Family and Education
bap. 11 Aug. 1575, 1st s. of Edward Cage of Ipswich and Burstall and his 1st w. Mary. m. (1) 11 June 1602, Rabedge (d. 25 Sept. 1635), da. of Thomas Wood, yeoman, of Beaumont, Essex, 1da. d.v.p.; (2) lic. 10 Sept. 1636, Alice, da. of John Lea of Coddenham, Suff., wid. of Simon Blomvile of Coddenham, s.p. suc. fa. 1607. d. 4 Nov. 1634.Suff. RO (Ipswich), St. Matthew Ipswich par. reg.; PROB 11/110, f. 275; H.W. Birch, ‘Some Suff. Church Notes’, East Anglian, n.s. xiii. 68; Mar. Lics. from Official Note Bks. of the Adnry. of Suff. ed. F.A. Crisp, 106; Add. 19104, f. 75v.
Offices Held

Under-sheriff, Suff. 1600–1; E134/44&45Eliz/Mich39. freeman, Ipswich, Suff. 1605, chamberlain 1606 – 07, claviger 1608 – 09, coroner 1609 – 10, bailiff 1610 – 11, 1616 – 17, 1623 – 24, 1630 – 31, 1636 – 37, 1640–1, N. Bacon, Annalls of Ipswche ed. W.H. Richardson, 423, 425, 434, 439, 441, 448, 460, 480, 494, 512, 523. portman, 1610 – d.; commr. gaol delivery, Ipswich 1610 – d., Suff. 1644, Liberty of Bury St. Edmunds, Suff. 1644, bor. of Bury St. Edmunds 1644; C181/2, f. 130v; 181/5, ff. 232v-4. j.p. Ipswich 1610 – 12, 1616 – 18, 1621 – 25, 1628–d., Bacon, 443, 446, 460, 464, 475, 482, 490, 541. Suff. 1641; C231/5, p. 468. gov. of Christ’s hosp., Ipswich 1611 – 12, 1618 – 19, 1624 – 25, 1627 – 28, 1633 – 35, 1639 – 40, 1641–2; Bacon, 448, 467, 483, 489, 503, 521. commr. inquiry, lands of John Bacon, Suff. 1619, C181/2, f. 449v. subsidy, Ipswich 1621 – 22, 1624, 1641, Suff. 1642; C212/22/20–1, 23; SR, v. 66, 156. dep. lt., Ipswich 1624, 1642, Suff. 1642; SP14/179/34; LJ, v. 245, 342, 346. commr. sewers, Suff. 1626, 1639, swans, Essex and Suff. 1635, piracy, Suff. 1640, C181/3, f. 202; 181/5, ff. 29, 144v, 176. propositions, Suff. and Ipswich, Suff. 1642, assessment, Suff. 1643 – d., sequestration, 1643, execution of ordinances 1643, Eastern Assoc. 1643, A. and O. i. 94, 115, 150, 168, 234, 293, 537, 639. oyer and terminer 1644, C181/5, f. 232v. New Model Ordinance 1645; A. and O. i. 624. elder, East Bergholt classis, Suff. 1645. W.A. Shaw, Hist. of Eng. Church during Civil Wars and under Commonwealth, ii. 423. capt. militia ft., Ispwich 1645. Bacon, 540.

Main residence: Ipswich and Burstall, Suff.
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Commons 1604-1629
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CAGE, William (1575-1645)

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Oxford 1644
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