Colyton
Colyton is a town in Devon, England. It lies within the East Devon regional authority area. It is 3 miles (4.8 kilometres) from Seaton and 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 populace at the above census was 4,493. Colyton first looked like an ancient town around 700 AD and also functions in the Domesday Book as 'Culitone'. The third code of legislation of King Edmund I was provided at Colyton in about 945. This assisted to support feudal culture, by specifying plainly its four columns: royalty, lordship, family members, and neighbourhood. It grew into a vital farming centre and market town with a corn mill, saw mill, iron shop and also an oak bark tannery that is still operating. Located 0.5 miles (0.8 km) to the north of the town was Colcombe Castle, currently demolished, a former seat of the Courtenay family, 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 numerous homeowners of Colyton parish, as noted in an act recorded in the Letters as well as Papers of Henry VIII dated 6 January 1547, summed up as "John Clarke as well as others. Grant in totally free socage, based on rental fees etc. (specified), for l,000 l, of the following lands (degrees offered) in the parish of Colyton, which are parcels of Colyton manor, Devon, and also belonged to Henry Marquis of Exeter, attainted". This was the origin of the Feoffees of Colyton, who continued to keep in usual numerous homes in the parish. The town has been called "the most defiant community in Devon" due to the number of its occupants who joined the Monmouth Rebellion in 1685.
