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. 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. Page received your letter directed to my Lady Ann Boleyn and will deliver the same. She gave him kind words, but will not promise to speak to the King for you. From 1527 to 1533 Page was
Recorder of York. 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. On 8 May 1536, Page was arrested for treason and adultery with Queen Anne. Seven men were arrested and taken to the
Tower of London, including Page. The others were
Thomas Wyatt,
Henry Norris,
William Brereton,
Francis Weston,
Mark Smeaton and
George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford. All except Page and Wyatt were found guilty and executed. In a letter to
Lord Lisle on 12 May 1536
John Hussey, 1st Baron Hussey of Sleaford describes the event: Mr. Payge and Mr. W[y]at are in the tower, but it is thought without danger of life, though Mr. Payge is banished the King's court for ever. Both Page and Wyatt were released from the Tower in June 1536 on the advice of Cromwell. Though Page had been banished from court in disgrace, the King summoned him back, and he was made
High Sheriff of Surrey in 1537. During the same year the King bestowed on Page the office of
Chamberlain to his son,
Prince Edward. ==Marriage and issue==