Robert Hall was one of two Members of the Parliament of England for the constituency of York on two occasions between 1545–47 and October 1553 and April 1554 .
[1] His daughter Katherine would marry the son of York MP, Robert Paycock.
[2] His son, Leonard, would become a freeman of York in 1565 and marry Mary Peacock in All Saints' Church on 6 September 1562.
He was also a trader in lead and had been set to make a small fortune form supplying the Netherlands and Bordeaux in 1552 when an embargo was imposed.
[6] He was chosen to be MP for the city on two occasions in 1545-47 and the short session between October 1553 and April 1554.