Simplify the following text for a Grade 8 native English-speaking person.
Original: In 1620 , there was a fight at the crossroads between the butchers and the bakers where the ` Cryer brake his Mace in peeces Amonge them ' ( broke his silver stick among them ) .
Simplified: In 1620 , there was a fight at the Chester cross between the butchers and the bakers where the ` Cryer brake his Mace in peeces Amonge them ' .