Robert Hill

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

Origins Born before 1350, the son of Robert Hill, a lawyer, he made his home at Shilstone in the parish of Modbury in Devon. He is often confused with another Robert Hill (died 1423), who lived at Spaxton in Somerset and was the son of Sir John Hill (died 1408), a Justice of the King's Bench.

Career He initially entered politics, sitting as MP in the Parliament of England for various Devon constituencies. In 1372 he represented both Dartmouth and Tavistock; then Plympton in 1373, in both Parliaments of 1377, and in 1380; and finally in 1379 Exeter.

Their children included his heir Robert II Hill, born about 1392, who was High Sheriff of Devon in 1428. He married Margaret de Champernon, daughter of Sir Richard Champernon, Sheriff of Devon and Lady Katherine d'Aubeney.

By 1419 Isabel had died and he had become the fourth husband of Joan, daughter and only legitimate heir of Sir Otto II Bodrugan, High Sheriff of Cornwall in 1381, who survived him and died in April 1428. She was the granddaughter of Sir Otto I Bodrugan, the half-sister of William I Bodrugan and the mother of William II Bodrugan.