Robert Wyvil (orWyvill orWyville) was a medievalBishop of Salisbury.

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

Wyvil was nominated to thesee 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 atrial by combat to maintain the cathedral's ownership ofSherborne Castle.^[4]

He died on 4 September 1375.^[5]

• 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.

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