Crécy

Title

Crécy

Also Known As

Cressiacum, Cressy, Crisiacum, Crisseium

Dates

Founded before 1137; dissolved 1697

Dedication

Margaret

Affiliation

Belval

Medieval Diocese

Reims

Circary

Lorraine

History

Founded by 1137, Crécy housed sisters affiliated with the abbey of Belval. The community was still in existence in 1280, when it was home to ten sisters. In the 14th century it became a simple priory, and in 1697 was given to the seminary of Reims.

Heads of Community

Priors

Jean de Buzancy, fl. 1288
Oger, fl. 1296
Jacques de Tannay, fl. 1371
Ponce Herbin, fl. 1501
Claude Alexandre, fl. 1538
Nicolas de Joyeuse, fl. 1585

Status

Women's community

Archival Sources

Charleville-Mezières, Bibliothèque municipale

MS 33. (12th c.; psalter-hymnal)

Bibliography

Grossin, Emmanuel. “L’ancien monastère Ste-Marguerite de Crécy à Brécy-Brières.” Le Curieux Vouzinois, April 2018.

Guelliot, O. “La Bienheureuse Adélaïde de Grandpré.” La Cour d’honneur de Marie, 1886.

———. “Notice sur le prieuré de Crécy.” Revue de Champagne et de Brie 4 (1878): 401–6. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k65654608/f417.item.

Noel, D. “L’abbaye de Crécy, ordre de Prémontré, au diocèse de Reims, son origine et sa ruine (1140-130).” Echo de Givet, January 24, 1875.

Files

Collection

Lorraine

Citation

“Crécy,” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/281.

Geolocation