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14th-century Bishop of Lincoln-elect and Bishop of Norwich For the Bishop of Durham, see Antony Bek (bishop of Durham).

Antony Bek
Bishop of Norwich
Elected14 March 1337
Term ended19 December 1343 (death)
PredecessorWilliam Ayermin
SuccessorWilliam Bateman
Other post(s)Bishop of Lincoln-elect (1320)
Orders
Consecration30 March 1337
Personal details
Born1279
Died(1343-12-19)19 December 1343
DenominationRoman Catholic

Antony Bek (also spelled Beck or Beke; 1279 – 19 December 1343) was a medieval Bishop of Norwich.

Bek was elected Bishop of Lincoln on 3 February 1320 but the election was quashed later in the year.

Bek was the chancellor and dean of Lincoln Cathedral and was nominated to Bishop of Norwich by the Pope on 14 March 1337 and consecrated on 30 March 1337. Bek was a quarrelsome man and, after a stormy and tyrannical episcopate, died on 19 December 1343, possibly poisoned by his own servants at the instigation of the monks. He was replaced by Bishop Bateman.

Bek is not to be confused with Antony Bek, Bishop of Durham and Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, his kinsman and namesake.

Citations

  1. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 255
  2. ^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 262
  3. Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Bek, Antony s.v." . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 660.

References

  • Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded byJohn Dalderby Bishop of Lincoln-elect
1320
Succeeded byHenry Burghersh
Preceded byWilliam Ayermin Bishop of Norwich
1337–1343
Succeeded byWilliam Bateman
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