William Atwater (1440–1521) was an English churchman, who became Bishop of Lincoln in 1514.
[1] He was a Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, from 1480.
He served as vice-chancellor of Oxford University, in the period from 1497 to 1502.
[3] He became Dean of the Chapel Royal, in 1502.
[4] In 1504 he was appointed Canon of the eleventh stall at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, a position he held until 1514.