Château de Tours-en-Vimeu was a castle near

Tours-en-Vimeu Tours-en-Vimeu is a Communes of France, commune in the Somme (department), Somme Departments of France, department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography The commune is situated southwest of Abbeville, on the D22 road Population See ...

, Hauts-de-France, France. The lordship of Tours-en-Vimeu was inherited by Enguerrand de Umfraville, from his uncle Enguerrand de Balliol, who died in 1299 without issue. John de Moubray had inherited the lordship through his mother Eva de Umfraville, however was killed in 1332.

Hugues Quiéret Hugues Quiéret ( 129024 June 1340) was a French nobleman, admiral and military commander. He was a knight, lord of Tours-en-Vimeu and of Hamicourt, both in Picardy. Before becoming an admiral, he was an advisor, Chamberlain, Grand Master of Fr ...

, is next recorded as Lord of Tours-en-Vimeu. He was beheaded after being captured by the English after the

Battle of Sluys The Battle of Sluys (; ), also called the Battle of l'Écluse, was a naval battle fought on 24 June 1340 between England and France. It took place in the roadstead of the port of Sluys (French ''Écluse''), on a since silted-up inlet between ...

in 1340. Casimir de Sars de Solmon, ''Recueil de généalogies, fragments, notes et épitaphes des provinces du Nord'', volume 9, p.19-22 : généalogie Quieret, volume 10, p.165-171 : généalogie Tramecourt (n°03). A later Hugues Quiéret died at the

Battle of Azincourt The Battle of Agincourt ( ; french: Azincourt ) was an English victory in the Hundred Years' War. It took place on 25 October 1415 (Saint Crispin's Day) near Azincourt, in northern France. The unexpected English victory against the numerical ...

against the English in 1415. Alexandre de Maïoc, lord of Esmailleville, Cauroy and Tours resided at the castle of Tours in 1690. A survey of the remains of the castle was undertaken in 1937 by J.P. Maitland.

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* Châteaux in Somme (department) House of Balliol {{military-history-stub