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An Act for the Continuance of the Making of Caps, later given the short title of the Cappers Act 1571, was an Act of the Parliament of England passed at the behest of Queen Elizabeth I. The law required that everyone within the Kingdom of England was obliged to wear a wool Monmouth cap on Sunday and holy days to protect the English wool and hat trade. The act was repealed in 1597.