Zachary Hamlyn

Medallion bust of Zachary Hamlyn (1677–1759) of Clovelly Court, Devon. Detail from his mural monument on north wall of north aisle, All Saints Church, Clovelly

Zachary Hamlyn (1677–1759),[1] of Clovelly and Woolfardisworthy, three miles south-east of Clovelly, Devon, was a lawyer of Lincoln's Inn and thought to be the first Clerk of the Journals of the House of Commons.[2] He made a large fortune and in 1738 purchased the manor of Clovelly from the last of the Cary family, longtime lords of the manor,[3] and made Clovelly Court his residence.[4]

  1. ^ Dates per his mural monument in Clovelly Church
  2. ^ Lambert, Sheila, Bills and Acts: Legislative Procedure in Eighteenth-century England, Cambridge University Press, 1971, pp.39–40 [1] See also:[2]
  3. ^ Lauder, p.131
  4. ^ His will refers to "My house and housekeeping at Court in Clovelly aforesaid and such Servants as shall be therein at the time of my Decease"