Robert Hall

Also known as: Robert Hall esquier · Family: England · Role: esquire · First appears: Richard II 5

Life events

1378 · John Shakell and Robert Hall escaped the tower and registered themselves as sanctuary men.(Richard II 5 · 📍 Westminster)
- With: John Shakell
- “the esquiers therefore were committed to the tower, out of the which they escaped vnto Westminster, and there registred themselues for sanctuarie men.”
c. 1378 · Robert Hall was murdered inside Westminster church while resisting capture.(Richard II 5 · 📍 Westminster)
- “Howbeit, at length when they had got him at that aduantage, one of them cloue his head to the verie braines, and an other thrust him through the bodie behind with a sword, and so they murthered him among them.”

enemies with Rafe Ferrers “by occasion of variance betwéene the lord Latimer and sir Rafe Ferrers on the one partie, and two esquiers, the one called Robert Hall and the other Iohn Shakell on the other partie”
allies with John Shakell “the said Robert Hall himselfe & Iohn Shakell iointlie, and iudged to be their lawfull prisoner”
mentor: John Chandos “the said Robert Hall himselfe & Iohn Shakell iointlie, and iudged to be their lawfull prisoner, by the sentence of the prince of Wales, and sir Iohn Chandois that was master to the said esquiers”
enemies with Alane Boxhull “Herevpon it was concluded, that sir Rafe Ferrers, and the said Alane Boxhull, taking with them certeine men in armour, to the number of fiftie persons, should go and fetch them by force from Westminster, vnto the tower againe. The morrow therefore after saint Laurence daie, being the eleuenth of August, these two knights accompanied with certeine of the kings seruants and other, to the number afore mentioned, came into the church at Westminster, whilest the said esquiers were there hearing of high masse, which was then in celebrating; and first laieng hands vpon Iohn Shakell, vsed the matter so with him, that they drew him foorth of the church, and led him streight to the tower. But when they came to Robert Hall”
parent: Frank de Hall “and bicause he remained in his hands at the death of the said sir Franke, he bequeathed him vnto his sonne the said Robert Hall esquier.”

Extracted from the original text of Holinshed's Chronicles — the reigns Shakespeare dramatized. Made with Rho MD.