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 Priory of Saulseuse à Tilly dans l'Eure

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Patrimoine religieux
Prieuré
Eglise gothique
Eure

Priory of Saulseuse

    C.D. 181
    27510 Tilly
Private property
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Prieuré de Saulseuse
Prieuré de Saulseuse
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Timeline

Moyen Âge central
Bas Moyen Âge
Renaissance
Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1100
1200
1300
1400
1500
1600
1700
1800
1900
2000
1118
Foundation of the Priory
1235
Death of Archbishop Maurice
1494
Consecration of the new church
1774
Abolition of the Priory
1793
Sale as a national good
2000
Registration for historical monuments
2022
Burning a barn
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

Church vestiges, dovecote, underground pantry, plate ground of the missing buildings, including the location of the cloister, west gate, large south basin with all remaining elements - known or to discover hydraulic network; portal is with the remaining elements of the enclosure wall; facades and roofs of the former prioral home (cad. C 5, 274, 327, 334): registration by order of 13 July 2000

Key figures

Richard de Tilly - Founder and local lord Created the priory in 1118.
Goel de Baudemont - Builder of the first church He was buried in the building he built.
Maurice - Archbishop died on site Death to the priory in 1235.
Claude Bauquemarre - Prior and Canon of Rouen Prior of Saulseuse and Cresseville in 1614.
Mathieu de Melun - Prior and Doctor of Theology Directed the priory from 1678 to 1680.

Origin and history

The Priory of Notre-Dame de Saulseuse was founded in 1118 by Richard de Tilly, local lord, in the hamlet of Saulseuse. It belonged to the order of the regular canons of St Augustine and depended on the abbey of the Vaux-de-Cernay. A first church was built there by Goel de Baudemont, who was buried there. The priory, prosperous in the 13th century, had several patronages, including that of Val-Corbon, and was marked by the death of Archbishop Maurice in 1235.

A new church was built and dedicated in 1494. However, the priory declined in the 18th century and was abolished in 1774, its property being transferred to the Séminaire Saint-Nicaise de Rouen. The nave and cloister were demolished around 1776, and the site was sold as a national property in 1793. The ruins were cleared around 1965, revealing the choir, the cross of the transept, a capitular hall, the Prioral house and agricultural buildings.

The priory has been listed as a historical monument since 2000 for its remains, including the choir, the cellar, the dovecote and the elements of the hydraulic network. In 2022, a 600 m2 barn was destroyed by fire. The site preserves the architectural traces of the 14th, 15th and 18th centuries, as well as the heraldic weapons: d.

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