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King Richard II. because he resided some time in this city, and 



held a parliament therein. 

 King Richard III. because he was Duke of Gloucester, and when 

 he became King, annexed the two hundreds of Dudston and 

 Kings Barton to the jurisdiction of the corporation. 

 Queen Elizabeth, because she established the Protestant Religion. 

 King Charles I. to show the detestation of the citizens, of the 

 former disloyalty acted in this place ;* — a piece of unworthy 

 adulation on the part of the Mayor and Corporation who 

 sanctioned it. 

 It has been suggested, that the circumstance of the statue of 

 Richard III. having been one of the eight, confirms the opinion that 

 the Cross was erected during this King's reign, as it is scarcely 

 probable it should have been placed there after his death, under the 

 reign of the Tudors. The statues of Queen Elizabeth (a Tudor) and 

 King Charles I. (a Stewart) were erected there, it is naively remarked, 

 " for particular reasons. "-f- 



In the year 1749, an Act of Parliament having passed for taking 

 down several buildings, and enlarging the streets and market-places in 

 the city of Gloucester, it was deemed necessary, in order to carry out 

 its provisions, to remove the High Cross. This was done accordingly; 

 but what became of it after its demolition, all researches to discover 

 have been in vain. Probably its fragments were dispersed to be used 

 for building purposes elsewhere — a fate not uncommon to ancient 

 Crosses. 



Sir Kobt. Atkyns' History of Gloucestersbii-e. 

 t Vet. Men. 



