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	John Ball
		When the rebels dispersed Ball fled to the midland counties, but was taken prisoner at Coventry and executed in the presence of Richard II on July 15, 1381.
		John Ball (1585—1640), English puritan divine, was born at Cassington[?], Oxfordshire, in October 1585.
		John Ball (1818—1889), Irish politician, naturalist and Alpine traveller, eldest son of an Irish judge, Nicholas Ball[?], was born at Dublin on the 20th of August 1818.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/jo/John_Ball.html (722 words)

	Wikinfo \| John Ball (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		John Ball (October 1585 - 1640) was an English puritan divine, born in Cassington, Oxfordshire.
		John Ball (August 20, 1818 - October 21, 1889) was an Irish politician, naturalist and Alpine traveller, eldest son of an Irish judge, Nicholas Ball, born in Dublin.
		John Ball (December 24, 1861 - 1940) was a prominent English amateur golfer of the late 19th and early 20th century.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=John_Ball (899 words)

	Peasants' Revolt
		The names of its leaders, John Ball, Wat Tyler and Jack Straw, are still familiar even though very little is actually known about these individuals.
		The revolt was prompted in part by the introduction of a poll tax of one shilling per adult, which had first been levied in 1377 in order to finance military campaigns overseas - a continuation of the Hundred Years' War waged by King Edward III of England.
		The Savoy Palace of the king's uncle John of Gaunt was one of the London buildings destroyed by the rioters.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/pe/Peasants'_Revolt.html (451 words)

	ANISTORITON: Viewpoints (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Ball did this for long enough to have quite an impact on the peasants of Kent, and Walsingham writes, "For twenty years and more Balle had been preaching continually in different places such things as he knew were pleasing to the people" (qtd.
		Ball was extremely popular with the masses; Walsingham wrote, "Nor did he lack hearers among the common people, whom he always strove to entice to his sermons by pleasing words, and the slander of prelates" (quoted in Dobson, 374).
		Ball's prominence, albeit often as a symbol of the faith of the commons, is seen before, during, and after the revolt.
	www.anistor.co.hol.gr /english/enback/v005.htm (3139 words)

	John Ball's Sermon - Sidebar - MSN Encarta
		John Ball's Sermon - Sidebar - MSN Encarta
		The rebels freed the excommunicated priest John Ball, who had been imprisoned for his controversial teachings.
		According to the disapproving Walsingham, Ball advocated social equality and recited a then-popular rhymed couplet to illustrate that the nobility did not exist at the time of biblical creation when Adam and Eve were spinning and tilling the fields.
	encarta.msn.com /sidebar_1741503191/John_Ball's_Sermon.html (130 words)

	The Caballero Years/John Ball and the Peasants Revolt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Caballero Years/John Ball and the Peasants Revolt
		Although John Ball’s birthdate is questionable, his death came as a result of his participation in the Peasant’s Revolt in 1381-82.
		John Ball was excommunicated in 1376 for his advocacy of "ecclesiastical poverty and social equality" for priests in direct opposition to the church’s ideas and he was imprisoned at Maidstone by John of Gaunt.
	www.shsu.edu /~eng_wpf/history/johnball.html (675 words)

	The Rise of the Democracy
		John was aware that he could not count on the support of the barons in a war with France, and a prophecy of Peter, the Wakefield Hermit, that the crown would be lost before Ascension Day, made him afraid of dying excommunicate.
		John Ball, an itinerant priest, who came from St. Mary's, at York, and then made Colchester the centre of his wanderings, spent twenty years organising the revolt, and three times was excommunicated and imprisoned by the Archbishop of Canterbury for teaching social "errors, schisms, and scandals," but was in no wise contrite or cast down.
		John Ball was in prison—in the jail of Archbishop Sudbury at Maidstone—in the spring of 1381, but the peasants were organised and ready to revolt.
	gwydir.demon.co.uk /PG/Clayton/Democracy.htm (17656 words)

	John Ball (Divine) - LoveToKnow 1911
		JOHN BALL (1585-1640), English puritan divine, was born at Cassington, Oxfordshire, in October 1585.
		He was soon deprived by John Bridgeman, the high church bishop of Chester, who put him to much suffering.
		He became a schoolmaster and earned a wide and high reputation for his scholarship and piety.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /John_Ball_(Divine) (164 words)

	John Ball
		John Ball was born in St. Albans, Hertfordshire.
		John Ball believed it was wrong that some people in England were very rich while others were very poor.
		John Ball had several times been confined in the Archbishop of Canterbury's prison for his absurd speeches...
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /YALDballJ.htm (781 words)

