.

Subsequent developments

The act was extended to Ireland by Poynings' Law 1495.
The whole act was repealed for England and Wales by section 11 of the Continuance, etc. of Laws Act 1623.
The whole of 3 Edw. 4, including this act, was repealed for England and Wales by the Statute Law Revision Act 1863 and for Ireland by the Statute Law (Ireland) Revision Act 1872.