Colyton
Colyton is a town in Devon, England. It is located within the East Devon regional authority location. It is 3 miles (4.8 kilometres) from Seaton and also 6 miles (9.7 km) from Axminster. Its population in 1991 was 2,783, reducing 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 appeared as an ancient town around 700 AD and attributes in the Domesday Book as 'Culitone'. The third code of law of King Edmund I was issued at Colyton in around 945. This assisted to stabilize feudal culture, by specifying clearly its 4 columns: royalty, lordship, household, and area. It grew into an important farming centre and also market community with a corn mill, saw mill, iron shop and an oak bark tannery that is still operating. Positioned 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 sold back for £1,000 to numerous residents of Colyton church, as provided in an act transcribed in the Letters as well as Papers of Henry VIII dated 6 January 1547, summed up as "John Clarke and others. Grant in free socage, subject to leas and so on (specified), for l,000 l, of the adhering to lands (extents given) in the church of Colyton, which are parcels of Colyton manor, Devon, and also came from Henry Marquis of Exeter, attainted". This was the origin of the Feoffees of Colyton, who remained to keep in typical various buildings in the parish. The community has actually been called "the most defiant community in Devon" due to the variety of its citizens that signed up with the Monmouth Rebellion in 1685.
