[1] 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.
[1] He made the pilgrimage to the shrine of St James the Great in Santiago de Compostela in 1319.
[1] 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.