His tenure as Lord Chancellor was marked by controversy, as a result of the bitter
feud between the Butler and Talbot factions, which dominated Irish politics for more than two decades. Almost all senior Irish officials of the Crown were forced to declare their allegiance to one or other side, and Wogan chose to support the Talbot faction, headed by
John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury and his formidable brother
Richard,
Archbishop of Dublin. As a result, he was accused by Ormonde of
treason and of a number of other offences, including hiding the
Great Seal of Ireland, failing to enrol Acts of the
Privy Council of Ireland and ignoring a
summons to appear before the Council. These charges were levelled principally by
James Butler, 4th Earl of Ormond, head of the Butler faction. He evidently wished to continue in office as long as possible, but, not surprisingly, asked that a Deputy might be appointed to act for him as he admitted that "I cannot bear Ormonde's heavy lordship". Although it eventually died away, the feud at its height was so intense that it reached a level of personal hatred. ==Soldier==