List of acts of the Parliament of England, 1327–1376

This is a list of acts of the Parliament of England for the years 1327 until 1376.

For acts passed during the period 1707–1800, see the list of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain. See also the list of acts of the Parliament of Scotland, the list of acts of the Parliament of Ireland.

For acts passed from 1801 onwards, see the list of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. For acts of the devolved parliaments and assemblies in the United Kingdom, see the list of acts of the Scottish Parliament, the list of acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly, and the list of acts and measures of Senedd Cymru; see also the list of acts of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.

For medieval statutes, etc. that are not considered to be acts of Parliament, see the list of English statutes.

The number shown after each act's title is its chapter number. Acts are cited using this number, preceded by the year(s) of the reign during which the relevant parliamentary session was held; thus the Union with Ireland Act 1800 is cited as "39 & 40 Geo. 3 c. 67", meaning the 67th act passed during the session that started in the 39th year of the reign of George III and which finished in the 40th year of that reign. Note that the modern convention is to use Arabic numerals in citations (thus "41 Geo. 3" rather than "41 Geo. III"). Acts of the last session of the Parliament of Great Britain and the first session of the Parliament of the United Kingdom are both cited as "41 Geo. 3".

Acts passed by the Parliament of England did not have a short title; however, some of these acts have subsequently been given a short title by acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (such as the Short Titles Act 1896).

Acts passed by the Parliament of England were deemed to have come into effect on the first day of the session in which they were passed. Because of this, the years given in the list below may in fact be the year before a particular act was passed.

1327 (1 Edw. 3)[edit]

The 1st Parliament of King Edward III, which met at Westminster until 9 March 1327.

Statute of Westminster 1327

1 Edw. 3 Stat. 1[edit]

The 2nd Parliament of King Edward III, which met at Westminster from 15 September 1327 until 23 September 1327.

1 Edw. 3 Stat. 2[edit]

The 3rd Parliament of King Edward III, which met at Lincoln from 7 February 1328 until 5 March 1328.

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  1. ^ The right or privilege of a tenant to take wood from a landlord's estate for the upkeep of a house; (also) the rent paid for this privilege; (the clearing or taking of) wood for this purpose.
  2. ^ Wood or thorns for the repair of fences; the right of the tenant or commoner to take such material from the landlord's estate, or the common.

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  • Chronological Table of and Index to the Statutes. Vol. 1: To the End of the Session 59 Vict. Sess. 2 (1895) (13th ed.). London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1896. pp. 22–23 – via Google Books.
  • Chronological Table of the Statutes: Covering the Period from 1235 to the End of 1971. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1972. pp. 18–19. ISBN 978-0-11-840096-1 – via Google Books.

1328 (2 Edw. 3)[edit]

The 4th Parliament of King Edward III, which met at Northampton from 24 April 1328 until 14 May 1328.

The Statute of Northampton:

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1330 (4 Edw. 3)[edit]

The 6th Parliament of King Edward III, which met at York from 11 March 1330 until 21 March 1330.

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1331 (5 Edw. 3)[edit]

The 8th Parliament of King Edward III, which met at Westminster from 30 September 1331 until 9 October 1331.

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1335 (9 Edw. 3)[edit]

9 Edw. 3 Stat. 1[edit]

The 14th Parliament of King Edward III, which met at York from 26 May 1335 until 3 June 1335.

9 Edw. 3 Stat. 2[edit]

The 15th Parliament of King Edward III, which met at York from 11 March 1336 until 20 March 1336.

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1336 (10 Edw. 3)[edit]

The 16th Parliament of King Edward III, which met from 3 March 1337.

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1337 (11 Edw. 3)[edit]

The 17th Parliament of King Edward III, which met at Westminster from 27 September 1337.

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1340 (14 Edw. 3)[edit]

The 22nd Parliament of King Edward III, which met from 12 July 1340 until 26 July 1340.

  • (Denial of subjection of England to Kings of France) 14 Edw. 3. Stat. 3 — cited as 14 Edw. 3. Stat. 5 in The Statutes at Large; repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1948

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1341 (15 Edw. 3)[edit]

The 23rd Parliament of King Edward III, which met from 23 April 1341.

