William Page (MP)

William Page (died after 1584) was an English politician.

In the 1550s Page was a servant in Venice to Peter Vannes. Returning to England, he became secretary to Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford, and entered parliament as Bedford's placeman. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Bridport in 1559, Oxford in 1563, Saltash in 1571 and 1572, .^[1]

Page became involved in the case of John Stubbs and his pamphlet A Gaping Gulf. Intent on distributing copies through Sir Richard Grenville, Page was tried with Stubbs and the publisher Hugh Singleton. Avoiding execution, Page like Stubbs had his hand cut off.^[2][3]

References

1. historyofparliamentonline.org, PAGE, William (d. aft.1584).
2. Mears, Natalie. "Stubbe, John". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/26736. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
3. Westminster: A Biography. A&C Black. p. 142. ISBN 978-0-8264-2380-1.