Letter of the Lord Chancellor of Ireland (Archbp. Boyle) to the Lord Lieutenant (Essex) saying that he did not give judgment in the Loftus case because he was not competent to decide a question depending on the constitution of the English House of Lords and the validity of its orders. May 30, 1674.

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