Colyton
Colyton is a town in Devon, England. It lies within the East Devon regional authority location. It is 3 miles (4.8 kilometres) from Seaton as well as 6 miles (9.7 kilometres) from Axminster. Its population in 1991 was 2,783, lowering to 2,105 at the 2011 Census. Colyton is a major part of the Coly Valley electoral ward. The ward population at the above census was 4,493. Colyton initially looked like an old town around 700 AD as well as functions in the Domesday Book as 'Culitone'. The 3rd code of law of King Edmund I was released at Colyton in around 945. This helped to stabilize feudal society, by specifying clearly its four columns: royalty, lordship, household, and also area. It became a vital agricultural centre and market town with a corn mill, saw mill, iron foundry and also an oak bark tannery that is still operating. Situated 0.5 miles (0.8 km) to the north of the community was Colcombe Castle, now demolished, a previous seat of the Courtenay family members, 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 marketed back for £1,000 to different homeowners of Colyton church, as detailed in an action transcribed in the Letters as well as Papers of Henry VIII dated 6 January 1547, summarised as "John Clarke as well as others. Grant in complimentary socage, based on leas and so on (specified), for l,000 l, of the following lands (degrees given) in the church of Colyton, which are parcels of Colyton manor, Devon, as well as came from Henry Marquis of Exeter, attainted". This was the origin of the Feoffees of Colyton, who remained to keep in usual different residential or commercial properties in the parish. The community has actually been called "one of the most defiant town in Devon" because of the variety of its occupants who joined the Monmouth Rebellion in 1685.
