| Act of Parliament | |
 | |
| Long title | An Act for Burying in Woollen onely. |
|---|---|
| Citation | 18 & 19 Cha. 2. c. 4
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| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 18 January 1667 |
| Commencement | 25 March 1667 |
| Repealed | 28 July 1863 |
| Other legislation | |
| Repealed by | Statute Law Revision Act 1863 |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
| Act of Parliament | |
| |
| Long title | An Act for burying in Woollen. |
|---|---|
| Citation | 30 Cha. 2. c. 3 |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 15 July 1678 |
| Other legislation | |
| Repeals/revokes | Burying in Woollen Act 1666 |
| Repealed by | Burying in Woollen Act 1814 |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
| Act of Parliament | |
| |
| Long title | An Additionall Act for burying in Woollen. |
|---|---|
| Citation | 32 Cha. 2. c. 1 |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 10 January 1681 |
| Other legislation | |
| Repealed by | Burying in Woollen Act 1814 |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
The Burying in Woollen Acts 1666–80 were acts of the Parliament of England (citation 18 & 19 Cha. 2. c. 4 (1666),[1][2] 30 Cha. 2. c. 3 (1678)[3] and 32 Cha. 2. c. 1 (1680)[4]) which required the dead, except plague victims and the destitute, to be buried in pure English woollen shrouds to the exclusion of any foreign textiles.[5]
- ^ "National Patterns, 1648–1815 > England, Scotland, and Ireland > England and Scotland > July 1664". The Encyclopedia of World History. bartleby.com. 2001. Archived from the original on 2 November 2002. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
- ^ 'Charles II, 1666: An Act for Burying in Woollen only.', Statutes of the Realm: volume 5: 1628–80 (1819), p. 598. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=47386. Date accessed: 6 March 2007.
- ^ 'Charles II, 1677 & 1678: An Act for burying in Woollen.', Statutes of the Realm: volume 5: 1628–80 (1819), pp. 885–886. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=47475. Date accessed: 6 March 2007.
- ^ 'Charles II, 1680: An Additional Act for burying in Woollen.', Statutes of the Realm: volume 5: 1628–80 (1819), p. 940. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=47486. Date accessed: 6 March 2007.
- ^ Rivoli, Pietra (2005). The Travels of a T-Shirt in The Global Economy (first ed.). New York: John Wiley & Sons. p. 155. ISBN 0-471-64849-3.