Robert Bale (chronicler)

Robert Bale (fl. 1461), was a medieval English chronicler.

Bale, known as Robert Bale the Elder, is said to have been born in London. He practised as a lawyer, and was elected notary of the city of London, and subsequently a judge in the civil courts. He wrote a chronicle of the city of London, and collected the stray records of its usages, liberties, &c. The following is a list of his writings according to John Bale
 * 1) Londinensis Urbis Chronicon
 * 2) Instrumenta Libertatum Londini
 * 3) Gesta Regis Edwardi Tertii
 * 4) Alphabetum Sanctorum Angliæ
 * 5) De Præfectis et Consulibus Londini