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. [2]
He became vicar of Cumnor in 1495. [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. [5] He was Chancellor of Lincoln from 1506 to 1512. [6]