Arrest of John Ball
Insurgents & free John Ball who had been imprisoned by the Archbishop of Canterbury
Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03
John Ball Biography and Timeline
Follow John Ball through 4 dated historical records for England.
John Ball, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
4Distinct records
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1381–1381Years on this page
1381
Siege of Maidstone
Insurgents & free John Ball who had been imprisoned by the Archbishop of Canterbury
Trial
Richard II presides over the tribunal at which John Ball is condemned to death
Rebellion of readied for an
With news of rebellions of the upper classes in France and Flanders, the English readied for an insurrection. John Ball, Jack Straw and others advocated for the destruction of the hierarchical feudal system
Records, sources and methodology
These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.