TITUS, Silius (c.1623-1704), of Bushey, Herts. and Ramsey Abbey, Hunts.

Family and Education

b. c. 1623, 1st s. of Silas Tyte, Salter, of Field Lane, Holborn, London and Bushey by his 2nd w. Catherine Colley. educ. Christ Church, Oxf. matric 16 Mar. 1638, aged 15; M. Temple 1639. m. 1663, Katherine, da. of James Winstanley, barrister, of Braunstone, Leics., 3da. suc. fa. 1637. Genealogical Mag. vii. 461; Clutterbuck, Herts. i. 342; Nichols, Leics. iv. 629.

Offices Held

Capt. of ft. (Parliamentary) 1642–5, of horse 1645–6, June– Nov. 1660; gov. Deal Castle 1661–9; capt. Admiralty regt. 1666–7. Clutterbuck, 344; CSP Dom. 1645–7, p. 146; 1660–1, p. 598; 1665–6, p. 510; HMC 8th Rep. pt. 1 (1881), 8–10; Cal. Treas. Bks. iii. 901.

Gent. waiter to Charles I by 1647–8; groom of the bedchamber to Charles II 1650–1, by May 1660–75; member, council of trade 1668–74, council of plantations 1670–4; PC July–16 Dec. 1688. CJ, v. 365; HMC 4th Rep. 274; CSP Dom. 1650, p. 321; 1675–6, p. 200; Pepys Diary, i. 122; Bulstrode Pprs. 147; Luttrell, Brief Relation, i. 449.

Keeper, Bushey park, Mdx. July– Aug. 1660; surveyor of highways, Bushey 1665, 1680; conservator, Bedford level 1679–d. CSP Dom. 1660–1, pp. 137, 174; Trans. St. Albans and Herts. Arch. Soc. (1928), 152; S. Wells, Drainage of Bedford Level, i. 456–85.

Asst. African Co. 1663, R. Fisheries Co. 1664. Sel. Charters, 179, 183.

FRS 1669.

Freeman, Ludlow 1691. Salop RO, Ludlow bor. recs. min. bk. 1690–1712.

Parlimentarian

TITUS, Silius (c.1623-1704), of Bushey, Herts. and Ramsey Abbey, Hunts.

Main residences: Bushey, Herts.; Ramsey Abbey, Hunts.

Author

D.W.H.

Volume

Commons 1690-1715

Web Title

TITUS, Silius (c.1623-1704)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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