Background
The son of Daniel Bellamy, scrivener of London, he was born in the parish of Saint Alartin"s, Ironmonger"s Lane, on 25 December 1687.
The son of Daniel Bellamy, scrivener of London, he was born in the parish of Saint Alartin"s, Ironmonger"s Lane, on 25 December 1687.
Street John"s College.
He entered Merchant Taylors" School on 12 March 1702, and matriculated as a commoner of Saint John"s College, Oxford, on 4 March 1706. In consequence of a reverse of fortune he was forced to leave Oxford without taking a degree in 1709, and became a conveyancer"s clerk.