Background
Tomkins was the eldest son of Richard Tomkins of Monnington on Wye, Herefordshire, educated at Gloucester Hall, Oxford (1583) and trained in the law at the New Inn and the Middle Temple (1589).
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James Tomkins
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Career
He succeeded his father in 1603, inheriting the manors of Monnington and Garnestone, a considerable domain south of Weobley. He was appointed for life to the Herefordshire bench in 1605 as a Justice of the Peace and as High Sheriff of Herefordshire for 1606-1607. Tomkins himself was re-elected Member of Parliament for Leominster in 1628 and sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years.
Tomkins was much esteemed as a country gentleman and noted debater in the House of Commons.
Membership
Useless Parliament; Happy Parliament. 2nd Parliament of King Charles I]
In 1624, he was elected Member of Parliament for Leominster and was re-elected in 1625 and 1626.
