### Elizabethan England legislated sword length by rank > According to some sources, young gallants entering London could be stopped to have their [swords measured](http://elizabethan.org/sumptuary/ruffs-hose-swords.html) and, if too long, broken. - [[Elizabethan Sumptuary Statutes#Elizabethan England legislated sword length by rank|View in Vault]]