Statute of Artificers

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The Statute of Artificers was a group of English laws (1558-63) which regulated the supply and conduct of labour. In particular it set wages of certain classes of worker, it regulated the quality of people entering certain professions by laying down rules for apprenticeships and it restricted the free movement of workers.

• Hobbs v. Young 1 Show KB 266, on apprentices under the 1562 Statute

[edit] See also

• Labour law
• History of competition law
• Ordinance of Labourers 1349 and Statute of Labourers 1351, which after the Black Death fixed maximum wages of peasantry.

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[edit] External links

• Donald Woodward, The Background to the Statute of Artificers 1558-63