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Rh of Ely,)—Abp. Jones deceased,—Privy Seal, Westminster, 26 April,—patent, Dublin, 13 May, 1619.—Idem. R. 11.

, Viscount Loftus of Ely,—continued,—Privy Seal, 30 March,—patent, 11 April, 1625.—1 Charles I. 1$a$ pars f. R. 3.—"Pursuant to Privy Seal, dated at Westminster, 9 April, 1625, he had a grant by patent, 5 May following, for the support of the dignity of his office, of one full moiety of all the fines of and for all original writs issuing out of the Court of Chancery: Also by Privy Seal of the above date, the fee of 6s. 8d. a day. By the Privy Signet of 12 May 1627, the Lord Chancellor Loftus was ordered to repair to the Court in England without delay, to attend the King's further pleasure and direction, and to deliver the Great Seal to the Lord Deputy Falkland, who was to grant the custody thereof to any four, of the Privy Council, and to any two or more of them resident in or near Dublin, as he should think fit; and by another commission to appoint the Master of the Rolls, one of the Second Justices of each bench, and second Baron of the Exchequer, and all the Masters of the Chancery in ordinary, any three or more of them, to hear and determine causes in Chancery, with an order for enrolling two Commissions sent over as precedents; which follow upon the Roll: Accordingly, the Primate, &c., were appointed Commissioners of the Seal, and Francis Lord Aungier, of Longford, Master