The Kentish rising under Wat Tyler marched on Maidstone where John Ball, the radical itinerant priest who had been imprisoned for years for his preaching, was freed from gaol. John Ball preached the famous sermon containing the rhyme 'When Adam delved and Eve span, who was then the gentleman?' Ball's release gave the revolt its ideological voice and the movement swelled dramatically. From Maidstone the rebel army marched to Blackheath on the Thames.
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