Thomas Carte
Thomas or John Carte (1686–1754) was an English historian with Jacobite sympathies, who served as a Church of England clergyman. Life. Carte was born in 1686 near Clifton upon Dunsmore (itself near Rugby), the eldest son of the antiquarian Samuel Carte. He matriculated at University College, Oxford in 1698, and took his degree from Brasenose College, Oxford, in 1702, and an MA from King's College, Cambridge, in 1706. Carte first became known for the controversy that opposed him to Henry Chandler, father of Samuel Chandler, regarding the role played by Charles I in the Irish Rebellion of  1641. This controversy started with a sermon Carte preached at the Abbey Church in Bath in 1714, where he was a reader. In this sermon Carte defended King Charles I against the accusation that he was in league with Phelim O'Neill who pretended to act on a (probably false) royal commission issued. His attachment to the Stuarts also caused him to remain a non-juror. He was ordained around 1714, and in that year refused to take the Oath of Allegiance. On the discovery of the plot of Francis Atterbury, whose secretary he was, he was accused of high treason  in 1722 and was forced to flee to France adopting the name of Philips. There he collected materials for illustrating a London edition of the "Historium sui temporis" of Jacques Auguste de Thou planned by Samuel Buckley. These materials were purchased and published by Richard Mead. Carte was pardoned and recalled to England in 1728 through the influence of Queen Caroline. Carte held the rectory in Yattendon, Berkshire, during the later part of his life. Richard Mead made it possible for Carte and Samuel Buckley to publish the London edition of de Thou's Latin History in 1733. He started  work on the "Life of James Duke of Ormond". He obtained an important collection of letters from Charles Butler, 1st Earlof Arran. He published the letters in 1735 as volume 3 so that references could be made to them with correct page numbers. He then published volumes 1 and 2 in 1736. He then started work on a "General History of England" as an improvement on Paul de Rapin's "Histoire d'Angleterre". Carte published volume 1 in 1747, volume 2 in 1750 an volume 3 in 1752. Volume 4 was published in 1755 after his death. He lost the trust  of many of his patrons by including an anecdote about a miraculous healing of King's Evil by royal touch, given by the "Old Pretender" in the first volume. He died on 2 April 1754. He was buried in the church at Yattendon. Works. Life of James Duke of Ormond. Edition 1635/1636. In three volumes:. Volume three was published first and has a different title. Edition 1851. In six volumes Other works. He collected a large quantity of historical papers during his life. They became the property of the University of Oxford, and were deposited in the Bodleian Library, where  they are known as the Carte Manuscripts.