At Norwich (Fig. 153) the first market cross was erected in the time of Edward III. (1327-37). It is known to have been repaired in the reign of Henry IV. (1399-1413). The structure must have been of considerable size, since it contained a chapel and four shops. Becoming decayed, it was pulled down in 1501, and rebuilt, the new cross being finished in 1503. Like its predecessor, it contained an oratory or chapel. It was octagonal, raised on steps, and appears to have been originally an instance, on a large scale, of a spire-shaped cross with an entrance on the west side between two vices leading to the upper storeys. In the seventeenth century, apparently, the cross was surrounded by sixteen pillars, _i.e._, eight large and eight intermediate pillars of slenderer size, to support a flat leaded roof for the shelter of the market people--an addition which totally altered the aspect of the original spire-shaped cross. Meanwhile, in the first year of Edward VI., the crucifixes which had adorned the cross were taken down by order of the King's visitors. The standard weights and measures of the city used to be kept in the market cross. The oratory in it was let in 1574 to the company of workers in leather. In 1646 the cross was repaired by means of a graduated tax, levied on all the citizens in proportion to their means. In 1646, also, the floor of the cross was paved. In 1664 it was appointed for the Court of Guard, and in 1672 was "beautified and adorned" according to the fashion of the day. Just sixty years afterwards the cross was again alleged to be in decay, its materials were sold and the whole cross swept away, the demolition beginning in August 1732. [Illustration: 164. GLASTONBURY, SOMERSETSHIRE MARKET CROSS] [Illustration: 165. CHEDDAR, SOMERSETSHIRE MARKET CROSS] [Illustration: 166. SOMERTON, SOMERSETSHIRE MARKET CROSS] [Illustration: 167. MAIDSTONE MARKET CROSS] [Illustration: 168. OUNDLE, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE MARKET CROSS] At Lichfield (Fig. 154), the Market Cross, octagonal on plan, with two-centred open arches, and with figures by way of pinnacles at the angles of the parapet, was erected at the cost of Dean Denton (1521-32).