  • 15 Edw. 3 Stat. 1
    • c. 1 A confirmation of the great charter and former statutes. — repealed by 15 Edw. 3. Stat. 2
    • Trial of Peers Act 1341 c. 2 The peers of the realm and great officers for great offences shall be tried in parliament. — repealed by 15 Edw. 3. Stat. 2
    • c. 3 The chancellor and other great officers to swear to keep the laws. — repealed by 15 Edw. 3. Stat. 2
    • c. 4 At every parliament the King may take several great offices into his hands, and retain them four or five days. Those that attempt suits against the laws and statutes of the realm shall answer it in parliament. — repealed by 15 Edw. 3. Stat. 2
    • c. 5 Punishments of usury by the King or the ordinaries. — repealed by 15 Edw. 3. Stat. 2
    • c. 6 Ministers of the church shall not answer before the King's justices for things done touching the jurisdiction of the church. — repealed by 15 Edw. 3. Stat. 2

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1343 (17 Edw. 3)[edit]

The 24th Parliament of King Edward III, which met from 28 April 1343 until 20 May 1343.

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1344 (18 Edw. 3)[edit]

18 Edw. 3 Stat. 1[edit]

The 25th Parliament of King Edward III, which met from 7 June 1344 until 28 June 1344.

18 Edw. 3 Stat. 2[edit]

Continuing the 25th Parliament of King Edward III, which met from 7 June 1344 until 28 June 1344.

  • (Taxation) part preceding c. 1 Two quinzimes granted to the King by the commonality, and two dismes by cities and boroughs, to be paid in two years, towards his wars in France and Scotland. — repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1863
  • (Commissions of new enquiries) c. 1 Commissions of new enquiries shall cease, saving indictments of felonies, and trespasses of wools carried out without subsidies, customs, &c. — repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1863
  • (Justice of the Peace) c. 2 Justices of the peace shall be appointed, and their authority. — repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1948
  • (Freedom of trade) c. 3 All persons may buy wools. The sea shall be open. — repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1863
  • (Weights and measures) c. 4 Commissions to assay weights and measures shall be repealed, and none such granted. — repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1863
  • (No exigents in trespass) c. 5 No exigent shall be granted in trespass, but where it is against the peace. — repealed by Administration of Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1938
  • (Currency) c. 6 Money shall be made and exchanges ordained where the King shall please. — repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1863
  • (Confirmation of statutes, etc.) c. 7 When the King's wages to soldiers shall begin and end. — repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1863

18 Edw. 3 Stat. 3[edit]

Continuing the 25th Parliament of King Edward III, which met from 7 June 1344 until 28 June 1344.

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1346 (20 Edw. 3)[edit]

The 26th Parliament of King Edward III, which met from 11 September 1346 until 20 September 1346.

  • (Oath of the Clerks of Chancery) — cited as 18 Edw. 3 Stat. 5 in The Statutes at Large – repealed by Promissory Oaths Act 1871

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1349 (23 Edw. 3)[edit]

Ordinance of Labourers 1349

  • c. 1 Every person able in body under the age of sixty years, not having to live on, being required, shall be bound to serve him that doth require him, or else be committed to the gaol, until he find surety to serve. — repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1863
  • c. 2 If a workman or servant depart from service before the time agreed upon, he shall be imprisoned. — repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1863
  • c. 3 The old wages, and no more, shall be given to servants. — repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1863
  • c. 4 If the lord of a town or manor do offend against the statute in any point, he shall forfeit the treble value. — repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1863
  • c. 5 If any artificer or workman take more wages than were wont to be paid, he shall be committed to the gaol. — repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1863
  • c. 6 Victuals shall be sold at reasonable prices. — repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1863
  • c. 7 No person shall give any thing to a beggar that is able to labour. — repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1863
  • c. 8 He that taketh more wages than is accustomably given, shall pay the surplusage to the town where he dwelleth, towards a payment to the King of a tenth and fifteenth granted to him. — repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1863

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1350 (25 Edw. 3)[edit]

The 29th Parliament of King Edward III, which met from 9 February 1351 until 1 March 1351.

  • Status of Children Born Abroad Act 1350[5][6][7] or De natis ultra mare 25 Edw. 3. Stat. 1 In what place bastardy pleaded against him that is born out of the realm shall be tried. — cited as 25 Edw. 3 Stat. 2 in The Statutes at Large; still in force
  • Statute of Labourers 1351 (Labourers, artificers, etc.) 25 Edw. 3. Stat. 2 — cited as 25 Edw. 3 Stat. 1 in The Statutes at Large; repealed by Statute Law (Ireland) Revision Act 1872
    • c. 1 The year and day's wages of servants and labourers in husbandry.
    • c. 2
    • c. 3
    • c. 4
    • c. 5
    • c. 6
    • c. 7
  • (Aulneger, foreign and other merchants, forestalling, weirs) 25 Edw. 3. Stat. 3 — cited as 25 Edw. 3 Stat. 4 in The Statutes at Large; repealed by Statute Law (Ireland) Revision Act 1872
    • c. 1 The aulneger shall be sworn to do his duty. The penalty if he offend.
    • c. 2 Merchants strangers may buy and sell without disturbance.
    • c. 3 The penalty of him that doth forestal wares, merchandise, or victual.
    • c. 4 New wears shall be pulled down, and not repaired.
  • De provisoribus (Statute of Provisors of Benefices) 25 Edw. 3. Stat. 4 The King and other lords shall present unto benefices of their own, or their ancestors foundation, and not the bishop of Rome. — cited as 25 Edw. 3 Stat. 6 in The Statutes at Large; repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1948

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1351 (25 Edw. 3)[edit]

The 30th Parliament of King Edward III, which met from 13 January 1352 until 11 February 1352.

