Talk:Barclays/Archive 3

The Irony and The Ecstasy of the Radical Pre-History of " The Sign of the Black Spread Eagle "

I am just dropping a note down here because I expected to find mention upon this page of the origins of " The Sign of the Black Spread Eagle " - indeed the ironic fate of it in becoming a symbol of mammon when before it was 54 Lombard Street it was one of the main meeting places of all of the best radicals of the 17c republic ! I don't know if Giles Calvert actually chose to erect this sign to identify his printing and bookselling business because the black spread-eagle as a symbol of the Holy Roman Empire might well have already been around, but it is quite possible that he designed the sign because this is not the German version of the black spread-eagle but is instead charged with the three crowns for the Kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland - so I think that possibly is a nicely made expression of those precious few years of aspiration to be the triple-crowned united republic - before Cromwell imposed the Protectorate in 1653 and cancelled Christmas.

Anyhow - enjoy the delicious irony of Barclays' predecessors being Diggers, Levellers, Ranters, Quakers etc who all went there to publish their variously heated denunciations of those rich people who were not spending their money as various Gods demanded in such pamphlets as - " THE Sword Doubled To cut off both the RIGHTEOUS AND THE WICKED ... By WILLIAM ERBERIE ... Printed by G D for Giles Calvert and are to be Sold at the Sign of the Black Spread-Eagle at the West End of Pauls, 1652." - The radical Welsh preacher and author William Erbery ( 1604-1654 ) who described himself as " The Honest Heretique " served during his lifetime amongst other things as a chaplain in various regiments of the New Modelled Army but he seems to have worried the grandees of the General Council of the Army just a little bit during the Whitehall Debates which preceded the trial and execution of Charles I. Perhaps it was only this sort of stuff which they found upsetting ?

" God will find a way to feed the poor out of the bellies of the rich, who shall not only make restitution according to their substance, but shall vomit up all they have swallowed." :->

( This quotation was taken from a book containing pictures of the frontispieces of books published at ' The Sign of the Black Spread-Eagle ' - John I Morgans study - ' The Honest Heretique - The Life and Work of William Erbery ( 1604-1654 ) ' - http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Honest-Heretique-William-Himself/dp/1847714854 )

I was just casting around for a reference to Giles and Elizabeth Calvert and as it happens that their modern emulators have a photo on this web page of the kind of sign that it was originally as I remember seeing a picture before it - it might have even been painted by Giles or Elizabeth themselves, I remember it being a bit wobbly.

http://www.calverts.coop/co-operative/at-the-sign-of-the-black-spread-eagle

http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/printable/39670 - Elizabeth Calvert

http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/printable/39669 - Giles Calvert

from DNB article by ARIEL HESSAYON

" ... By late May 1644 Calvert was occupying a tenement at the sign of the Black-Spread-Eagle at the west end of St Paul's Cathedral in the parish of St Gregory by Paul's. Situated on the busy street leading from Ludgate Hill to the cathedral, Calvert's premises consisted of a cellar, a shop with a street frontage, four rooms above the shop, and a little yard behind the property where the privy and the stairs leading up into the house were located. This well-known address was to become a lodging, meeting-place, postal address, and distribution point for radicals and their printed literature. ...

... In 1653 Calvert began publishing Quaker writings including works by Christopher Atkinson, Samuel Buttivant, Richard Farnworth, George Fox, and James Nayler. Of the fifty-two known new titles issued or sold by Calvert that year, fourteen were by Quaker authors. In 1654 Calvert issued or sold thirty-eight known new titles. Of these, thirty were by Quaker authors, representing 47 per cent of all known Quaker publications that year. By the end of 1654 several Quakers had also entrusted Calvert with forwarding their letters. This trust was reciprocated with the loans that Calvert gave to Quakers newly arrived in London. ...

... On 29 June 1663 Elizabeth Calvert was again committed to the Gatehouse for delivering unlawful books. Following the intercession of the earl of Carlisle and a bond of £600 for her good behaviour she was released on 24 July 1663. On 11 August that year Giles Calvert drew up his will. No doubt debilitated by his periods of imprisonment he died before 28 August. He had issued or sold either individually or in partnership 475 known different publications, of which about 200 were by Quaker authors." DaiSaw (talk) 01:18, 15 February 2014 (UTC)

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Shaygan Kheradpir left Barclays to become the CEO of Juniper Networks. http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/careers/3488977/barclays-cto-leaves-for-juniper/

Michael Harte is supposed to take over his place http://www.newsroom.barclays.com/Press-releases/Barclays-appoints-Chief-Operations-and-Technology-Officer-b5a.aspx — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.134.69.8 (talk) 10:14, 23 June 2014 (UTC)

do you know him

Mr. Cyprian Thomas

Account officer

Barclays Bank Plc.

Tel: + 447031965857 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cjhenley (talk • contribs) 22:02, 5 September 2014 (UTC)