Antony Bek (bishop of Norwich), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Antony Bek (bishop of Norwich)

Bishop of Norwich; Bishop of Lincoln elect

Date of Birth: 04-Aug-1279

Place of Birth: Lusby, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 19-Dec-1343

Profession: priest

Zodiac Sign: Leo

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.