25 Edw. 3. Stat. 5 — cited as 25 Edw. 3. Stat. 3 in The Statutes at Large

An Ordinance for the Clergy 25 Edw. 3. Stat. 6

  • (Confirmation of privileges of clergy) c. 1 All privileges granted to the clergy confirmed. The King nor his heirs shall present to a benefice of another's right of any time of his progenitors.
  • (Repeal of 14 Edw. 3 Stat. 4. c. 2) c. 2 A repeal of the statute of Anno 14 Ed. 3. stat. 4. cap. 2.2, touching the King's presentment to a church of another's right. — repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1863
  • (Presentation to benefices by the King) c. 3 When the King presenteth to a benefice in another's right, his title shall be examined.
  • (Benefit of clergy) c. 4 All clerks convicted of felony or treason shall be delivered to their ordinaries. — repealed by Criminal Statutes Repeal Act 1827
  • (Benefit of clergy) c. 5 A clerk shall be arrainged of all his offences at once. — repealed by Criminal Statutes Repeal Act 1827
  • (Temporalities of prelates) c. 6 A bishop's temporalities shall not be seised for a contempt. — repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1863
  • (King's title to benefice) c. 7 The ordinary may counterplead the King's title for a benefice fallen by lapse.
  • (Cognizance of avoidance of benefices) c. 8 Cognisance of avoidance of benefices appertained to the ecclesiastical judge.
  • (Indictments of ordinaries for extortion) c. 9 Indictments of ordinaries for extortion shall be put in certainty.

Statutum de Forma levationis Decime-quinte (Statute of the Form of levying of the Fifteenth) 25 Edw. 3. Stat. 7 The King granteth to the commons in aid of a disme and fifteen by them before granted to him, all the issues, fines, forfeitures, and amerciaments levied of labourers, artificers, regrators, victuallers, and servants. — repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1863

Artic. p. Clero. resp. (This Article for the Clergy is respited until the next Parliament) — cited as 25 Edw. 3. Stat. 3 in The Statutes at Large; repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1863

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1353 (27 Edw. 3)[edit]

  • Ordinance of the Staples 1353 27 Edw. 3 Stat. 2
    • c. 1 Where the staple for England, Wales and Ireland shall be kept. Whither merchandises of the staple shall be carried, and what custom shall be paid for them.
    • c. 2
    • c. 3
    • c. 4
    • c. 5
    • c. 6
    • c. 7
    • c. 8
    • c. 9
    • c. 10 There shall be but one weight, measure and yard through the realm.
    • c. 11
    • c. 12
    • c. 13
    • c. 14
    • c. 15 Indentures shall be made between carriers of wool by the water, and the bailiffs of towns where they load them; which carriers shall be sworn and bound to carry them to the staple.
    • c. 16 Houses shall be set for reasonable rents in staple-towns, imposed by the mayor, &c.
    • c. 17
    • c. 18
    • c. 19
    • c. 20 Merchants strangers taken in the King's protection; and for their wrongs shall recover double damages.
    • c. 21
    • c. 22
    • c. 23
    • c. 24
    • c. 25 It shall be felony to make any conspiracy which may return to the disturbance of the staple.
    • c. 26 Credit shall be given to letters, or the merchants oaths, of the value of their goods.
    • c. 27 The forfeiture of those which before this statute have transported their wools, &c.
    • c. 28 The liberties of the staple confirmed, notwithstanding the franchises of others; but in fairs, markets, hundreds, leets, &c.
  • Ordin. de feodis Majorum (Fees of mayors, etc. of staples) The ordinance of the several fees of the mayors and constables of the staple, in every city and town where the staple is ordained to be kept, and by what means the same shall be levied. — repealed by Repeal of Acts Concerning Importation Act 1822

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  1. ^ 23 Edw. 3. c. 6

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1354 (28 Edw. 3)[edit]

