His family, who came to England from Montpellier in France in the late thirteenth century, had a tradition of service to Edward I and formed part of the royal entourage.[1] Thomas himself is recorded as being in the service of the Crown by 1307, and in his official capacity, he visited Ireland on several occasions.[1] Peter de Montpellier, who was Royal Physician to the English Court from c. 1303 to the end of the reign of Edward II, was probably Thomas's brother or cousin.[2]
He was appointed Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer in 1327, with a salary of £10 a year, but seems only to have served in that office for a few months.[3] He was made Chancellor of the Irish Exchequer the following year. In the same year, Robert de Wodehouse appointed him his Irish attorney.[4] In 1332 Alexander de Bicknor, the Archbishop of Dublin, appointed him as one of his attorneys while the Archbishop was in England, along with his colleague Nicholas de Snyterby.[5] Montpellier himself repeatedly visited England. In 1335 he returned to the Court of Exchequer (Ireland) as the second baron but was quickly transferred to the Court of Common Pleas (Ireland).[6] He went to England in 1341. Shortly afterwards he was removed from the Bench: whether this was at his own wish or not is unclear.[1] He was still Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral in 1347, but nothing seems to be known of him after that date.[1]
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^ abcdefghBall, F. Elrington The Judges in Ireland 1221-1921 John Murray London 1926 Vol.i p.68
^Hamilton, J.S. Some Notes on "Royal" Medicine in the Reign of Edward II in "Fourteenth Century England" Chris Given-Wilson editor; Boydell Press 2002 Vol.2 p.33
^National Archives "Officers in Ireland anno primo R. Edwardi III with their yearly fees"
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