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

Capt. of ft. (parliamentary) 1642 – 45, of horse 1645 – 46, June – Nov. 1660; gov. Deal Castle 1661 – 69; capt. of ft. Admiralty regt. 1666–7.Clutterbuck, i. 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; Arch. Cant. xvii. 383.

Gent. waiter to Chas. I by 1647 – 48; groom of the bed chamber to Chas. II 1650 – 51, by May 1660–75; asst. R. Adventurers into Africa 1663, R. Fishing Co. 1664; commr. for trade 1668 – 72, plantations 1670 – 72, trade and plantations 1672 – 74; PC 6 July-16 Dec. 1688.CJ, v. 365; HMC 4th Rep. 274; CSP Dom. 1650, p. 321; 1675–6, p. 200; Pepys Diary, 7 May 1660; Sel. Charters (Selden Soc. xxviii), 179, 183; Bulstrode Pprs. 147; PC2/72/697.

Keeper of Bushey Park, Mdx. July – Aug. 1660; j.p. Herts. July 1660–80, by 1698 – d., Hunts. Apr. 1688–?d.; commr. for assessment, Mdx. 1661 – 63, Kent 1664 – 69, Leics. 1673 – 79, Herts. 1673 – 80, Hunts. 1677 – 80; col. Cinque Ports militia 1661 – ?69; surveyor of highways, Bushey 1665, 1680; conservator, Bedford level 1679 – d.; dep. lt. Herts. by 1680 – 81, 1687 – 89, by 1701 – d., commr. for inquiry into recusancy fines 1687; freeman, Ludlow 1691.CSP Dom. 1660–1, pp. 137, 174, 598; 1665–6. p. 280; Cal. Treas. Bks. iii. 901; viii. 1695; Trans. St. Albans and Herts. Arch. Soc. (1928), 152; S. Wells, Drainage of the Bedford Level, i. 462–73; Salop RO, Ludlow bor. recs.

FRS 1669.