Letter 0930

Dr Bathurst bequeathed £10 to the Royal Society. Charlett laments that Bathurst had wanted to give his books to the library, but had forgotten to put this in his will. As such, his collection is being split amongst his nephews. Charlett was elected Master of University College at Oxford in 1692 and held that post until his death in 1722. Charlett used the mastership to gain influence, especially through persistent letter-writing to numerous correspondents, sharing the latest literary, political, and scholarly gossip (R. H. Darwall-Smith, Charlett, Arthur (16551722), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/5158, accessed 1 June 2011]).