Colyton
Colyton is a town in Devon, England. It lies within the East Devon regional authority location. 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, lowering to 2,105 at the 2011 Census. Colyton is a huge part of the Coly Valley selecting ward. The ward population at the above census was 4,493. Colyton initially appeared as an ancient village around 700 AD as well as functions in the Domesday Book as 'Culitone'. The third code of regulation of King Edmund I was issued at Colyton in around 945. This aided to maintain feudal society, by specifying plainly its four pillars: royalty, lordship, family members, as well as neighbourhood. It turned into a crucial agricultural centre and also market community 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, now destroyed, a previous seat of the Courtenay family, Earls of Devon. Following the attainder of the Marquis of Exeter the Courtenay lands escheated to the Crown, as well as those within Colyton were marketed back for £1,000 to numerous locals of Colyton parish, as provided in an action transcribed in the Letters as well as Papers of Henry VIII dated 6 January 1547, summed up as "John Clarke and others. Grant in totally free socage, based on leas and so on (defined), for l,000 l, of the complying with lands (extents given) in the parish of Colyton, which are parcels of Colyton estate, Devon, and came from Henry Marquis of Exeter, attainted". This was the beginning of the Feoffees of Colyton, who continued to keep in common different residential or commercial properties in the church. The town has actually been described as "the most defiant community in Devon" because of the number of its citizens who signed up with the Monmouth Rebellion in 1685.