Charles Hatton

[1] As a younger son, Charles did not have the family advantages of his brother, and was active as a botanist.

Paolo Boccone dedicated his Icones & descriptiones rariorum plantarum to him in 1674.

[2] He also collaborated with Robert Morison on Plantarum historiae universalis Oxoniensis.

He praised William Sancroft for collecting lists of manuscripts in private libraries and provided sources for Thomas Tanner's catalogue.

[4] Around 1775, Charles donated three manuscripts to the Bodleian Library, including an outstanding copy of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales,[5] which are now given the shelfmark 'MS.