Robert Stillington (about 1405 – May 1491) was an English cleric and administrator who was Bishop of Bath and Wells from 1465 and twice served as Lord Chancellor under King Edward IV.
[3] He was appointed Lord Chancellor on 20 June 1467 and held the office until 29 September 1470, when Henry VI was restored to the throne.
[4] In 1478, Stillington spent some weeks in prison, apparently as a result of some association with the disgraced George, Duke of Clarence.
This led to Elizabeth Woodville's children by Edward IV being declared illegitimate and the Duke of Gloucester ascending the throne as Richard III.
Some years after Stillington's second release, he became involved in the plot to place the impostor Lambert Simnel on the throne in 1487.