Exportation of Corn Act 1361

Exportation of Corn Act 1361

Act of Parliament
Parliament of England
Long title	No corn shall be transported but to Calais and Gascoign.
Citation	34 Edw. 3. c. 20
Territorial extent	England and Wales
Dates
Repealed	19 February 1624
Other legislation
Repealed by	Continuance, etc. of Laws Act 1623
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Exportation of Corn Act 1361 (34 Edw. 3. c. 20) was an act of the Parliament of England passed during the reign of Edward III that prohibited the exportation of corn to any foreign port except Calais and Gascony. If a corn harvest did not yield a lot of food, it was better for the corn to be used to feed the English rather than be exported.^[1]

The whole act was repealed by section 11 of the Continuance of Laws, etc. Act 1623 (21 Jas. 1. c. 28).

References

1. William Cunningham, The Growth of English Industry and Commerce during the Early and Middle Ages. Fifth Edition (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1915), p. 406.