Antony Bek (bishop of Durham)

This article is about the bishop of Durham. For his kinsman and namesake, see Antony Bek (bishop of Norwich).

Antony Bek
Patriarch of Jerusalem
Bishop of Durham
Arms of Antony Bek, Bishop of Durham: Gules, a cross moline (also recerclée) ermine, as blazoned in the Gelre Roll of Arms and the Falkirk Roll of c.1298, listing the knights who fought with King Edward I at the Battle of Falkirk. They appear on his seal and on Episcopal Durham Penny coins minted by him at Durham.[1] These arms are a difference of his paternal arms: Gules, a cross moline (recerclée) argent[2]
Elected9 July 1283
Installed25 December 1285
Term ended3 March 1311
PredecessorRobert of Holy Island
SuccessorRichard Kellaw
Other post(s)Archdeacon of Durham
Orders
Consecration9 January 1284
by Archbishop Willaim Wickwane
Personal details
Died3 March 1311
Eltham
Buried3 May 1311
Durham Cathedral
DenominationRoman Catholic
Ordination history of
Antony Bek
History
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecratorWilliam Wickwane
Co-consecratorsOliver Sutton, Robert Burnell, John of Pontoise, William Middleton, Ralph Ireton, C.R.S.A., Henry of Whithorn-Galloway, and Thomas Beck
Date9 January 1284
PlaceYork, Archdiocese of York
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by Antony Bek as principal consecrator
John of Halton, C.R.S.A.14 September 1292
William Hotham, O.P.?? ???? 1297
Henry Newark15 June 1298

Antony Bek (also spelled Beck and Beke; c.1245 – 3 March 1311) was a bishop of Durham and the Patriarch of Jerusalem.

  1. ^ "Treasure Hunting TV: Episcopal Coins of Durham - Anthony Bek 1284-1311". Archived from the original on 23 November 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  2. ^ Arms of his brother John Beke, 1st Baron Beke (d.1303/4), later adopted by his eventual heir Baron Willoughby of Eresby (Cokayne, The Complete Peerage, new edition, Vol. XII/2, p.658, note a, re Baron Willoughby