Statute of Westminster 1472

For other similarly-named legislation, see Statute of Westminster.

Act of Parliament
Parliament of England
Citation	12 Edw. 4.
Territorial extent	England and Wales Ireland
Dates
Royal assent	6 October 1472
Commencement	6 October 1472 [a]
Repealed	10 August 1872
Other legislation
Amended by	Statute Law Revision Act 1863
Repealed by	Statute Law (Ireland) Revision Act 1872
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Statute of Westminster 1472 was an act of the Parliament of England passed by Edward IV of England requiring a tax of four bow staves per tun of cargo to be provided by each ship arriving at an English Port. ^{[1] [2]}

In 1470, an edict had been passed requiring compulsory training in the use of the longbow. ^[3] This resulted in a shortage of yew wood. The statute sought to overcome this shortage.

Legacy

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

The whole act was repealed for England and Wales by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1863 (26 & 27 Vict.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. Statutes at Large: From Magna charta to 1800 (Great Britain, 1762)
2. Bell, Eric. "Taxus baccata: The English Yew Tree" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
3. Tree of the year 2013