Clue: Still keeping extremely lovely 17th- century recorder (6)
Answer: EVELYN
Explanation: Definition: 17th- century recorder 
**EVEN** ("still") *keeping* [*extremely*] **L**(ovel)**Y** 
 
 
*John Evelyn was a diarist who kept a diary for over 60 years, providing a chronicle of his life and times between 1640 and 1706.