I have spent many years researching the ancient Page families of counties Kent, Middlesex, and Norfolk in England between the years 1300 through 1700 and have long believed there was a common thread because of given names and the similarities of their coats of arms which include three birds (doves and/or martlets). At last I have found there is indeed an association. Here's my notes concerning Thomas Page, d. 1599, shown on the bottom of the C.N. Page chart #1 [Point Lomas, Calif. 1917] as a son of Thomas and Annie Page of Sudbury Court farm in Harrow parish, county Middlesex. This shows a definite association between the Pages of Bedfont and Wembley, county Middlesex, Eng. with the Pages of Saxthorpe, county Norfolk, Eng. which have been proven to be descended from my Kentish Pages! See p. 40 of my book ["The Descendants of Robart Page of the King's House- The Probable English Origins, Ancestors, and Relatives of George Page of Branford Connecticut and Thomas Page of Saco in the Province of Maine" written and published by me in 1992] and William Page's (ob. between 20 Apr. 1501 and 19 Aug. 1501) 1501 PCC will [1 Blamyr] in Appendix I in the Addendum to my book which shows his parents were buried in the parish church at Shorne, Kent, Eng.. Thomas Page, son of Thomas Page of Sudbury Court who was the son of Richard Page of Sudbury Court who was the son of Thomas Page of Wembley (obit.1511): Together with a cousin John Page of Wembley he was appointed one of the first Governors of Harrow School in 1571 and served until 1586 when he was replaced by his son, Henry Page, according to records of the Harrow School and Rev. H.W.R. Easley, Vicar of Tokyngton "Wembley Through the Ages" (Wembley, Middlesex: Wembley News Neeld Parade, 1953), pp. 132-133. Thomas Page in 1589 sold two parts of the manor of Pates or Paites in Bedfont (which appears to have been a former parcel of the possessions of the priority of Hounslow before it was purchased in 1549 by Rowland Page, the uncle of Thomas Page) to John Draper, whose widow and executrix, afterwards wife of Edmund Pigeon, alienated them for £530 in 1614 to Edward Hewlet, Esq.. The remaining third part of the manor was sold in 1593 by Thomas Page for 260 pounds to Philip Gerrard, who the next year sold it again for £320 to Henry Bell. In 1621 it was purchased of Henry Bell, William Bell, and Anne his wife by the above mentioned Edward Hewlet, who in 1623 gave the whole to Christ's Hospital. ["Records at Christ's Hospital, obligingly communicated by Richard Corp, Esq. whence the whole account of this manor is taken;" Rev. Daniel Lysons, An Historical Account of those Parishes in the County of Middlesex which are Not Described in the Environs of London (London: Printed for T. Cadell, Jr. and W.D. Davies in the Strand, MDCCC), p. 8] It is interesting in that a Mr. Edmund Pigeon, Gent. of London (see Edmund Pigeon mentioned above) was also mentioned in the will proven on 9 July 1614 of Peter Page of London, who was descended from the Saxthorpe, Norfolk, line of Pages! Phillip Gerrard was the sixth son of William Gerrard, Gent. of Flamberds, Harrow on the Hill, who married Dorothy Page the daughter of Thomas Page's grandfather, Richard Page (d. 1556 - PCC will PROB 11/42A [20 Welles]). Phillip Gerrard married Frances Page the daughter of John Page, Gent. "of Wembley, county Middlesex," whose coat of arms is shown with a bordure! ---------- Here's an extract of the will of Peter Page shown as the son of Thomas Page [son of John Page, son of William Page (ob. 1501)] on the Saxthorpe Page Pedigree in the Visitation of Norfolk, 1664 reproduced on p. 40 of my book. Note that the PCC will cite of Lawe, 70 on the pedigree should instead be Lawe 74: PROB 11/124 [74 Lawe] Date: [undated] Testator: Peter Page. Burial request: in the parish church of St Gyles without Cripplegate. Bequests: 1. All his estate to his wife for the term of her life, and after her decease to be wholly at her disposing. 2. All his evidence of Repham lands is into given to Dr Maxies hand until he be paid £160 to seat Mathew Page (his son) in the parsonage of Winterton with the chapel of Est Somerton, Norf; if he fails to perform this, then he is to repay back £100 to the use of his said son. 3. To Mathew (his son): his titles at Gillingham in order to set him up and get him out of debt. 4. He is in debt to his wife in the sum of £80 (which she shall pay herself out of the money due to him by bonds and bills). 