John Freame
John Freame | |
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| Born | 1669 Cirencester, England |
| Died | 1745 (aged 75–76) |
| Occupation | Banker |
| Spouse | Priscilla Gould |
| Children | Priscilla Freame |
| Parent | Robert Freame |
| Relatives | David Barclay of Cheapside (son-in-law) David Barclay of Youngsbury (grandson) |
John Freame (1669–1745) was an English Quaker goldsmith and banker. In 1690 he co-founded Freame & Gould, which later became Barclays Bank.[1]
Early life
John, son of Robert Freame, was born in 1669 in Cirencester, England, and baptised on 11 November of the same year.[2] In 1683, he was apprenticed to Job Bolton, a Quaker goldsmith based in Lombard Street.[3]
Career
Upon completion of his apprenticeship, Freame gained his Freedom of the City on 7 April 1690, giving him the right to open a business within the City of London as a goldsmith, and went into partnership with Thomas Gould, a fellow Quaker.[1]
In 1728, the business moved to 54 Lombard Street, identified as the ‘Sign of the Black Spread Eagle’.[3]
In 1713, Freame published Scripture Instruction: Digested into Several Sections by Way of Questions & Answers in Order to Promote Piety & Virtue, and Discourage Vice & Immorality, with a Preface Relating to Education.[4]
Personal life
On 19 August 1697, at the Friends' Meeting at Devonshire House, London, Freame married Priscilla Gould,[5] a sister of his business partner Thomas Gould,[4] who himself married Freame's sister Hannah.[6]
Death
He died in 1745.
References
- ^ a b "Barclays Our Story and History | Barclays". home.barclays. Retrieved 19 December 2025.
- ^ Gloucestershire Archives; Gloucester, Gloucestershire; Gloucestershire Church of England Parish Registers; Reference Number: P86/1 IN 1/2
- ^ a b Akrill, Margaret; Hannah, Leslie (2001). Barclays: The Business of Banking, 1690–1996. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521041007.
- ^ a b John Freame (1665–1745) accessed 28 March 2012
- ^ “John Freame” in the England & Wales, Quaker Birth, Marriage, and Death Registers, 1578-1837: Piece 0497: Quarterly Meeting of London and Middlesex: Marriages (1690-1704)
- ^ General Register Office: Society of Friends' Registers, Notes and Certificates of Births, Marriages and Burials. Records of the General Register Office, Government Social Survey Department, and Office of Population Censuses and Surveys, RG 6. The National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, England.
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