Ralph was the second son of William Hall and Elizabeth Dyneley. He married Isabel Gale, son of Alderman George Gale, who was also an MP for the city of York.[1]
He was made a freeman of the city in 1532 and became a member of the guild of Merchant Adventureres in 1532. He held several offices for the city, including chamberlain (1538–39), sheriff (1553–54), alderman (1556 and two terms as Lord Mayor (1558–59 and 1576–77).[1][2] Not much has been recorded of his life. Ralph died in 1577.
^Hildyard, Christopher (1719). The antiquities of York city, and the civil government thereof; with a list of all the mayors and bayliffs, lord mayors and sheriffs, from the time of King Edward the First, to this present year, 1719. Collected from the papers of Christopher Hildyard, esq., with notes and observations. G.White. pp. 76–77 & 81.
