Robert Wyvil

Robert Wyvil
Bishop of Salisbury
Appointed	16 April 1330
Term ended	4 September 1375
Predecessor	Roger Martival
Successor	Ralph Ergham
Orders
Consecration	15 July 1330
Personal details
Died	4 September 1375
Denomination	Catholic

Robert Wyvil (or Wyvill or Wyville) was a medieval Bishop of Salisbury.

Wyvil was keeper of the Privy Seal of Edward, duke of Aquitaine in 1326 when he was named on 26 October Lord Privy Seal, which office he held until the early part of 1327.^[1]

Wyvil was nominated to the see of Salisbury on 16 April 1330 and consecrated on 15 July 1330. He had a reputation for stressing his authority and defending the rights of his see: Wyvil was the first Salisbury bishop to use 'Sarum' on his seal,^[2] issued a mandate against a man impersonating a hermit,^[3] and nearly used a knight in a trial by combat to maintain the cathedral's ownership of Sherborne Castle.^[4]

He died on 4 September 1375.^[5]

Citations

^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 94
^ "VCH Wiltshire". p. 93.
^ Plumtree, James (2017). "The Curious Incident of the Hermit in Fisherton". In Gunn, Cate; Herbert McAvoy, Liz (eds.). Medieval Anchorites in their Communities. D. S. Brewer. pp. 131–146. ISBN 9781843844624.
^ Steane, John (1985). The Archaeology of Medieval England and Wales. Routledge. p. 26.
^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 270

References

Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.

Political offices
Preceded by William Herlaston	Lord Privy Seal 1326–1327	Succeeded by Richard Airmyn
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Roger Martival	Bishop of Salisbury 1330–1375	Succeeded by Ralph Ergham