GEMMS IDGEMMS-PERSON-000705
NameThomas Carte (Cart)
Title
Gendermale
DenominationChurch of England - nonjuror
Livedb. ca. 1686-04-23 - d. 1754-04-02 (new)
Linked Manuscriptsmanuscript owner - Collections, chiefly extracts from printed books and MSS., on English public affairs: MS. Carte 111manuscript owner - Some Miscellaneous Papers Relating to English History: MS. Carte 206
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Associated PlacesFrance -- HomeBrasenose College -- Place of StudyKing's College -- Place of StudyUniversity College -- Place of StudyBath Abbey -- Post
Source of DataJeanne Shami; Adam Richter
Biographical Sources ConsultedODNB (Article: 4780)
Other NotePrecise date of birth unknown, but Carte was baptized on 23 April 1686. Matriculated from University College, Oxford in 1698. B.A. (1702) from Brasenose College, Oxford. M.A. (1706) from King's College, Cambridge. Reader at Bath Abbey beginning in 1707. Carte was apparently involved in the Atterbury Plot and was accused of high treason in 1722. Thereafter he lived in exile in France until 1728, when he was allowed to return to England.
GEMMS record createdSeptember 13, 2016
GEMMS record last editedFebruary 13, 2018