The Bek family is the name of a family in Lincolnshire, from which sprang several men of eminence in the thirteenth century. The Beks were descended from one Walter Bek, called in the 'Great Survey' Walter Flandrensis, who came over with William the Conqueror, and received from him the lordship of Firesby in Lincolnshire, et multa alia maneria. From his three sons, I. Henry, II. Walter, and III. John, sprung three great Lincolnshire families: I. Bek of , II. Bek of , III. Bek of . With the last of these we have no concern.