  • (Confirmation of charters, etc.) c. 1 A confirmation of all statutes before made and used. — repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1863
  • (Lords of Marches of Wales) c. 2
  • (Liberty of subject) c. 3 (still in force)
  • (Tenure in capite) c. 4
  • (Exportation of iron) c. 5
  • (Election of coroners) c. 6
  • (Sheriffs) c. 7
  • (Attaint) c. 8
  • (Sheriffs) c. 9
  • (Misprisions in cities and boroughs) c. 10
  • (Confirmation, etc. of 13 Edw. 1 Stat. Wynton. cc. 1, 2) c. 11
  • (Purveyance) c. 12
  • (Confirmation, etc. of 27 Edw. 3 Stat. 2) c. 13
  • (The staple) c. 14
  • (The staple) c. 15

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1357 (31 Edw. 3)[edit]

  • Statute of Herrings (Herrings: salt fish of Blakeney) 31 Edw. 3 Stat. 2 — repealed by Forestalling, Regrating, etc. Act 1844
    • c. 1 Herrings shall not be bought or sold on the sea: at what time they shall be sold.
    • c. 2 The order and time of bringing and selling of herring at Yarmouth fair. How many herrings shall be account an hundred, and how many a last. Who shall govern the fair.
    • c. 3 What great officers shall take order for selling and buying of fish.
  • Statute for Salt-Fish (Herrings: salt fish of Blakeney) 31 Edw. 3 Stat. 3 — repealed by Forestalling, Regrating, etc. Act 1844
    • c. 1 Doggers and load-ships of Blackney haven shall discharge their fish there.
    • c. 2 The price of dogger-fish shall be assessed at the beginning of the fair. Who may buy nets and hooks in Norfolk.

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1361[edit]

34 Edw. 3[edit]

A parliament at Westminster.

  • Justices of the Peace Act 1361[9] c. 1 What sort of persons shall be justices of peace; and what authority they shall have. (still in force)
  • (Purveyance) c. 2 No purveyance shall be made but for the King, the Queen, and the King's eldest son. — repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1863
  • (Purveyance) c. 3 When things purveyed for the Queen and Prince shall be paid for. — repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1863
  • (Juries) c. 4 What sort of people shall be returned upon every jury.
  • (Weights and measures) c. 5 Auncel weight shall be put out. Buying and selling shall be by equal balance. — repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1863
  • (Measures) c. 6 All measures shall be according to the King's standard, &c. — repealed by 21 Jas. 1. c. 28
  • (Attaint) c. 7 An attaint will lie as well in plea real as personal. — repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1863
  • (Juries) c. 8 The penalty of a juror taking reward to give his verdict.
  • (Labourers) c. 9 The statutes of 23 Edw. 3. cap. 1 and 25 Edw. 3. stat. 1. cap. 1 and 2. touching labourers, carpenters, Masons, &c. confirmed. — repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1863
  • (Labourers) c. 10 The punishment of labourers, &c. departing from their service into another county. — repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1863
  • (Labourers) c. 11 If a labourer or servant do flee to a city or borough, the chief officer upon request shall deliver him up. — repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1863
  • Forfeitures Act 1360 c. 12 There shall be no forfeiture of lands for treason of dead persons not attainted. — repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1948
  • (Escheators) c. 13 By what sort of people, and in what place and manner, an escheator shall take his inquest.
  • (Escheators) c. 14 In what court traverses of offices found before escheators shall be tried.
  • (Confirmation of grants) c. 15 A confirmation of those alienations which the tenants of King Henry he third, &c. did make. — repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1948
  • (Fines) c. 16 Non-claim of fines shall hereafter be no bar. — repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1863
  • (Trade, etc. with Ireland) c. 17 Merchandises may be carried into and brought out of Ireland. — repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1863
  • (Trade, etc. with Ireland) c. 18 They which have lands in Ireland, may carry their goods thither, and bring them again. — repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1863
  • (Customs) c. 19 No customers or subsidy shall be paid for canvas to pack wool in. — repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1863
  • Exportation of Corn Act 1360 c. 20 No corn shall be transported but to Calais and Gascoign. — repealed by 21 Jas. 1. c. 28
  • (Exportation of wool, etc.) c. 21 A confirmation of a former grant to denizens to transport wool beyond sea. — repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1863
  • (Finding of hawks) c. 22 How he shall use another man's hawk that taketh it up. — repealed by Criminal Statutes Repeal Act 1827

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35 Edw. 3[edit]

  • An Ordinance of Herring (Herrings) All persons may buy herring in the fair at Yarmouth openly, and not privily. No man shall enter into a bargain of herring until the first chapman have done with it. — repealed by Forestalling, Regrating, etc. Act 1844

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1362 (36 Edw. 3)[edit]

A parliament at Westminster.

