 He was appointed Custos Rotulorum for Dublin in 1661, and sat in the Irish House of Lords on several committees including the Committee for Grievances.In 1665 he is found acting in a judicial capacity at the general sessions in Kilmainham.He was on good terms with Ormond's successor as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, John Robartes, 1st Earl of Radnor, and entertained him at Howth Castle in 1669.