The Carte Manuscripts are archived historical papers collected by

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 antiquari ...

(1686–1754). They are held in the

Bodleian Library The Bodleian Library () is the main research library of the University of Oxford. Founded in 1602 by Sir Thomas Bodley, it is one of the oldest libraries in Europe. With over 13 million printed items, it is the second-largest library in ...

, at the

University of Oxford The University of Oxford is a collegiate university, collegiate research university in Oxford, England. There is evidence of teaching as early as 1096, making it the oldest university in the English-speaking world and the List of oldest un ...

England England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and List of islands of England, more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. It ...

. Among Carte's collection were many documents relating to the

history of Ireland The first evidence of human presence in Ireland dates to around 34,000 years ago, with further findings dating the presence of ''Homo sapiens'' to around 10,500 to 7,000 BC. The receding of the ice after the Younger Dryas cold phase of the Qua ...

. Thomas Carte gave a first tranche of Irish papers to the Bodleian in 1753. Carte's papers were arranged for binding in 276 volumes in 1862, and in 1871

Charles William Russell Charles William Russell (14 May 1812 – 26 February 1880) was an Irish Roman Catholic clergyman from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Down and Connor and scholar. Early life He was born at Killough, County Down, Ireland, a descendant of the Rus ...

and

John Patrick Prendergast John Patrick Prendergast (7 March 1808 – 6 February 1893) was an Irish land agent and historian. Life Born on 7 March 1808, at 37 Dawson Street, Dublin, he was eldest son of Francis Prendergast (1768–1846), registrar of the court of chancery ...

edited the eight-volume ''Report on the Carte Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library''. A catalogue of th
Carte Papers
is available via the Online Catalogues of

at the Bodleian Library. A handwritten calendar of the Carte Papers, produced between 1878 and 1883, is available in the Library. The 1660-1687 section of th

is published online.

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Medieval Carte Manuscripts
at the site of th
Bodleian Library
Manuscript collections Historiography of Ireland Bodleian Library collection {{Ireland-hist-stub

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