Egerton MS 1533

PAPERS formerly belonging to Col. Silius or Silas Titus, Gentleman of the Bedchamber to Charles I. and II., viz.: Fifteen autograph letters from Charles I. to Capt. Titus; written under the signature J., and all, excepting the first, in a disguised hand. They relate to schemes for his escape from Carisbrooke Castle, and are dated from the 26th of April to the 10th of July, 1648, f. 3; Letter of Charles II. to [supporters of his cause in England ?], acknowledging an address, and desiring that deputies may be sent to assist in his treaty with the Scottish Commissioners; Jersey, ²³/₁₃ Jan. 16⁵⁰/₄₉. Signed, and with Seal, f. 18; "Instructions for Capt. Titus, one of the Groomes of my Bedchamber," sent by Charles II. on a mission to the Queen Mother, relative to a projected marriage of the King with a daughter of the Marquess of Argyll; dat. Falkland, 23 Jan. 1651. Hologr., f. 20; Other instructions and letters from Charles II. and Queen Henrietta Maria to Capt. Titus; Jan. 1651 [1652]-Jan. 1660 [1661], f. 22; Order of Charles II. for a grant of arms to Capt. Titus; 1665, f. 40; Warrants of the same and of Queen Catherine, to swear Catherine, wife of Capt. Titus, a Lady of the Privy Chamber to the Queen; 11, 14 Dec. 1665. Signed, ff. 41, 43; Minute by Capt. Titus of instructions from the Lord Chancellor, in a mission to Queen Henrietta Maria and Lord Jermyn, f. 45; Instructions for Francis Lord Willoughby of Parham, Major Gen. Massie, Capt. Titus, and others, Commissioners of the Presbyterians of England, to treat with Charles II. at Breda; circa March, 1650, f. 47; Letter of the English Presbyterians to Major Gen. Massie and Capt. Titus; 19 Oct. 1650. Unsigned, f. 49; Letter of W. D. to [Capt. Titus ?]; London, 15 Sept. 1654, f. 51; Letter unsigned to "Mr. Thomas Bushy;" London, 18 Jan. 1655, f. 52; Letter of Ja: Gu: to ; n. d., f. 54; Draft of representations to be made to the Scottish Presbyterians; written by Col. Titus, f. 55; Copies of two letters from the Earl of Clarendon to the Duke and Duchess of York, respecting the Duchess' conversion to Romanism; [1668], f. 57; At the end of the volume are three letters of Robert Clutterbuck [Historian of Hertfordshire], respecting the foregoing papers; dat. Watford, 21 May, 30 May, 17 July, 1815. Paper; XVIIth cent. With the arms of Titus stamped on the cover. Folio. From the Farnborough Fund. [Bibl. Eg. 1,533.]