 The name comes from the French, "pieds poudrés" which can be translated as "dusty feet", and was a temporary court set up for the duration of a fair or market to deal with travellers who were not resident in the town.It was held in the open air under an ancient oak tree, the site of which the Stag and Hounds Public House was built on.There is no actual record of when the court moved into the inn, where it was reputedly held in the first-floor room.