Colyton
Colyton is a town in Devon, England. It lies within the East Devon regional authority area. It is 3 miles (4.8 km) from Seaton as well as 6 miles (9.7 kilometres) from Axminster. Its population in 1991 was 2,783, minimizing 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 initially looked like an old town around 700 AD and functions 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 society, by stating plainly its 4 pillars: royalty, lordship, household, as well as area. It grew into a crucial farming centre as well as market town with a corn mill, saw mill, iron shop and an oak bark tannery that is still operating. Located 0.5 miles (0.8 kilometres) to the north of the town was Colcombe Castle, currently demolished, 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 those within Colyton were sold back for £1,000 to numerous locals of Colyton church, as listed in an action transcribed in the Letters as well as Papers of Henry VIII dated 6 January 1547, summarised as "John Clarke and others. Grant in complimentary socage, based on rental fees and so on (defined), for l,000 l, of the following lands (levels provided) in the church of Colyton, which are parcels of Colyton chateau, Devon, and also belonged to Henry Marquis of Exeter, attainted". This was the origin of the Feoffees of Colyton, that remained to keep in typical different buildings in the parish. The community has been described as "one of the most defiant community in Devon" because of the number of its inhabitants who signed up with the Monmouth Rebellion in 1685.
