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

[4] Having entered the clergy, Bek received several benefices and soon attracted the attention of the Lord Edward,[7] the heir of King Henry III of England.

[4] In November 1277 Bek was one of the councillors sent by Edward to negotiate with Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, Prince of Wales.

[7] The embassy was attempting to secure allies for Edward's war against King Philip IV of France.

[20][7] During the Falkirk campaign, but before the battle itself, a section of the army under Bek captured Dirleton Castle.

[4] In 1300, soon after his return to England, Bek became involved in a quarrel with Richard de Hoton, Prior of Durham[7] and the cathedral chapter.

In 1304, further charges were brought against the bishop by the prior and the cathedral chapter, including a serious one of imprisoning a royal messenger.

The bishop secured the support of Pope Clement V[21] who named Bek Patriarch of Jerusalem on 26 February 1306.

[21] Bek conducted the funeral service for King Edward I on 27 October 1307 at Westminster Abbey.

Bek's title of patriarch made him the senior ecclesiastic in England, and it was probably due to that status that he was named the main investigator of the Templars in 1308.

In 1309, he finally managed to visit the priory at Durham, and the new prior announced that he and the chapter would not institute any more legal proceedings against the bishop stemming from the dispute.