William Page
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Who is William Page?
William Page, was an English politician.
In the 1550s he 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 1563, Saltash in 1571 and 1572, .
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.
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