Father: Robert de Harcourt

Mother: Colette d'Argouges

Philip de Harcourt was Dean of Lincoln and Archdeacon of Evreux. He was appointed to the office of Chancellor in 1139 under King Stephen but. despite Stephen's support, he failed in his bid to be elected Bishop of Salisbury in 1140. It became known later that during a short stay at Salisbury he stole a relic described as " one arm covered with gold plate and adorned with precious stones". Philip later was associated with Henry II when he was Duke of Normandy and became Bishop of Bayeux in 1142. He was present at the coronation of Henry II in 1156 and at the translation of the bodies of Dukes Richard I and II of Normandy at Fécamp in 1162. He died in 1163 and was buried on the North side of the entrance to the cathedral at Bayeux.
Philip bestowed the manor and church of Shipley on the Templars between 1135 and 1139 and in 1154 added St. Mary's, Sompting (right) to their holdings in Sussex.