During the 10C, the Duke Guillaume Longue Epée rebuilt the abbey of Jumièges from its ruins. It was founded by St-Philibert in the 7C. The Vikings turned this monastery into "a den of ferocious animals and birds of prey". The new Benedictine abbey soon became known as "Jumièges the Purse" due to its great charity work. It devoted itself to study and its knowledge increased its fame. The abbey-church was consecrated in 1067 by the archbishop of Rouen after England was conquered, by the archbishop of Rouen, in the presence of Guillaume, the new conqueror. The last monks dispersed after the Revolution. At a public auction In 1793, it was awarded to a wood merchant from Canteleu. He intended to use Jumièges as a quarry, therefore he mined the church tower-lantern and blew it up. The abbey of Jumièges has kept its chapter house, its sacristy with relics, its cloister, its storeroom, its gardens and its abode.