Antony Bek (bishop of Norwich)

For the Bishop of Durham, see Antony Bek (bishop of Durham).

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

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	(1343-12-19)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.^{[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.