Apparently, the game of tennis experienced some growing pains along the way. While its popularity continued to spread at a fever pitch, both monarchs and authorities of the Church felt compelled to ban tennis among their subjects, appalled by their growing addiction to the game. It had become so popular in the French monasteries that more than one cleric was known to have shirked his monastic duties in favor of playing. As a result, the Archbishop of Rouen in 1245 prohibited his priests from engaging in this diversion. For much the same reason, King Louis IX outlawed the sport. Such prohibitions even carried over to England, where the game was outlawed in 1388 because the people were failing to practice archery, an invaluable skill in warfare. In Paris, citizens were hit with a similar ordinance in 1397 because they were neglecting their families and jobs.