John Beke, 1st Baron Beke

Arms of Beke: Gules, a cross recerclée argent. The arms are also shown as a cross moline John Beke, 1st Baron Beke (died 1303/04) of Eresby in the parish of Spilsby, Lincolnshire, was a baron.

Origins He was the eldest son and heir of Walter II Beke, of Eresby, by his wife Eve de Grey, who nevertheless "found a well born and richly dowered bride", Alice de Multon, sister of Thomas de Multon. Henry Beke was a son of Walter I Beke (fl.12th.c), a prominent Anglo-Flemish 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."