The Importation Act 1463 (3 Edw. 4. c. 2) was an Act of the Parliament of England passed during the reign of Edward IV.

Importation Act 1463
Act of Parliament
Long titleA restraint of bringing corn into this realm, until it shall exceed certain prices.
Citation3 Edw. 4. c. 2
Dates
Repealed10 August 1872
Other legislation
Repealed byStatute Law Revision (Ireland) Act 1872
Status: Repealed

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.[1]

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  1. ^ William Cunningham, The Growth of English Industry and Commerce during the Early and Middle Ages. Fifth Edition (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1915), p. 407.