Colyton is a town in Devon, England. It is located within the East Devon local authority location. It is 3 miles (4.8 km) from Seaton and also 6 miles (9.7 km) 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 electoral ward. The ward populace at the above census was 4,493. Colyton initially looked like an ancient town around 700 AD and also attributes in the Domesday Book as 'Culitone'. The 3rd code of legislation of King Edmund I was released at Colyton in about 945. This aided to support feudal society, by stating plainly its four pillars: kingship, lordship, family, and neighbourhood. It turned into an essential agricultural centre as well as market community with a corn mill, saw mill, iron shop as well as an oak bark tannery that is still working. Positioned 0.5 miles (0.8 kilometres) to the north of the town was Colcombe Castle, now knocked down, a former seat of the Courtenay family, Earls of Devon. Adhering to the attainder of the Marquis of Exeter the Courtenay lands escheated to the Crown, and also those within Colyton were offered back for £1,000 to numerous citizens of Colyton church, as noted in an act transcribed in the Letters and also Documents of Henry VIII dated 6 January 1547, summed up 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 (degrees given) in the church of Colyton, which are parcels of Colyton mansion, Devon, and came from Henry Marquis of Exeter, attainted". This was the beginning of the Feoffees of Colyton, that remained to hold in usual different residential properties in the church. The town has actually been called "the most rebellious town in Devon" as a result of the variety of its citizens who signed up with the Monmouth Rebellion in 1685.