Serques
Title
Serques
Also Known As
Cerques, Segerka, Segerkes, Segreche, Sercques, Sereke, Sergue, Sergues, Serkae, Sigirke, Suercles, Suerkes, Zegerke, Zekerke, Zercle, Zerke, Zigherka
Dates
Fl. 12th c.?
Affiliation
Medieval Diocese
Circary
History
Arnold, lord of Serques, left land at Serques to the Premonstratensian abbey of Licques in the later 12th century. The existence of a house of sisters of the order at the site is uncertain. Charles-Louis Hugo believed that a charter of a bishop of Thérouanne ("altare de Serques, quod bone memorie Milo episcopus... ecclesie de Liskes ad victum sororum in perpetuum donavit"), together with some ruins which he had visited, indicated that Serques had been a community of women dependant on Licques.
However, Norbert Backmund and Bernard Ardura have argued that Serques was never more than a benefice in the possession of the Premonstratensian sisters of Licques.
However, Norbert Backmund and Bernard Ardura have argued that Serques was never more than a benefice in the possession of the Premonstratensian sisters of Licques.
Status
Women's community
Reference
Bibliography
Hermand, Alexandre. “Notice sur Serques.” Mémoires de la Société des antiquaires de la Morinie 1 (1833): 185–97. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k2084529.
Files
Collection
Citation
“Serques,” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/273.
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Item Relations
| This Item | DependentOn | Item: Licques |