Court of Piepowders (Paperback)


High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles A Court of Piepowders was a special tribunal in England organised by a borough on the occasion of a fair or market. These courts had unlimited jurisdiction over personal actions for events taking place in the market, including disputes between merchants, theft, and acts of violence. In the Middle Ages, there were many hundreds of such courts, and a small number continued to exist even into modern times. Sir William Blackstone's "Commentaries on the Laws of England" in 1768 described them as "the lowest, and at the same time the most expeditious, court of justice known to the law of England." 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). The number of justiciars often varied but was usually limited to three or four men. Punishments typically included fines and the possibility of being held in a pillory or being drawn in a tumbrel (a two-wheeled cart) in order to humiliate the offender. More serious crimes would often be reserved for the royal justices, but sometimes the jurisdiction was still held by the Piepowder Court.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles A Court of Piepowders was a special tribunal in England organised by a borough on the occasion of a fair or market. These courts had unlimited jurisdiction over personal actions for events taking place in the market, including disputes between merchants, theft, and acts of violence. In the Middle Ages, there were many hundreds of such courts, and a small number continued to exist even into modern times. Sir William Blackstone's "Commentaries on the Laws of England" in 1768 described them as "the lowest, and at the same time the most expeditious, court of justice known to the law of England." 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). The number of justiciars often varied but was usually limited to three or four men. Punishments typically included fines and the possibility of being held in a pillory or being drawn in a tumbrel (a two-wheeled cart) in order to humiliate the offender. More serious crimes would often be reserved for the royal justices, but sometimes the jurisdiction was still held by the Piepowder Court.

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Alphascript Publishing

Country of origin

United States

Release date

September 2010

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First published

September 2010

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Dimensions

152 x 229 x 8mm (L x W x T)

Format

Paperback - Trade

Pages

134

ISBN-13

978-6132814500

Barcode

9786132814500

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LSN

6132814507



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