Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps anoratidzira, mumashoko ake okutanga kunhetembo yacho, "kufungidzira John Ball wechinyorwa chinotevera kuva muprista uyo akatora rutivi rwakatanhamara kwazvo mukumukira
tembiricha. Richard II". Kathleen Horning anocherechedza "kudenha kwaJohn Ball kuEngland's aristocracy", uye anoti, "Zvinonzwika sekuti John Ball angadai ari pamba chaipo mumamiriro ezvematongerwe enyika eAmerica e1960s, nechizvarwa cheWoodstock chiri kuedza kuzviwana 'kudzokera mubindu.'"