| Short Title: | Statute of Northampton |
| Type: | Act |
| Parliament: | Parliament of England |
| Year: | 1328 |
| Citation: | 2 Edw. 3 |
The Statute of Northampton (2 Edw. 3) is legislation passed by the Parliament of England which met in Northampton in 1328. The parliament also ratified the Treaty of Edinburgh–Northampton which ended the First War of Scottish Independence.
Chapter 3 would later be argued in legal disputes in the United States of America about Second Amendment rights. It said
The modern relevance of the legislation has been disputed: firearms did not exist at the time, and it is not immediately clear whether "nor to go nor to ride armed" (originally ne de chivaucher ne de daler arme in Anglo-Norman French) referred to carrying weapons or to wearing armour; it is also not clear whether it should be read primarily as permitting riding armed in the context of an official militia or posse, or as a prohibition in other situations.[1]
Chapter 15 regulated fairs and in particular required a lord to follow a royal charter or established usage to keep a fair open "for the Time that they ought to hold it, and no longer," with pre-publication of the closing time, subject to a fine for the lord and grievous punishment for the merchants if the fair stayed open longer.
| Short Title: | Sale of Wares after Close of Fair Act 1331 |
| Type: | Act |
| Parliament: | Parliament of England |
| Long Title: | The Penalty if any do sell Ware at a Fair after it is ended. |
| Year: | 1331 |
| Citation: | 5 Edw. 3. c. 5 |
| Repealing Legislation: | Statute Law Revision Act 1958 |
| Status: | repealed |
| Original Text: | https://archive.org/details/statutesatlarge30britgoog/page/442/ |
| Collapsed: | yes |
Enforcement against sales after the closing time of the fair was strengthened three years later with qui tam provisions in the (5 Edw. 3. c. 5), allowing private citizens to prosecute cases and receive a quarter of the fines based on double the value of improperly sold goods. This provision was not repealed until the Common Informers Act 1951.[2]