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John Ball

(d. 1381) chaplain and leader of the peasants' revolt


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(died 1381)

English rebel. Ball was a Wycliffite priest who preached an egalitarian social message. He was excommunicated and imprisoned for heresy, but released in June 1381 during the Peasants' Revolt. He was later captured, tried, and hanged as a traitor.

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Ball, John (d. 1381)
in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev) Length: 101 words
Ball, John (1381)
in The Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages Length: 109 words
Ball, John
in The Oxford Companion to English Literature (7) Length: 20 words
Ball, John
in The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature (3) Length: 22 words

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