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"Colecombe Castle", watercolour by Rev. John Swete dated 27 January 1795. Swete wrote: "Standing by the door of (the farmhouse) I took the...sketch which will give some notion of the front and which seems to have been the principal one with an aspect to the west...(with) Colyton to the left". Devon Record Office 564M/F7/77"Inside of Colecombe Castle", watercolour by Rev. John Swete dated 26 January 1795. Devon Record Office 564M/F7/73Drawing of remains of Colcombe Castle, by James Ward (1769-1859), apparently from the same viewpoint as the Swete watercolour of 26/1/1795Surviving ancient building formerly part of Colcombe Castle, situated today in the yard of Colcombe Abbey Farm, facing main farmhouse
Colcombe Castle was a castle or fortified house situated about a 0.5 mi (0.80 km) north of the town of Colyton in East Devon.
It was a seat of the Courtenay family, Earls of Devon, whose principal seat was Tiverton Castle, about 22 miles (35 km) to the north west. It was used as his seat by Thomas de Courtenay, 5th Earl of Devon (d. 1458) while his widowed mother occupied Tiverton Castle as her dower house. Its position near to Shute, the seat of William Bonville, 1st Baron Bonville (1392–1461), the arch-enemy of the 5th Earl, led to some serious territorial battles between the two families, culminating in the Battle of Clyst Heath of 1455.
ColcombeCastle was a castle or fortified house situated about a 0.5 mi (0.80 km) north of the town of Colyton in East Devon. It was a seat of the Courtenay...
Castle or the ancient Courtenay family home, ColcombeCastle, as a residence; both residences were located in Devon, but Catherine preferred Colcombe...
expiry of the senior line in 1556 was Tiverton Castle in Devon, and as a subsidiary seat ColcombeCastle, Devon, both of which are now largely demolished...
families with which they are associated, and some are ruinous – e.g. Lowther Castle. List of family seats of Scottish nobility List of family seats of Irish...
held from the 13th-century Okehampton Castle, their original seat in England, and later built ColcombeCastle, both in Devon. After the attainder and...
the pre-eminent power in Devon. Courtenay had as his secondary seat ColcombeCastle, only a few miles from Shute, and the proximity of their two estates...
of Sandy Park rugby stadium. The Courtenay family of Tiverton Castle and ColcombeCastle, who had been earls of Devon since 1335, were challenged in the...
marriage linked the Yonge family with the Pole family of Shute and ColcombeCastle also in the parish of Colyton, as Sir William Pole (1561-1635), MP...
November 1638: Sir John Pole, 1st Baronet of Shute, Devon and later of ColcombeCastle, Colyton. late 1639: Sir Nicholas Martyn. late 1640: Nicholas Putt...
William Pole (1561–1635) the antiquarian and historian of Devon, of ColcombeCastle, Colyton, and Shute, Devon. She was buried in Shute Church on 8 May...
Devon estates are still owned by descendants via female lines, for example Castle Hill, Filleigh, Molland, Incledon, Braunton, Hall, Bishop's Tawton, Newnham...
daughter of the Devon historian Sir William Pole (d.1635), of Shute and ColcombeCastle, Devon, MP. In his history of Mohuns Ottery Pole wrote: "Thomas Southcot...
antiquary and historian Sir William Pole (1561–1635) whose principal seat was Colcombe House in the parish of Colyton, the former residence of Walter Erle of...
Director David Colcombe in Cornwall Street and the restaurant subsequently won several awards as a modern British restaurant. David Colcombe left his post...
Somerset. Without progeny. Alice Courtenay, died young Courtenay died at Colcombe, Devon, on 28 February 1292. He was buried at Cowick Priory, near Exeter...
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