Alan of Beccles [SEP] date of death
Alan of Beccles
Alan of Beccles (ca. 1195 – 1240) was official secretary to Bishops Pandulf and Thomas de Blundeville of Norwich between the years 1217 and 1236. He became archdeacon of Sudbury in 1225. After this he was at Paris, as he is mentioned as one of the English of note who left the University of Paris in 1229 on the dispersion of the students in consequence of the riots between them and the citizens. In 1239 he was appointed one of the arbitrators between Bishop Grosseteste and his chapter on
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- William Fiske, goalkeeper for Blackpool
- Charles Hartley, educationist and the Principal of Royal College, Colombo
- Dorothy Hodgkin, Nobel Prize winner;
- Chris Martin, forward for Derby County
- David Frost, broadcaster
See also.
- Beccles Airport
- Beccles bell tower
- Beccles Free School
- Beccles Lido
- Beccles railway station
- Beccles Town F.C.
- Alan of Beccles