Antony Bek (bishop of Norwich)

Antony Bek
Antony Bek
Bishop of Norwich
Elected	14 March 1337
Term ended	19 December 1343 (death)
Predecessor	William Ayermin
Successor	William Bateman
Other post(s)	Bishop of Lincoln-elect (1320)
Orders
Consecration	30 March 1337
Personal details
Born	1279
Died	19 December 1343
Denomination	Roman Catholic

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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.^[1]

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.^[2] Bek was a quarrelsome man and, after a stormy and tyrannical episcopate,^[3] died on 19 December 1343,^[2] possibly poisoned by his own servants at the instigation of the monks.^{[ citation needed ]} 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

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

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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.

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Preceded by John Dalderby	Bishop of Lincoln-elect 1320	Succeeded by Henry Burghersh
Preceded by William Ayermin	Bishop of Norwich 1337–1343	Succeeded by William Bateman

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[Handbook255-1] Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 255

[Handbook262-2] 1 2 Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 262

[3] Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Bek, Antony s.v." . Encyclopædia Britannica . 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 660.

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