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Cormeilles Abbey (french: Abbaye Notre-Dame de Cormeilles) was a
Cormeilles Abbey (french: Abbaye Notre-Dame de Cormeilles) was a Benedictine
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, motto = (English: 'Pray and Work')
, found ...
monastery in Cormeilles, Normandy
Normandy (; french: link=no, Normandie ; nrf, Normaundie, Nouormandie ; from Old French , plural of ''Normant'', originally from the word for "northman" in several Scandinavian languages) is a geographical and cultural region in Northwestern ...
, 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 founded the abbey in around the year 1060, and endowed it richly with lands in England, after the
Norman Conquest
The Norman Conquest (or the Conquest) was the 11th-century invasion and occupation of England by an army made up of thousands of Norman, Breton, Flemish, and French troops, all led by the Duke of Normandy, later styled William the Conq ...
. 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 thecloister
A cloister (from Latin ''claustrum'', "enclosure") is a covered walk, open gallery, or open arcade running along the walls of buildings and forming a quadrangle or garth. The attachment of a cloister to a cathedral or church, commonly against ...
, 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
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 ...
was dependent on Cormeilles, Chepstow
Chepstow ( cy, Cas-gwent) is a town and community in Monmouthshire, Wales, adjoining the border with Gloucestershire, England. It is located on the tidal River Wye, about above its confluence with the River Severn, and adjoining the wester ...
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
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, at Newent
Newent (; originally called "Noent") is a market town and civil parish about 10½ miles (17 km) north-west of Gloucester, England. Its population was 5,073 at the 2001 census, rising to 5,207 in 2011, The population was 6,777 at the 2021 Census. ...
in Gloucestershire
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The county town is the city of Gl ...
, was a cell of Cormeilles, as was another priory at Kyre
Kyre is a small village and civil parish in the Malvern Hills district of the county of Worcestershire
Worcestershire ( , ; written abbreviation: Worcs) is a county in the West Midlands of England. The area that is now Worcestershire w ...
, 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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