Philip Hall

Also known as: sir Philip Hall · Family: England · Role: captain of the castle of Marke · First appears: Henry IV 17

c. 1405, sir Philip Hall was captain of the castle of Marke for Henry IV, commanding four score archers and four and twenty other soldiers. When Waleran, Count of Saint-Pol besieged the castle with a large French force, Philip defended it so firmly that “the earle retired into the towne,” where Waleran fortified his position. The assault ended with the French force slain or put to flight, while several enemy commanders were captured, including Dampier, Seneschal of Ponthieu, Weriners, Vineles, Noielles, John de Hangests, Rambures, Lionel Darreis, Peter Rasser, Combernard, Boid Chanon, John Chanon, and Stenebecke; Robert Berengueuill, Morell de Saucuses, and Courbet de Rempeupret were among those slain.

Around 1415, Henry V knighted Philip alongside his brother William Hall. In 1418, Humphrey Duke of Gloucester appointed him bailiff of Alanson and captain at Auranches after the surrender of towns in the Ile of Constantine. In 1429, Philip rode to Paris with John Fastolf and Thomas Rampston to report shortages of victuals, artillery, and munitions to the lord regent, after which supplies were provided for the English camp. He later served among the captains gathered by John of Lancaster, Duke of Bedford, as bailiff of Vernoill.