John Beke, 1st Baron Beke

John Beke, 1st Baron Beke (died 1303/04) of Eresby in the parish of Spilsby, Lincolnshire, was a baron.

[3] He was the eldest son and heir of Walter II Beke, of Eresby, by his wife Eve de Grey,[3] 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",[4] who nevertheless "found a well born and richly dowered bride",[5] Alice de Multon, sister of Thomas de Multon.

Henry Beke was a son of Walter I Beke (fl.12th.c), a prominent Anglo-Flemish[6] 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.