	Songs for the Redwoods: Song List
		Ball, a priest from Kent, England, and a "social agitator," preached to rouse and encourage rebel peasants in the 1381 Peasants' Rebellion.
		Some modern scholars claim that the few fragments of John Ball's verse that survive are, in fact, the first flowering of political poetry and protest song in English.
		Ball was executed for his efforts in behalf of English peasants, and he has since become something of a folk hero.
	www.rockisland.com /~irthlingz/store/songsForRedwoodsSongList.htm (683 words)

	History of St. John Chrysostom Church (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		John Chrysostom Church was not only a community of Russian immigrants, but it was home base for other ethnic groups as well; Ukrainians, Byelorussians, Serbians, Greeks, Syrians, and Macedonians.
		Father John was born in 1891 and died in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1980.
		John also constructed a Kafedra for the Bishop to be used during hierarchical liturgies.
	www.3saints.com /stjohn-history.html (2199 words)

	Ball, John - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		He was an itinerant for many years, acting independently of the influence of John Wyclif and advocating ecclesiastical poverty and social equality.
		Splendor on the grass: Sir Elton John's stately home in Old Windsor is once again the site of his annual White Tie & Tiara Ball, which raises millions for AIDS education and care.
		A Londoner's Diary Daisy Waugh stalks the Queen at a Scottish ball and admires John Humphrys jogging among the magnolia trees
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-ball-joh.html (430 words)

	Avi's 'Crispin: The Cross of Lead'
		John Ball, a peasant priest who believes that, "'[People will rise] if they can reclaim their ancient freedoms.
		Crispin is bewildered by John Ball, a priest who advocates freedom and lives in poverty, a man who meets with Bear and disreputable men in taverns to discuss heretical ideologies and plan rebellious acts.
		While Crispin ponders John Ball's words, and taverns are overturned in the search for traitors, Bear is overcome and taken by Aycliffe's men.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/childrensliterature/102817/3 (472 words)

	John Ball (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		This crude communism was a common theme in revivalist preaching on the equality of all men in death, and was revolutionary only in the hands of a fanatical priest.
		The revolt quickly collapsed when young King Richard II confronted the mob at Smithfield and Wat Tyler was killed.
		Ball fled to Coventry, was captured, brought to St Albans, and was there hanged, drawn, and quartered in the royal presence.
	members.tripod.com /~Medieval_stuff/Ball.html (69 words)

	History of the 1831 Peasants' Rebellion - _Wat Tyler_ - Electronic Editions - Romantic Circles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		People feared the ambition of his uncle, John of Gaunt, and thus, as Saul states, "the pretence was maintained that Richard was fully competent to govern" (28).
		Historians also note the role of John Ball, a priest from Kent who had been a social agitator for many years, who preached to the rebels.
		Many of the sentences were carried out, among them John Ball's; he was hung, drawn, and quartered on July 15 (Oman, 51).
	www.rc.umd.edu /editions/wattyler/contexts/history_rebellion.html (1784 words)

	Peasants\' Revolt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The names of some of its leaders, John Ball, Wat Tyler and Jack Straw, are still familiar even though very little is actually known about these individuals.
		On June 14, they are reputed to have been met by the young King himself, and presented him with a series of demands, including the dismissal of some of his more unpopular ministers and the effective abolition of serfdom.
		John Gower, friend of Geoffrey Chaucer, saw the Peasants as unjustified in their cause.
	peasants-revolt.iqnaut.net (818 words)

	The Norton Anthology of English Literature: The Middle Ages: Topic 1: Texts and Contexts
		Admitted by sympathizers through gates in London Wall, they burned down the palace of John of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster — a patron of Chaucer's and father of the future Henry IV — who was extremely unpopular because of his high-handed treatment of the commons.
		note 7 John Ball, priest of Saint Mary, greeteth well all manner men and bids 'em in the name of the Trinity, Father and Son and Holy Ghost, stand manly together in truth, and helpeth truth, and truth shall help you.
		The prophet Ball teaches them; a malicious spirit had previously taught him, and he then constituted their deepest learning.
	www.wwnorton.com /nael/middleages/topic_1/uprise.htm (4103 words)

	William Morris - A Dream of John Ball (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Will Green had me to sit next to him, and on the other side sat John Ball; but the priest had grown somewhat distraught, and sat as one thinking of somewhat that was like to escape his thought.
		I stammered as I yea-said him; for John Ball was looking strangely at me with a half-smile, and my heart beat anxiously and fearfully: but we went quietly to the door and so out into the bright moonlight.
		John Ball did not press me to move forward, but held up his hand as if to bid me hearken.
	marxists.nigilist.ru /archive/morris/works/1886/johnball/chapters/chapter8.htm (1124 words)

