Robert Hill (died 1426)

Sir Robert I Hill (died before 1426), sometimes written Hull, was an English politician and judge from the West Country.

Born before 1350, the son of Robert Hill, a lawyer, he made his home at Shilstone in the parish of Modbury in Devon.

[2] He initially entered politics, sitting as MP in the Parliament of England for various Devon constituencies.

[2] Thereafter he followed his father in a legal career, becoming one of the counsel retained by Edward Courtenay, Earl of Devon, in 1384, a member of the Inner Temple, and in 1388 a serjeant-at-law.

[2][3] Their children included his heir Robert II Hill, born about 1392, who was High Sheriff of Devon in 1428.