Zachary Hamlyn
Zachary Hamlyn (1677–1759), of Clovelly and Woolfardisworthy, Torridge, 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. 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, and made Clovelly Court his residence. Origins Zachary Hamlyn was the son of William Hamlyn (junior) of Mershwell (''alias'' Marshfield), in the parish of Woolfardisworthy, Devon, by his wife Gertrude Cary (d.1697), daughter of Thomas Cary, MA, whose relationship, if any, to the Carys of Clovelly is not recorded. A ledger stone on the floor of the chancel in Woolfardisworthy Church is inscribed: ''Here lyeth Gertrude, the wife of William Hamlyn of Marshwell, in this parish, who was buried 8 December 1697''. Although Zachary was buried in the chancel of the parish church of Wolfardisworthy, his mural monument is in ...
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