Antony Bek (bishop of Norwich)
Antony Bek (also spelled Beck or Beke; 1279 – 19 December 1343) was a medieval Bishop of Norwich.
Antony Bek | |
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Bishop of Norwich | |
Elected | 14 March 1337 |
Term ended | 19 December 1343 (death) |
Predecessor | William Ayermin |
Successor | William Bateman |
Other posts | Bishop of Lincoln-elect (1320) |
Orders | |
Consecration | 30 March 1337 |
Personal details | |
Born | 1279 |
Died | 19 December 1343 |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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. 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
- Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 262
- Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica. 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.
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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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