[2] He was appointed Archdeacon of Canterbury prior to March 1194 by Richard I, having previously been a royal clerk.
[1] Philip, along with Wiliam de Rupierre, Bishop of Lisieux, went to Rome in the early part of 1197 to argue before Pope Celestine III about contested lands in France.
[7] After his return, he was involved in the resolution of the dower rights of Richard's queen, Berengaria of Navarre, but afterwards was not at the king's court for almost three years.
Philip denied that John had such a right,[8] but, along with Archbishop Geoffrey of York, had his lands confiscated.
Some sources blame the bishop's nephew Aimeric for fanning the flames of the quarrel, but Philip also violently disputed the monks' side.
[4][10] It is said the monks refused him a Christian burial, his body ending up in an obscure grave with no religious ceremony.