Epiphany Rising attainted in March; the brother of Kent and the sons of Salisbury and Huntingdon were later restored to their fathers' titles. The attainders were formally reversed in 1461 by a Yorkist parliament. The rebellion also convinced Henry IV that a deposed, imprisoned and alive King Richard was a very dangerous liability for him. The deposed monarch would come to his death 'by means unknown' in Pontefract Castle by 17 February 1400. Epiphany Rising The Epiphany Rising was a failed rebellion against Henry IV of England in late December 1399 and early January 1400. Richard II rewarded those who had supported
John de Braose Braose. His grandfather had had his lands seized and his grandmother Maud de St. Valery had been captured by forces of King John of England in 1210. She was imprisoned, along with John's father William, in Corfe Castle and walled alive inside the dungeon. Both mother and son starved to death on the King's orders. This was probably due to John's grandfather's conflict with the monarch, open rebellion and subsequent alliance with Llewelyn the Great. John's nickname "Tadody" means "fatherless" in the Welsh. At his family's fall from Royal favour John de Braose was initially hidden on Gower and spent