Boucquy

Title

Boucquy

Also Known As

Boqui, Boucqui, Bouki, Bouquy, Buki, Jaux, la Benoîte Vierge au Boscq

Dates

Founded ?; Premonstratensian from 1147; dissolved 1789

Dedication

Mary

Affiliation

Braine

Medieval Diocese

Beauvais

Circary

France

History

Originally a chapel in the possession of the abbey of Saint-Corneille de Compiègne, Boucquy was ceded to the Premonstratensian abbey of Braine in 1147 and became a priory of the order. Boucquy was a focal point for Marian pilgrimages during times of epidemics.

The community's church was used as a barn after the Revolution. It survives today in a ruinous state.

Heads of Community

Priors

Pierre Leducq, fl. 1564

Status

Priory

Archival Sources

Compiègne, Bibliothèque Saint-Corneille

Manuscrits du Palais, MS 12, fols. 68-71 (Epitaphs)

Bibliography

Detrez, Pascal. “Le prieuré de Boucquy.” La Revue du pays d’Estrées, October 2009.
Puloc’h, Armelle. “Le prieuré de Boucquy.” Au fil de Jaux: Bulletin de la Municipalité, June 2011. https://www.jaux.fr/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/AFDJ-21-Juin2011-Def_light.pdf.

Image Credit

Exterior of the chapel of Notre-Dame de Boucquy, 2015. Wikimedia.

Files

Collection

France

Citation

“Boucquy,” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/440.

Geolocation

Item Relations

This Item DependentOn Item: Braine