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1363[edit]

37 Edw. 3[edit]

A parliament at Westminster.

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38 Edw. 3[edit]

  • (Gold and silver, fines, merchants, jurors, etc.) 38 Edw. 3 Stat. 1 — repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1863
    • c. 1 Former statutes shall be observed and executed.
    • c. 2 Any merchant may use more merchandises than one, notwithstanding the statute of 37 Edw. 3. c. 5. Who only may transport gold or silver.
    • c. 3 Fines shall be taken in the presence of the pledges.
    • c. 4 Penal bonds, in the third person shall be void.
    • c. 5 Any man may wage his law against a Londoner's papers.
    • c. 6 A repeal of the felony imposed by stat. 27 Ed. 3. stat. 2. c. 3. for transporting of wool, &c. by Englishmen; but the forfeiture of lands and goods shall stand.
    • c. 7 A confirmation of the statute of the staple, made by 27 Ed. 3. stat. 2.
    • c. 8 A ship shall not be lost for a small thing therein not customed.
    • c. 9 The punishment of him which proveth not his suggestion made to the King.
    • c. 10 A confirmation of the statutes made for wines.
    • c. 11 Merchants denizens may fetch wines, and aliens may bring them.
    • c. 12 The punishment of a juror taking reward to give verdict, and of embraceors.
  • (Obtaining benefices from Rome) 38 Edw. 3 Stat. 2 — repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1948
    • c. 1 Persons receiving citations from Rome in causes pertaining to the King, &c. to incur the penalties of 25 Edw. 3. stat. 6.
    • c. 2 Suspected persons not appearing before the King's justices, after warning, to incur the penalty of 27 Edw. III. stat. 1. cap. 1.
    • c. 3 Such offenders to be out of the King's protection, and punished according to the statute of 27 Edw. III. stat. 1. cap. 1.
    • c. 4 The punishment of those who sue falsely and maliciously upon this statute. The consent of the King and parliament to impeach offenders against the same.

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1368 (42 Edw. 3)[edit]

This statute says that it was made at Westminster on 1 May 1368: see Halsbury's Statutes.

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1369 (43 Edw. 3)[edit]

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  1. ^ 42 Edw. 3. c. 8

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1371 (45 Edw. 3)[edit]

A parliament at Westminster.

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1372 (46 Edw. 3)[edit]

The 44th Parliament of King Edward III, which met from 3 November 1372 until 24 November 1372.

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1373 (47 Edw. 3)[edit]

The 45th Parliament of King Edward III, which met at Westminster from 21 November 1373 until 10 December 1373.

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1376 (50 Edw. 3)[edit]

The 46th Parliament of King Edward III, which met at Westminster from 28 April 1376 until 10 July 1376.

Of the Pardons and Graces granted by the King to the Commonalty of His Realm of England; in the Fiftieth year of King Edward III. — repealed by Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1963

  • (Confirmation of liberties and charters) c. 1 A confirmation of the liberties of the church.
  • (Confirmation of liberties and charters) c. 2 A confirmation of the Great Charter and the Charter of the Forest.
  • (Pardon) c. 3 The King's pardon to the people in the year of his jubilee.
  • c. 4 No prohibition shall be allowed after consultation duly granted.
  • (Arrest of clergy) c. 5 None shall arrest priests or clerks doing divine service.
  • (Fraudulent conveyances) c. 6 Fraudulent assurances of lands or goods, to deceive creditors, shall be void.
  • (Cloth) c. 7 Woolen cloths shall not be transported before they be fulled. — repealed by Repeal of Acts Concerning Importation Act 1822
  • (Cloth) c. 8 Certain cloths whereof no subsidy or aulnage shall be paid.

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  1. ^ "housebote". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
  2. ^ "heybote". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
  3. ^ Merkin, Rob (2021). Marine Insurance: A Legal History. Edward Elgar Publishing. p. 128. ISBN 978-1-78811-675-6.
  4. ^ legislation.gov.uk website
  5. ^ "Status of children born abroad Act 1350 (25 Ed. III., St. 1.)". NZLII. Selection of Imperial Acts in force in New Zealand in 1881.
  6. ^ Hutson, Lorna, ed. (2017). The Oxford Handbook of English Law and Literature, 1500-1700. Oxford University Press. p. 758.
  7. ^ "Status of Children Born Abroad Act 1350". vLex.
  8. ^ The citation of this Act by this short title was authorised by the Short Titles Act 1896, section 1 and the first schedule. Due to the repeal of those provisions it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
  9. ^ This short title was assigned by the Statute Law Revision Act 1948.

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