John Beke, 1st Baron Beke

John Beke, 1st Baron Beke (d.1303/4) of Eresby in the parish of Spilsby, Lincolnshire, was a baron.[3]

Arms of Beke: Gules, a cross recerclée argent.[1] The arms are also shown as a cross moline[2]

Origins

He was the eldest son and heir of Walter II Beke, of Eresby, by his wife Eve de Grey,[4] a niece of Walter de Gray (d.1255), Archbishop of York and Lord Chancellor. Walter II was a son of Henry Beke, "weak of understanding",[5] who nevertheless "found a well born and richly dowered bride",[6] Alice de Multon, sister of Thomas de Multon. Henry Beke was a son of Walter I Beke (fl.12th.c), a prominent Anglo-Flemish[7] landholder, by his wife Agnes FitzPinco, daughter and heiress of Hugh FitzPinco, lord of the manor of Eresby.

John Beke died in 1303/04, "when any Barony created by the writ of 1295 would be held, by modern doctrine, to have fallen into abeyance."[8]

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References
  1. as seen sculpted on early Willoughby effigies in Spilsby Church
  2. GEC Complete Peerage, Vol XII/2, p.658, note a
  3. GEC Complete Peerage, Vol.1, p.89, "Beke"
  4. GEC Complete Peerage, Vol.1, p.89, "Beke"
  5. Duchess of Cleveland
  6. Beke, T
  7. Beke, T
  8. Complete Peerage, 2nd edition, Volume 2, page 89
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