 In November the town of Youghal capitulated to him, and he was made one of the commissioners for settling Munster.On 10 April 1650 he took part, under Lord Broghill, in the victory at Macroom over the royalist forces under Boetius MacEgan, the Roman Catholic bishop of Ross.Next year (1651) he was appointed governor of County Cork, and held this office until 1654.