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	As this work is the earliest available on [[English]] [[archery]] much of the information regarding [[longbow]]s is drawn from this work.		As this work is the earliest available on [[English]] [[archery]] much of the information regarding [[longbow]]s is drawn from this work.

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	He published a number of works including ''The Scholemaster'' and ''Toxophilus: The Schole of Shooting'' which is the first [[English]] work on [[archery]]. Greatly praised by [[Henry VIII]] and earned Ascham a pension from the King for the latter work. He was at one stage tutor to Edward and at another, [[Elizabeth I\|Elizabeth]].		He published a number of works including ''The Scholemaster'' and ''Toxophilus: The Schole of Shooting'' which is the first [[English]] work on [[archery]]. Greatly praised by [[Henry VIII]] and earned Ascham a pension from the King for the latter work. He was at one stage tutor to Edward and at another, [[Elizabeth I\|Elizabeth]].

	Upon his death [[Queen Elizabeth]] is reported to have said that she would ''rather cast ten thousand pounds into the sea than be parted from her Ascham''.		Upon his death [[Queen Elizabeth]] is reported to have said that she would "rather cast ten thousand pounds into the sea" than be parted from her Ascham.

	==Toxophilus==		==Toxophilus==

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'''Roger Ascham''' (1515-1568) was an [[England|English]] [[scholar]], [[humanism|humanist]] and great fan of [[archery]].

He published a number of works including ''The Scholemaster'' and ''Toxophilus: The Schole of Shooting'' which is the first [[English]] work on [[archery]]. Greatly praised by [[Henry VIII]] and earned Ascham a pension from the King for the latter work. He was at one stage tutor to Edward and at another, [[Elizabeth I|Elizabeth]].

Upon his death [[Queen Elizabeth]] is reported to have said that she would ''rather cast ten thousand pounds into the sea than be parted from her Ascham''.

==Toxophilus==
As this work is the earliest available on [[English]] [[archery]] much of the information regarding [[longbow]]s is drawn from this work.

[[category:people - modern]]
[[category:16th century]]
[[category:archery]]