Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.
BEKE
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The Beke surname in historical dictionaries
Patronymica Britannica (1860)
BEKE. This family has no connection with that of Bee or Beck ; nor is it of Norman origin. It was founded in England by the Goisfred de Beche, of Domesd. De Beche and De la Beche were the Norman-Fr. modes of writing the Flemish Van der Beke, which was, doubtless, the I real name borne by this Godisfred in his