Marcheroux

Title

Marcheroux

Also Known As

Marcha Raul, Marchadium Radulphi, Marchae Radulphi, Marchais Raul, Marcharsium, Marchasius Radulphi, Marche Raul, Marche-Raoul, Marche-Raould, Marches Raoul, Marches Raoult, Marches Raul, Marchus Radulphi, St. Nicolas-de Tiles, St. Nicolas-du Thelle, St. Nicolas-en-Thelle, Stus. Nicolaus in Tiliis

Dates

Founded 1147; dissolved 1791

Dedication

Nicholas

Affiliation

Dommartin

Medieval Diocese

Rouen

Circary

Ponthieu

History

This community had its origins in one founded in 1122 at Jouy-la-Grange by Ulric, a follower of Norbert of Xanten, around an existing church dedicated to St Nicholas. In ca. 1145-50, the community's men moved to Marcheroux, on land given by Ansculphe de Senots. The sisters remained at the original site, which became known as Beaumont-les-Nonains.

Because of fires and warfare, Marcheroux was in a state of severe disrepair in the early 16th century. It was largely rebuilt, but the new church collapsed in 1615. It became a commendatory abbey ca. 1727 and was suppressed at the Revolution.

Heads of Community

Abbots

Ulrich, fl. 1147
Werricus, 1162-1172
Hugues, 1173-1179
Arnoul, 1180-1183
Ivo, ?-1196
Guillaume, ca. 1198-1207
Baudouin, ?-1215
Adam, 1220-1226
Eudes, ?-1232
Pierre, ?-1240
Reginelmus, fl. 1249
Jean Pignart, fl. 1250
Simon, 1259-1262
Hugues II, fl. 1278
Garnier, fl. 1281
Pierre II, fl. 1290
Renatus, fl. 1302
Pierre III du Bours, ?-1319
Robert, fl. 1320
Pierre IV, fl. 1343
Ancellus de Monceaux, ?-1346
Jean II de Plois, ?-1352
Reginald de Pontoise, ?-1360
Enguerrand de Bachefort (or Brasdefer), 1361-1377
Pierre V de Fleury, 1379-1382
Guillaume II Tabouret, 1383
Étienne Bongre, ?-1385
Jean III d’Aumale, ?-1392
Jacques Bruel, 1392
Denis, ?-ca. 1395
Martin Jolant, 1395-?
Pierre VI Pasquier, ?-ca. 1422
Guillaume III Tabouret, 1426-1430
Jean IV du Plois, 1430-1436
Jean V Brunel, ?-1437
Pierre VII de Saint-Just, ?-1440
Guillaume III de Neuville d’Omont, 1440-1445
Pierre VIII de Canville, 1445-1452
Jean VI Chevalier, 1452-1462
Robert II Petit, 1462-1476
Jean VII Carpentier, 1476-1478
Robert III Vautier, ?-1484
Jean VIII de Quenouilles, ?-1519
Bertin Domin, 1519-1532
Jean IX Bochetel, 1535-1536
Renatus de Gaats, fl. mid 16th c.
Charles Chenu de Mornay, ?-1586

Status

Abbey

Archival Sources

Beauvais, Archives départementales de l'Oise

H 5550 - H 5554 (15th-18th c.)

Bibliography

Brouette, Émile. “Extrait de l’obituaire de Marcheroux.” Analecta Praemonstratensia 55 (1979): 32–46.

Cappronnier, Jean-Charles. “L’abbaye de Marcheroux à Beaumont-les-Nonnains (Oise).” In Les finances dans l’Ordre de Prémontré: Actes officiels des 26e et 27e colloques du Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches Prémontrées, Saint-Brieuc - Abbaye de Beauport, 2000 et Arras - Prémontré, 2001, edited by Martine Plouvier and Cécile Souchon, 156–69. Laon: Centre d’études et de recherches prémontrées, 2002.

Sabatier, A. “Abbaye de Marcheroux de l’ordre des Prémontrés et de la filiation de Saint-Josse-aux-Bois ou Dommartin.” Mémoires de la Société académique d’archéologie, sciences et arts du département de l’Oise 6 (1865): 614–23. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k4147022/f618.

Image Credit

The remains of the abbey of Saint-Nicolas de Marcheroux, 2012. Wikimedia.

Files

Collection

Ponthieu

Citation

“Marcheroux,” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/418.

Geolocation

Item Relations

Item: St. Blaise (Triel) DependentOn This Item
Item: Abbecourt DependentOn This Item
Item: Beaumont-les-Nonains DependentOn This Item