Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps anoratidzira, mumashoko ake okutanga kunhetembo yacho, "kufungidzira John Ball wechikamu chinotevera kuva muprista uyo akatora rutivi rwakasiyana kwazvo mu
kupandukira. 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.'"