Burying in Woollen Acts

Burying in Woollen Act 1666
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act for Burying in Woollen onely.
Citation18 & 19 Cha. 2. c. 4
  • (Ruffhead: 18 Cha. 2. c. 4)
Territorial extent England and Wales
Dates
Royal assent18 January 1667
Commencement25 March 1667
Repealed28 July 1863
Other legislation
Repealed byStatute Law Revision Act 1863
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted
Burying in Woollen Act 1678
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act for burying in Woollen.
Citation30 Cha. 2. c. 3
Territorial extent England and Wales
Dates
Royal assent15 July 1678
Commencement23 May 1678
Repealed23 July 1814
Other legislation
Repeals/revokesBurying in Woollen Act 1666
Repealed byBurying in Woollen Act 1814
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted
Burying in Woollen Act 1680
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Additionall Act for burying in Woollen.
Citation32 Cha. 2. c. 1
Territorial extent England and Wales
Dates
Royal assent10 January 1681
Commencement2 February 1680
Repealed23 July 1814
Other legislation
Repealed byBurying in Woollen Act 1814
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted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), 30 Cha. 2. c. 3 (1678) and 32 Cha. 2. c. 1 (1680)) 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.