[3] After the triumph of the Cromwellian cause in Ireland in 1650–51 he was awarded several confiscated Royalist estates, although his right to the former Esmonde lands in Wexford was disputed.
[3] In 1653 he was accused of unlawfully seizing lands at Lymbricke, County Wexford, the property of the Esmonde family, to which he had a "pretended claim" in right of his wife (this information is one of the very few facts which we have concerning Mrs.
He was one of the "Kinglings" i.e. the party in Parliament which unsuccessfully urged Oliver Cromwell to accept the English Crown in 1657.
Despite attacks on his loyalty to the Crown by his political enemies, and complaints about his less than scrupulous manner of acquiring Royalist property, he seems to have been generally regarded as a man of integrity.
[1] This may partly account for his survival and continuing prosperity: in any case Charles II in the early years of his reign adopted a conscious policy of reconciliation with his former enemies.