Colyton is a town in Devon, England. It lies within the East Devon neighborhood authority area. It is 3 miles (4.8 km) from Seaton and also 6 miles (9.7 kilometres) from Axminster. Its population in 1991 was 2,783, decreasing to 2,105 at the 2011 Census. Colyton is a huge part of the Coly Valley selecting ward. The ward population at the above demographics was 4,493. Colyton first looked like an old town around 700 AD as well as functions in the Domesday Book as 'Culitone'. The third code of law of King Edmund I was released at Colyton in about 945. This helped to support feudal society, by mentioning plainly its 4 columns: kingship, lordship, family members, and area. It grew into an essential agricultural centre and also market town with a corn mill, saw mill, iron factory and an oak bark tannery that is still functioning. Positioned 0.5 miles (0.8 km) to the north of the town was Colcombe Castle, currently knocked down, a former seat of the Courtenay household, Earls of Devon. Complying with the attainder of the Marquis of Exeter the Courtenay lands escheated to the Crown, and also those within Colyton were sold back for £1,000 to various locals of Colyton church, as provided in an act recorded in the Letters as well as Papers of Henry VIII dated 6 January 1547, summarised as "John Clarke and others. Grant in cost-free socage, subject to rents and so on (specified), for l,000 l, of the following lands (levels given) in the parish of Colyton, which are parcels of Colyton manor, Devon, and belonged to Henry Marquis of Exeter, attainted". This was the beginning of the Feoffees of Colyton, that continued to keep in common numerous homes in the parish. The community has been described as "the most defiant community in Devon" as a result of the variety of its occupants that joined the Monmouth Rebellion in 1685.