Fur Act 1337

Fur Act 1337

Act of Parliament
Parliament of England
Long title	Who only may wear fur.
Citation	11 Edw. 3. c. 4
Territorial extent	England and Wales Ireland
Dates
Royal assent	1337
Commencement	27 September 1337 [a]
Repealed	10 August 1872
Other legislation
Amended by	Continuance, etc. of Laws Act 1603 Statute Law Revision Act 1863
Repealed by	Statute Law Revision Act 1872
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Fur Act 1337 (11 Edw. 3. c. 4) was an act of the Parliament of England passed during the reign of Edward III that limited the class of people who might wear fur to earls, barons, knights, prelates of the Church of England, and those who expended one hundred pounds at least by the year. ^[1]

Item, it is accorded, That no Man nor Woman of the said Lands of England, Ireland, Wales, or Scotland within the King's Power, of what Estate or Condition that he be, the King, Queen, and their Children, the Prelates, Earls, Barons, Knights, and Ladies, and people of Holy Church, which may expend by Year an C. li of their Benefices at the least, to the very Value, only except, shall wear no Fur in his Clothes, that shall be bought after the said Feast of Saint Michael, upon the Forfeiture of the said Fur. And further to be punished at the King's Will.

Legacy

The act was extended to Ireland by Poynings' Law 1495 (10 Hen. 7. c. 22 (I)).

The act was repealed in general terms, alongside "all other acts hereto made concerning Apparell", for England and Wales by section 7 of the Continuance, etc. of Laws Act 1603 (1 Jas. 1. c. 25).

The whole of 11 Edw. 3., including this act which was already repealed, was repealed for England and Wales by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1863 (26 & 27 Vict. c. 125) and for Ireland by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law (Ireland) Revision Act 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 98).

Notes

1. Start of session.

References

1. "Introduction | British History Online".