Piepoudre, Court of, also spelled piepowder, was a medieval English court that settled disputes among peddlers and tradespeople at fairs and markets. The court got its name from the Norman French words pieds puidreaux (powdery feet), which referred to the dusty feet of the peddlers. Norman French was the official language of the courts. Courts of piepoudre were private courts, and the profits from them went to the people authorized to hold them. They became obsolete in the late 1700’s.
