Colombier à St Pierre de Cormeilles (Eure)

Cormeilles Abbey (french: Abbaye Notre-Dame de Cormeilles) was a Benedictine monastery in Cormeilles, Normandy, in what is now the commune of

Saint-Pierre-de-Cormeilles Saint-Pierre-de-Cormeilles (, literally ''Saint-Pierre of Cormeilles'') is a commune in the Eure department in Normandy in northern France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Eu ...

Eure Eure () is a department in Normandy in Northwestern France, named after the river Eure. Its prefecture is Évreux. In 2019, Eure had a population of 599,507.William FitzOsbern and

Adeliza de Tosny Adeliza or Adelida (died before 1113) was a daughter of William the Conqueror and his wife, Matilda of Flanders. There is considerable uncertainty about her life, including her dates of birth and death. In a mortuary roll prepared at her siste ...

founded the abbey in around the year 1060, and endowed it richly with lands in England, after the Norman Conquest. He was buried there in 1071. According to Ordericus Vitalis it was one of two religious foundations he established on his estates. The other was the Abbaye Notre-Dame de Lyre.

Later history

The abbey had fallen into disrepair by the fifteenth century. After a series of partial reconstructions, it was suppressed in 1779. The buildings are now almost completely destroyed, apart from the former abbot's house, the precinct wall and a dovecote. A fragment of vaulting, possibly from a passageway in the cloister, survives in

Chepstow Priory The Parish and Priory Church of St. Mary is located in Chepstow, Monmouthshire, south east Wales. Parts of the building, including its ornate west doorway, date from the late 11th century and are contemporary with the nearby Norman castle. The c ...

Church, displayed on the stump of its crossing tower.

Priories

was dependent on Cormeilles, Chepstow having been one of FitzOsbern's grants.

Newent Priory The following is a list of the monastic houses in Gloucestershire, England. See also * List of monastic houses in England * List of monastic houses in Wales Notes References {{DEFAULTSORT:Monastic houses in Gloucestershire ...

, at Newent in Gloucestershire, was a cell of Cormeilles, as was another priory at Kyre, Worcestershire. The place name Place de Cormeilles in the historic centre of Chepstow commemorates the association of the two places.

References

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