Saint-Crépin-aux-Bois

• Historical background:

• The village once depended on the rich lordship of Offémont and came under the county of Senlis. In 1029, Offémont was given to Guy de Beauvoir; Bailiff of Senlis. It was first a hunting house belonging to the royal tax authorities.
• Girard d'Auchy built a fortified castle which became the home of the lords.
• Marguerite, daughter of 'Ansoud de Thourotte, brought the land of Offémont around 1296, to Guy de Clérmont-Nesle, Marshal of France.

Jean II de Nesle, son of Guy III de Nesle, rebuilt the castle of Offémont and surrounded it with fortifications.

• The seigneury of Offémont remained in the house of Nesle until Jean IV who died leaving his wife Marguerite de Chimay only a daughter, Louise; she sold the land of Offémont, in 1524, to François de Montmorency, governor of the Île de France.
• François Dreux d ' Aubray, adviser to the Parliament of Paris, buys the lordship of Offémont. His daughter Marie-Madeleine brought this seigneury to the Marquis de Brinvilliers, whom she married in 1651.
• The seigneury of Offémont later belonged to Adrien Nicolas, Marquis de la Salle, who sold it in 1792 to a Paris banker, Nouet. The latter resold it to M. Cornuau.
• In the 19th century, the castle was almost completely restored by the wealthy banker Aguado. Today it belongs to Mr. Pillet-Will.
• Near the castle, rise the ruins of the former priory of Sainte-Croix-d'Offémont. It was founded by Jean de Nesle in 1331, with four celestials from Saint-Pierre-en-Chastres. It was richly endowed and the lords of Offémont reserved their burial there.
• The church (listed as a Historic Monument) parish, under the name of Saint-Crépin and Saint-Crépinien, is a vast and beautiful 16th century construction, in stone apparatus.
• The municipality has received the 1914/18 war cross.
• Sources: Historical record and statistics 1883 - Precise Statistics on the Canton of Attichy). Oise the art and nature of its 693 towns - Nathan. The Quid.