Background
He was born at Kirby Wiske, near Northallerton, Yorkshire, the third son of John Ascham (d 1544) of Kirby Wiske, who was a yeoman farmer and steward to Lord Scrope of Bolton, and his wife, Margaret.
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Anthony Ascham
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Ascham studied at Cambridge, became Bachelor of Medicine in 1540, and in 1553 was presented by Edward VI to the vicarage of Burneston, Yorkshire.
Career
He is probably to be identified with Anthony, the brother of Roger Ascham (cf Grant"s Vita Axchami in Ascham"s, ed Giles, iv 307).
