Possible Clues:

• He composed for the lute in D: plus 'The _____ the Pussy Cat'
• John —, Renaissance composer and lutenist
• John —, Renaissance composer and lutenist
• 16th-17th century English composer (Lachrymae)
• John —, English composer of lute songs
• John -, Elizabethan composer of lute songs
• John - Elizabethan composer
• Sixteen to Seventeen century English lutenist