Caumont

Title

Caumont

Also Known As

Calmontum, Colmont, Colmontum, Comont, Cosmont, Coumont

Dates

Founded 1087; Premonstratensian from 1130s/40s; dissolved 13th c.?

Affiliation

Thenailles

Medieval Diocese

Laon

Circary

Floreffe

History

Caumont was a house of sisters affiliated with the abbey of Thenailles. It became Premonstratensian in the mid-12th century and was endowed through a gift of Barthélemy, bishop of Laon. Caumont was likely dissolved in the 13th century.

Status

Women's community

Archival Sources

Laon, Archives départementales de l'Aisne

H 984

Image Credit

"Caumont" as shown on the Cassini Map, 18th century.

Last Updated

Oct. 2026.

Files

Collection

Floreffe

Citation

“Caumont,” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/236.

Geolocation

Item Relations

This Item DependentOn Item: Thenailles