	The Peasant Revolt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In the Chapel of St John the shouting rabble came upon the Archbishop, Sir Robert Hales, the Lord Treasurer, John of Graunt's physician, and John Legge who had devised the poll tax.
		John Ball was hanged, drawn and quartered in the presence of Richard II and his quarters were displayed in four other towns as a warning to other rebel.
		The Rebellion of 1381 began in South-West Essex when a tax commissioner, John Bampton, arrived at Brentwood in Barstable Hundred and was driven from the village.
	idcs0100.lib.iup.edu /England1/the10.htm (1149 words)

	St. John's Russian Orthodox Church (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Grace as flame shining forth from thy mouth illuminated the universe, and thou has gathered not the silver-treasures of this world, but has revealed to us the exaltation of humility.
		O John Chrysostom, all-blessed Saint, truly we praise thee: thou are the teacher revealing the Divine things.
		John Chrysostom Russian Orthodox Church and ROC of 3 Saints, Garfield NJ
	www.3saints.com /stjohn.html (113 words)

	The Ball Family Part 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The early history of the Ball family is patchy but some details have been found from the 17th century.
		Thomas Ball is listed as a 'non-juror' in 1717 at Thurnham, the Catholic chapel serving the district of Cockerham between Lancaster and the coast.
		It was usual for priests to take an 'alias' for their own safety and that of their families and Edward is known to have used his grandmother's maiden name of Worthington.
	www.lupton2.freeserve.co.uk /history/ball1.htm (1599 words)

	JOHN BALL (d. 1381) - Online Information article about JOHN BALL (d. 1381)
		John Wycliffe, but especially by his insistence on the principle of social equality.
		Ball was then in prison at See also:
		When the rebels dispersed Ball fled to the midland counties, but was taken prisoner at See also:
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /BAI_BAR/BALL_JOHN_d_1381_.html (523 words)

	John Ball Biography
		On 7th June, 1381, Ball was rescued from Maidstone Prison by rebels led by Wat Tyler.
		Ball was with Tyler when he carried out negotiations with Richard II at Mile End on 14th June.
		An army, led by Thomas of Woodstock, John of Gaunt's younger brother, was sent into Essex to crush the rebels.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /YALDballJ2.htm (1014 words)

	The Peasant Revolt of 1381 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Such a man was John Ball, a priest in Kent who was a vocal opponent of feudalism.
		Ball continued his public speeches even more frequently.
		After Ball's last imprisonment of three months, he along with Jack Straw and Wat Tyler inspired more than thirty thousand men to join their crusade.
	www.auburn.edu /chaucer/peasants_revolt.html (343 words)

	John Ball - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		John Ball - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		In 1381 former English soldier Wat Tyler led an uprising known as Tyler’s Rebellion, or the Peasants’ Revolt, regarded by some historians as the...
		CUNY - John Jay College of Criminal Justice
	ca.encarta.msn.com /John_Ball.html (89 words)

	The Voice of John Ball
		." John Ball, the rebel priest who helped organize and lead the peasant rebellion of 1381, has indeed been a favorite among Anglo-Catholic Socialists, many of whom routinely referred to him as "Blessed" and kept the anniversary of his execution, June 15th, as a saint's day.
		There is not a great deal of evidence to indicate that John Ball was a Lollard or a follower of Wycliff, as his enemies charged.
		But John Ball held up his hand, and the shout was one and no more.
	www.anglocatholicsocialism.org /ballvoic.html (824 words)

	Stepney Notes:The Poll Tax 1381:Wat Tyler, John Ball and Jack Straw
		a priest from Kent spoke out against this oppression and he was arrested and put into prison for a few months.
		Richard, upon meeting them at Mile End again promised to grant all their demands (a promise which was not kept) and had papers drawn up, which he signed, agreeing to their demands and the mob dispersed.
		The three leaders, Wat Tyler, Jack Straw and John Ball along with about 30,000, however were not satisfied and went once more into London and assembled at Smithfield.
	website.lineone.net /~fight/Stepney/poll.htm (785 words)

	John Ball (priest)
		Mrs Draper had suggested the project to former churchwarden John Ball about four years ago.
		They had to get permission from the diocese, and approval from...
		Ball was then in prison at Maidstone; but he was quickly released by the Kentish rebels, to whom he preached at Blackheath from the text, "When Adam dolve and Evë span, Who was then a gentleman?"
	publicliterature.org /en/wikipedia/j/jo/john_ball__priest_.html (309 words)

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