More information : [SJ 4926 1263] High Cross [GT] (Site of) (1)
Phillips (a) described the execution at "High Cross", Shrewsbury,
of the Earl of Worcester and others, after the Battle of
Shrewsbury, 1403.
Hobbs (b) says High Cross was a mediaeval cross which stood in
the centre of the street at the top of Pride Hill, and was
commonly used as a place of assembly and for executions. The
name came also to be applied to buildings which succeeded the
cross, which was taken down in 1705. [See SJ 41 S.E. 116 for Butter
Cross, site of.]
Hobbs cites the Calendar of Deeds to be seen in Shrewsbury Public
Library, and Corporation Accounts.
Pevsner (c) says, at the junction of St. Mary's Street and Pride
Hill stands a recent successor to the High Cross. (2)
A modern cross occupies the site of High Cross.
A nearby plaque states that High Cross was taken down in 1687.
Another plaque at SJ 4927 1263 reads: 'Near this spot David III
Prince of Wales was executed 3rd October, 1283. He was tried
for high treason by the Parliament which met at Shrewsbury,
30th September, 1283, and was sentenced to be hanged, drawn,
beheaded, and quartered ...' (3)
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