10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PIEPOWDER»
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The Oxford History of the Laws of England: 1483-1558
COURTS OF PIEPOWDER A court of piepowder was incident as a matter of
common right to every fair,183 whether or not it was mentioned in the charter
granting the fair, and—although in theory it might have been possible to make a ...
John Hamilton Baker, 2003
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Wordsworth Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Piepowder Court. A court of justice formerly held at fairs, which had summary
powers in cases of dispute between those buyers and sellers who were there
temporarily. Literally, a " wayfarer's court," piepowder being from Fr. pied-
poudreux, ...
Ebenezer Cobham Brewer, 2001
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Medieval Justice: Cases and Laws in France, England and ...
These were known as “piepowder” courts (the word comes from the French pied-
poudreux, i.e., “dusty- footed”) because the men who used it still had dust on their
feet. Their itinerant callings kept them moving from market to market and from ...
And no one dwelling in Torkeey or having lands or tenements in Torkaey is
bound to coma to the said Piepowder Court, or can be impleaded or ameroed in
the said court, unless he chooses of his own free will, but nevertheless in the said
...
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Aliens in Medieval Law: The Origins of Modern Citizenship
1238) offers a vivid contrast between a borough court and a piepowder court.
According to the custumal, the latter is for merchants and wayfaring foreigners (
pro mercatoribus etforencecis transeuntibus) . No one who dwells, or has lands
or ...
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Medieval Market Morality: Life, Law and Ethics in the ...
It was applicable in various commercial scenarios where the borough customs
allowed it and in staple courts and piepowder courts (usually held in fairs or
markets).365 It also had an increasing influence on general legislation
concerning ...
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The Firm, the Market, and the Law
With the government providing security and with a more developed legal system,
proprietors of the old markets no longer had to assume a responsibility for
providing security or to undertake legal functions, although some courts of
piepowder ...
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Cartulary of St. Mark's Hospital, Bristol
We may reasonably assume that the hundredum de feira is the same as the
hundredum de mercato, and in either case may be classified as a pie- powder
court.3 As Gross pointed out, in many boroughs piepowder courts were mere
phases or ...
St. Mark's Hospital, Bristol, England, Charles Derek Ross, 1959
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The History of Banbury: including copious historical and ...
A Horse Market to be held every Thursday, with a court of piepowder. 44. The
Mayor and Justices shall have power for the "punishment and correction of all
and singular drunkards and of all and singular whorehunters strumpets and
others ...
NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PIEPOWDER»
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Shaw's current project studies the “piepowder people” in the late Middle Ages, focusing on historical agency, mobility, and the circulation of ... «Wesleyan Connection, Jun 10»