Editing Roger Ascham (section)

==Latin Secretary to Mary I==
Ascham's next job was an appointment as Latin Secretary to [[Mary I of England|Mary I]]. Throughout the first few months he held the position, Ascham was bombarded with a torrent of work, which included countless letters. Through the efforts of [[Stephen Gardiner|Bishop Gardiner]] on his return to England, this office he likewise discharged to [[Mary I of England|Queen Mary]] with a pension of £20 a year, and then to Elizabeth—a testimony to his tact and caution in those changeful times.

On 1 June 1554, he married [[Margaret Ascham|Margaret Harleston]], of [[South Ockendon]], Essex,{{sfn|Leach|1911}} the daughter of Sir Clement Harleston. By her he had at least four sons and three daughters. 
Ascham was not a rich man, and when marrying Margaret, Ascham had to resign both his College Greek Readership and his University Public Oratorship. Margaret herself brought very little dowry, leaving Ascham to seek help from the connections he had made throughout the years. His relationship with Cardinal [[Cardinal Pole|Reginald Pole]] led to Ascham's securing from the queen the [[reversion (law)|reversion]] of a lease of the manor of Salisbury Hall in [[Walthamstow]], Essex, a manor once owned by Pole's family.<ref name=Oxford/>