The Colyton Chamber of Feoffees was created in the middle of the 16th Century and has served the people and Parish of Colyton ever since, providing a range of public services, local administration and charitable acts in an unbroken line for nearly five hundred years.

While many of its local public service functions were gradually taken over by the Parish Council and/or subsumed by local public administration changes in the late nineteenth century, the Chamber continues to deliver its charitable function, dispensing grants and loans to worthy local causes and in cases of personal individual hardship.  It also hires out the Town Hall for events, meetings and sports classes.

The Chairman is elected each January for a year, by the Members of the Chamber. The Chairman for 2024 is Phil Richards and his Deputy is Verdun Trott.