Séry

Title

Séry

Also Known As

Cery, Notre-Dame de Séry-aux-Prés, Seriacum, Seriacum in Pratis, Seriacus, Serit, Serry, Sery in pratis, Siriacum, Syri, Syriacum, Séry-aux-Prés

Dates

Founded 1127; dissolved 1790

Dedication

Mary

Affiliation

Dommartin

Medieval Diocese

Amiens

Circary

Ponthieu

History

Séry was founded as a priory in 1127 by Anselme de Cayeux. It joined the Premonstratensian Order in 1136. The monastic complex was badly damaged by fire in 1437; the church was rebuilt ca. 1449.

Séry became a commendatory abbey in 1533, and was suppressed in 1790.

The site is today a hotel and camp ground.

Heads of Community

Abbots

Raoul, 1147-1169
Simon, 1183-1185
Oylard, 1194
Raoul II de Monceaux, 1198-1203
Etienne, fl. 1206
Bernard, fl. 1209
Guillaume de Monceaus, fl. 1211
Isoard, 1213-1222
Ponchard, 1229-1234
Milon, fl. 1240
Firmin, 1247-1251
Alerme, 1256-1267
Jean, 1267-1295
Hugues de Kanechières, 1296-1313
Raoul II, 1316-1322
Renold, 1326-1330
Adam de Abbeville, 1339-1359
Jean II de Cromont, 1365-1371
Adam II de Coulonvillers, ?-1376
Firmin II de Fauquemberg, ca. 1376-bef. 1390
Pierre de Bouillancourt, fl. ca. 1390
Jean III Bosquet, 1393-1395
Jean IV d'Eu, fl. 14..?
Hugo le Romain, fl. 14..?
Thomas I de la Cour, 1437-1463
Jean V de la Port, 1471-1479
Thomas II, 1479-1494
Jean VI Merlot, 1495-1520
Jean VII Gamber, 1520-1533
Antoine de Halluin, 1533-1562

Status

Abbey

Archival Sources

Abbeville, Archives et Bibliothèque patrimoniale

Gam.90 ("Plan de l'enceinte monastique de l'Abbaye de Séry)

Amiens, Archives de la Somme

28 H (16th c.)

8FI1226 (20th c.; postcard)

8FI1227 (20th c.; postcard)

F447 (19th c.; cartulary extracts)
 * 2MI38/1 (microfilm)

Paris, Bibliothèque nationale

MS Latin 11064 (17th c.; obituary)

Paris, Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève

MS 1850 (18th c.; cartulary)

Bibliography

Darsy, François Irénée. “Notice historique sur l’abbaye de Séry, au diocèse d’Amiens.” Mémoires de la Société des Antiquaires de Picardie 18 (1861): 155–296. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k408355j/f172.item.

Gerits, Trudo. “Documents relatifs au culte marial dans l’abbaye de Séry-aux-Prés à la fin du XVe siècle.” Analecta Praemonstratensia 40 (1964): 337–41.

Image Credit

View of the former abbey of Séry, 2018. Wikimedia.

Files

Collection

Ponthieu

Citation

“Séry,” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/288.

Geolocation

Item Relations

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