Sir Richard Page

Sir Richard Page (died 1548) was an English courtier. He was a gentleman of the Privy Chamber at the court of Henry VIII of England, and Vice-Chamberlain in the household of Henry VIII's illegitimate son, Henry FitzRoy. Page was imprisoned in the Tower of London in 1536 during the downfall of Anne Boleyn. He married Elizabeth Bourchier, the mother-in-law of the Protector Somerset

Richard Page's parentage is unknown. It is thought that he likely came from Surrey or Middlesex.

Page began his climb to prominence in the service Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, becoming Wolsey's chamberlain. By 1516 he had been knighted, and was a Gentleman of Henry VIII's Privy Chamber. In 1522 he was appointed a Justice of the Peace for Surrey, and in 1524 for Middlesex.

In 1525 Page was in Yorkshire, where he was a member of the Council of the North and vice-chamberlain, at £20 wages, in the household of Henry FitzRoy, illegitimate son of King Henry VIII. While in Henry Fitzroy's service, Page devised armorial bearings for the boy.

Page was a close associate of Anne Boleyn. He was appointed to the Privy Chamber in 1527, after publicly taking Anne's side against Cardinal Wolsey, then the King's chief minister.

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