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England, published in 1 730, notices the " Pig Gross " and 

 the " High cross." In Ins account of the siege of Bridg- 

 water by the Parliamentaiy forces, anno 1645, he says : 

 " There was no hope of its being relieved, and the resistance 

 the royahsts made had more of frenzy in it than courage ; 

 when the latter savv Eastover in a blaze they rang the bells 

 for joy, and set fire themselves to several houses in Silver- 

 street, Friar's-street, and at the ' Pig Gross,' which show 

 the eiFects of it to this day." 



" In his account of Alonmouth's rebellion he says : — 

 "Anno 1685, the Duke, after he was proclairaed hing at 

 Taunton, marched to Bridgwater. He had then with him 

 the greatest number of men that were ever for him 

 together, near 6000 men, tolerably well armed. He was 

 proclaimed at the ' High Gross,' by the j\Iayor, Alexander 

 Popham, Esq., and his brethren, in his robes of office." 



" The High Cross stood on the Cornhill, and was called 

 "the Cross," and was puUed down about 50 years ago. 

 The " Pig Cross " stood at no great distance from it, and 

 nor far from the parish church which is dedicated to the 

 Virgin Mary, and nothing is more probable than that the 

 Cross should be dedicated to the same saint, and distin- 

 guished from the other Cross by the name of the " Pig 

 Cross," or as I presume the "Lady Cross." If we asso- 

 ciate with the Cross the blessed Vu-gin Mary, all incon- 

 gruity vanishes. The "Pig Cross" becomes the "Lady 

 Cross." "Pig's Hill" and "Pig's Ditch" become the 

 " Lady 's " farm or field, the revenue haviug been applied 

 to the maintenance of the " Lady's " chapel, or of the 

 priest who officiated." 



The Eev. AV. A. Jones, MA., gave a sketch of the 

 historical evidence and authorities for " the reputed dis- 

 covery of King Arthur's remains at Glastonbury," which 

 is j>iven in Part IT. 



