Robert Wydow (c. 1446 – 1505) was an English poet, church musician, and religious figure.
Born in Thaxted, Essex, he was initially educated by his stepfather, who was the local schoolmaster.
[3] He came to the notice of Edward IV, who named him chaplain of the Black Prince's Chantry at Canterbury Cathedral in 1474, a position he held for four years.
[1] Upon conclusion of Wydow's service at the Black Prince's Chantry, he was awarded benefices at Monks Eleigh, Suffolk (1479–81), Thaxted (1481–9), St Benet Paul's Wharf, London (1489–93), and Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire (1493–8).
Raphael Holinshed called him "an excellent poet", and John Leland described him as "easily the finest" of Latin authors of the time.