The abbey was founded in 1224 by Barthélemy de Roye, chamberlain of King Philippe-Auguste. It was built close to the donjon or fortress of Montjoye, where (as the canons maintained) the oriflamme, the standard given to CharlemagnebyPope Leo III, was anciently preserved,[1] and (according to legend) the location of the Fontaine des Lys, the site of the conversion of Clovis.[1]
The canons also owned an hôtel, or town house, in Paris, in a street on the rive droite in the present 1st arrondissement, named after them the Rue aux Moines de Joienval and later, with some corruption, the Rue aux Moines-de-JenvauorRue à Moingnes de Jenvau.[2] The building was replaced by a salt warehouse in 1698. The street is now known as the Rue des Orfèvres.
The only physical remains are a few traces of the abbey church, which can be seen on Joyenval golf course. They were recorded as a monument historique on 24 October 1989.[3]
^ abcDutilleux, A.: Abbaye de Joyenval. Mémoires de la Société historique et archéologique de l'arrondissement de Pontoise et du Vexin (1890), vol.13, pp.43, 44, 48, 58
