Francis Pilkington (c1565 - 1638) was a church musician in the English city of Chester who published lute songs and madrigals. He was also the author of a small fifteen or so lute solos (Jeffery 1970, Brown 2001) from which I have selected the following:
Galliard 6 [PDF] [MIDI] [XML] Pilkington Grade 06
Galliard: Mr Wagstaff’s Content of Desire [PDF] [MIDI] [XML] Pilkington Grade 07
Go from my Window [PDF] [MIDI] [XML] Pilkington Grade 06
This tune was set as a lute solo by several musicians, notably John Dowland and Thomas Robinson [links]
Mrs. Elizabeth Murcott’s Galliard [PDF] [MIDI] [XML] Pilkington Grade 08
Mrs. Mary Oldfield’s Galliard [PDF] [MIDI] [XML] Pilkington Grade 06
Pavane: George Pilkington’s Funeral [PDF] [MIDI] [XML] Pilkington Grade 08