Thomas Bek, Bishop Of St David's
Thomas Bek, Beck, or Becke (died 12 May 1293) was a Bishop of St David's in Wales. Bek was the second son of Walter Bek of Ereseby, Lincolnshire, England and the elder brother of Antony Bek, the Bishop of Durham. Bek was educated at Oxford University. Between 1269 and 1273, he was Chancellor of the University. Thomas Bek entered the Royal Household as keeper of the wardrobe in October 1274 and was temporarily custodian of the Great Seal in 1279. He was a trusted servant of King Edward I and obtained many important and wealthy ecclesiastical positions. He was an Archdeacon of Dorset and became Bishop of St David's in 1280 until his death in 1293, founding two collegiate church In Christianity, a collegiate church is a church where the daily office of worship is maintained by a college of canons: a non-monastic or "secular" community of clergy, organised as a self-governing corporate body, which may be presided over by a ...es and two hospitals in the bishopric. References ...
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