Thomas Monck

of Potheridge in the parish of Merton, Devon, was Member of Parliament for Camelford, Cornwall, in 1626.

He matriculated at King's College, Cambridge at Easter 1587 and was admitted as a student of law to the Inner Temple in 1590.

[7] On her marriage Elizabeth received as a dowry from her father lands including the manor of Dolton,[8] in respect of which she and her husband received a royal licence to alienate granted in 1619 by King James I.

The charter, with the Great Seal of King James I appended, survives and is displayed in Dolton Church.

Elizabeth's half-sister by their father's second marriage was Grace Smith, wife of the heroic Civil War Royalist commander Sir Bevil Grenville (1596-1643) of Bideford in Devon and Stowe, Kilkhampton in Cornwall, killed in action at the Battle of Lansdowne (1643) and mother of John Grenville, 1st Earl of Bath (1628–1701).

Arms of Monck of Potheridge , Devon: Gules, a chevron between three lion's heads erased argent [ 1 ]
Royal licence to alienate the manor of Dolton granted in 1619 by King James I to Sir Thomas Monck (died 1627) of Potheridge , Devon, and his wife Elizabeth. Great Seal of King James I appended. Displayed in Dolton Church
Arms of Smith of Exeter: Sable, a fess cotised between three martlets or [ 5 ]