5. The manor of Pullox Hull, Beds, and certain lands in Madingley (now in the tenure of Sir Arthur Capell): to his wife for the term of her life, and after her decease to his son Mathew and his wife. 6. To the poor of St Gyles without Cripplegate, 40s. 7. He forgives Anthony Page (his cousin) £3 10s which he owes to him by a bill under his hand. 8. Mr Whitmore owes him £24, which he is to repay. 9. Anthony Page (his brother) owes him £4 15s for his cousin Anthony. 10. He forgives Mr Tedington 24s which he owes him by bill. Executrix: his wife. Overseers: Mr Anthony Page of Norfolk (his brother); Mr Stevens of Kent (his brother in law); and Mr Edmund Pigeon of London, gent. Witnesses: Henry Woodford, William Banks, Thomas Downton, Robert Watkinson and Lawrence Wright. Proved at London, 9 Jul 1614, by Margaret Page (relict of the said deceased, and executrix). Note that Mr. Edmund Pigeon, gent. of London is again mentioned in a Page will. It is interesting in that the manor of "Pullox Hull in Beds." mentioned above on line 5 was also mentioned as Polloxhill in Beds. in the 1558 will of Henry Page, Yeoman, of Wembley in the parish of Harrow, Middlesex, Eng.. _________ Here's an extract of the will of Henry Page of Wembley who d. in 1558 leaving his second wife Constance Hodder/Hoddesdon, the daughter of Simon Hoddesdon: PROB 11/40 [35 Noodes] Date: 6 May 1558. Testator: Henry Page of Wembley in the parish of Harrowe on the Hyll, Midd, yeoman. Burial request: in the churchyard of the parish church of Harrow aforesaid next to Magdalen his wife. Bequests: 1. To the high altar of the above-said church, 3s 4d. 2. To the 30 poor households in the said parish, 20s. 3. To the poor of the parishes of Edgeware, Whitchurch, Stanmere and Wyllesdon, Midd, £4. 4. For the repairing of the common highways leading from Harrow to London, 40s. 5. To every of his godchildren, 12d. 6. To Henry Grenehill (his servant), 50s, 4 bushels of wheat and a cow. 7. To William Francklyn (his cousin and servant), a parcel of wood called Squyer Hedge (being between Foxe Meade and Foxe Lane in the parish of Whicchurche) and other lands in the same parish [and other items]. 8. To Henry Alleyn (his godson and servant), 40s, a cow and 4 sheep. 9. To Agnes ?Mershe (his servant), 10s and 2 bushels of wheat. 10. To Margaret Shrubbe (wife to John Shrubbe of the parish of Harrow), 10s and half a quarter of wheat. 11. To Margaret Snowe (his servant), 40s. 12. Johan Agrenehill, widow, should occupy and dwell in the house (wherein she now dwells) during her life (with remainder to Henry Agrenehill her son). 13. To Custaunce (his wife) [items detailed]. 14. To John Sowthecott of London, esq (his very special friend), £3 6s 8d [detailed]. 15. To John Page (his eldest son), all lease, interest and term of years in the farm and lands (which he holds of Thomas Page of Sudbury) called the manor of Wembley and Tockyngton. 16. The residue of all his goods are to be equally divided between John and William Page (his 2 sons). Executors: John and William Page (his sons). Overseers: William Page of Sudbury, Richard Webbe, Humphrey Kempe and John Page of Wemley (his trusty kinsmen and friends): to each of them 13s 4d. Bequests of lands: 1. Lands in the parishes of Harrowe, Edgeware and Hendon, Midd, and one acre of copyhold land called Mall acre (which lies in the common fields of Alperton in the parish of Harrowe): to John Page (his eldest son). 2. Lands in the parishes of Flytton, Polloxhill and Flytwyk, Beds., to the yearly value of £20: to Custaunce (his wife) in recompense of her dowry [details of conditions] (with remainder to the said William after his wife's decease); and the residue of the same lands over and above that value to William Page (his son). He also gives his wife £20 [details of conditions]. 3. He remits, releases and forgives to the heirs, executors and administrators of Simon Hoddesdon, deceased (the late father of Custaunce his wife), the £85 which he owes him. 4. Then he freely and wholly gives the same lands and tenements in Frytton, Grenefeild Graunge, Flytwyck and Pulloxhill, Beds, to William Page (his son); provided that after his decease William shall hold and occupy the messuage (wherein the testator now dwells) and also the farm (which he now holds of Thomas Page of Sudbury), paying yearly to John Page £10. Witnesses: Ellis Phillipps, citizen and scrivener of London. Proved at London, 5 Aug 1558, by John Page, executor (William Page, the other executor, being a minor). It is interesting in that Polloxhill in Beds. mentioned above on line 2 of the bequests of lands was also mentioned as the "manor of Pullox Hull, Beds." in the will of Peter Page of the Saxthorpe, Norfolk, proved on 9 July 1614! Peter Page was descended from William Page, b. at Shorne, Kent, who died in 1501. Q.E.D.! George W. Page