Editing Roger Ascham (section)

==Early life==
Ascham was born at [[Kirby Wiske]], a village in the [[North Riding of Yorkshire]], near [[Northallerton]], the third son of John Ascham, steward to [[Baron Scrope of Bolton]]. The name Ascham is derived from [[Askham Bryan|Askham]] near [[York]].<ref name=Oxford>"Ascham, Roger" in ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''. 1st edn. 2004.</ref> His mother, Margaret, is said to have come from the [[ Baron Conyers |Conyers family]], but this is speculation.<ref name=Oxford/> Thomas and John were Roger's two elder brothers, while Anthony Ascham was the youngest son of the Ascham family.<ref name=Oxford/> The authority for this statement, as for most here concerning Ascham's early life, is his close friend [[Edward Grant (headmaster)|Edward Grant]] (1540s–1601), headmaster of the venerable and still extant Royal College of St. Peter at Westminster—better known as [[Westminster School]]—who collected and edited his letters and delivered a [[panegyric]]al oration on his life in 1576.{{sfn|Leach|1911}}