Thomas de Montpellier
Thomas de Montpellier, or de Monte Pessulano (died after 1347) was a fourteenth-century
His family, who came to England from
He became a
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]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h Ball, 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"
- ^ Patent Roll Edward III Vol. 1
- ^ Patent Roll 6 Edward III
- ^ Patent Roll 9 Edward III