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 Londinensis Urbis Chronicon Instrumenta Libertatum Londini Gesta Regis Edwardi Tertii Alphabetum Sanctorum Angliæ De Præfectis et Consulibus Londini