Hamel (Oise)

Hamel is a common French, located in the department of the Oise and the area Picardy.

Geography

Agricultural village of the Picardy Plate, located appreciably halfway of Amiens and Beauvais, served by the road connecting Crèvecœur-the-Large Grandvilliers to .

Hamlet

Rieux

History

The village of Grez was detached from Hamel to form an autonomous commune in 1832. Contrary, Small Cempuis was joined together in Hamel in 1886.

The legend of the Lord de Créquy

In the Notre-Dame church of Hamel enormous chains, hung with the ceiling in front of tables are reporting the legend of the lord of Créquy.

This legend is thus reported by Jacques Cambry, first prefect of Oise, in his work Description of the Department of Oise (1803): “ François I {{er}}, prisoner of Charles-Quint after the Battle of Pavia, pouvoit to pay to the strong ransom only the emperor exigeoit of him; Mr. de Créquy, who ressembloit much with François Ier, proposed to him to undertake his chains: refusal; one insists: Créquy obtains finally the favor that he solicits. Charles-Quint, educated of this trick, treats strong evil Mr. de Créquy; he charged with enormous chains, and is maltreated by his geoliers: its confidence in Our-Lady-of-Hamel drew from this annoying situation: it, by its intercession, miraculeusement was miraculeusement transported during the night of Madrid in a field close to Hamel. A shepherd, surprised to see his sheep dancing merrily around a man with long beard, strong evil vêtu, charged with chains, approaches and greets it: Créquy questions it; he learns that he is on the grounds close to his castle, where his wife, who it chérissoit, forced by his/her parents, which croyoient it dead, to contract a new alliance, devoit to marry the same day. Before entering at his place prostrate Créquy to the feet of the Virgin her bienfaitrice, and deposits on the steps of the furnace bridge the chains of which the shepherd undoubtedly helped it to get rid. It goes to the castle: one refuses to let it speak with Madam de Créquy; it is finally received by making present to his wife a ring on which étoit engraved its portrait and that of the wife that it adoroit; its beard, its roughcast hair, its clothing, still faisoient it méconnoître; it is forced of him to speak about a mark that she avoit on the body and that only it pouvoit connoître. One guesses transport of the two husbands which never swages ceased liking. Créquy takes the clothes of a French knight; it goes to the court, reproaches the king for having forgotten it in the prisons of Madrid: this prince excuses while proposing to him for reward what it voudroit to ask him: I eyes, tell him Créquy, that to add a flower of lily to my weapons: I give you thousand of them, tells him to François Ist Since this time the lion of Créquy and the field which it renfermoit étoient covered with flowers of lily. ”

Others tell the same history, but placed at the time of the crusades.

The pilgrimage with Notre-Dame of Hamel commemorated this miracle.

Districts of old mode

religious Districts under the Old Mode : Parish: Notre-Dame • Deanery: Mountain • Archidiaconé: Bray • Diocese: Beauvais .

administrative Units under the Old Mode : Intendance (1789): Paris • Election (1789): Beauvais • Subdelegation: Amiens • Attic with salt (1789): Grandvilliers • Habit: Amiens and Clermont • Parliament: Paris • Baillage: Beauvais and Clermont Government: Ile-de-France .

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

Church Our-lady, seat of an old pilgrimage pointing out the miracle of the lord of Créqui. The nave, the vault and the baptismal font out of stone are. The chorus, much higher than the nave, the stained glasses and mural frescos are.

Personalities related to the commune

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