page_title: Colcombe Castle
hierarchical_section_title: Colcombe Castle
caption_attribution_description: Drawing of remains of Colcombe Castle, Colyton, Devon, by James Ward (1769-1859), sold by Christie's New York, 30 Jan 2009 lot 304, collection of Julius S. Held.
context_page_description: Colcombe Castle was a now lost castle or fortified house situated about a half mile north of the village 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 to the NW. It was used as his seat by Thomas de Courtenay, 5th Earl of Devon while his widowed mother occupied Tiverton Castle as her dower house. Its position near to Shute, the seat of William Bonville, 1st Baron Bonville, 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.
context_section_description: Colcombe Castle was a now lost castle or fortified house situated about a half mile north of the village 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 to the NW. 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.
caption: Drawing of remains of Colcombe Castle, by James Ward (1769-1859), apparently from the same viewpoint as the Swete watercolour of 26/1/1795
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