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John De la Bere Junior of Weobley died in September 1403 at the age of only twenty-nine, probably in connection with the Welsh uprising sparked off by the Owain Glyndwr revolt. The lack of formidable defences at Weobley would have left it particularly vulnerable to the rebels. The revolt had weakened by 1406, but some four years later Weobley was described, with understandable exaggeration, as destroyed by the Welsh. John's baby son, Thomas, was now nine years old and he was placed in the care of his St. John cousins, latterly by Agnes Rodney, who made her will at Weobley in 1420. He came of age two years later, but apparently did not live long to enjoy his inheritance. In 1432, another John De la Bere (possibly a brother) is recorded as holding the castle, but he may have been the last De la Bere associated with it. He died the following year. Perhaps the remote and inhospitable Gower peninsula, and the increasingly dilapidation of the castle, led the family to move eastward and settle in their summer residence in Berkshire.
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Date of Import: 24 Dec 2010/ RootsWeb's WorldConnect