The Importation Act 1337 (11 Edw. 3. c. 3) was an act of the Parliament of England passed during the reign of Edward III that prohibited the importation of foreign made cloth in order to encourage the English cloth making industry.William Cunningham, The Growth of English Industry and Commerce during the Early and Middle Ages. Fifth Edition (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1915), p. 308.
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Subsequent developments The act was extended to Ireland by Poynings' Law 1495 (10 Hen. 7. c. 22 (I)).
The whole act was repealed by section 1 of the Repeal of Acts Concerning Importation Act 1822 (3 Geo. 4. c. 41), which came into force on 24 June 1822.
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