Walter I Beke (fl. 12th century) (alias Bech, Bek, Beche, Beke, Beek, Bec, etc. Latinised to de Becco[1]), of Eresby in the parish of Spilsby in Lincolnshire, was a prominent Anglo-Flemish[2] landholder.
He held seven knight's fees from the Bishop of Durham as his feudal overlord.[3] At some time after 1167 he gave the Church of Newton to Alvingham Priory, and after his eldest son Hugh was made a knight, he gave lands to Kirkstead Abbey,[4] the cartulary of which records much information relating to his family.