He married Elizabeth Bourchier, the mother-in-law of the Protector Somerset Richard Page's parentage is unknown.
He was appointed to the Privy Chamber in 1527, after publicly taking Anne's side against Cardinal Wolsey, then the King's chief minister.
[5] He afterwards served as Captain of the King's Bodyguards, whilst enjoying the favours of the court, as a letter from Thomas Cromwell to Wolsey describes: Mr.
During his tenure as Recorder he was knighted on 3 November 1529 at the Palace of Whitehall, and received a gift of crest and arms quarterly on 1 February 1530 from Thomas Benolt.
The others were Thomas Wyatt, Henry Norris, William Brereton, Francis Weston, Mark Smeaton and George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford.
Though Page had been banished from court in disgrace, the King summoned him back, and he was made High Sheriff of Surrey in 1537.