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More serious crimes would often be reserved for the royal justices, but sometimes the jurisdiction was still held by the Piepowder Court.
Also, since the members of courts of "piepowder", weren't sitting on a bench, but walking around in fairs, they would often get their feet dusty.
The most recent sitting of a Piepowder Court was in 1898, in Hemel Hempstead.
There is no one standard spelling of "piepowder": the most common variant is perhaps "pie poudre" (as in Bristol).
Fairs were held there four times a year; supposedly, these were governed by a body known as the 'court of piepowder'[Clarke].
A Piepowder Court was held in front of the mayor and bailiffs of the borough (or the steward, if the market or fair was held by a lord).
It was administered for the most part in special courts, such as those of the guilds in Italy, or the fair courts of Germany and France, or as in England, in courts of the Staple or Piepowder.
As well as being the seat of county assizes, Bury St. Edmunds had been a site for both Piepowder Courts and court assizes, the latter since the Abbey was given a Liberty, namely the Liberty of St Edmund.
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