# Francis Pilkington

> Francis Pilkington was an English classical composer, lutenist and singer, of the Renaissance and Baroque period. Pilkington received a B.Mus. degree from Oxford in 1595. In 1602 he became a singing man at Chester Cathedral and spent the rest of his life serving the cathedral. He became a minor canon in 1612, took holy orders in 1614 and was named precentor of the cathedral in 1623. Although he was a churchman, Pilkington composed largely secular music - ayres, madrigals, and lute songs. These include two sets of madrigals and a collection of lute ayres (1605). He died in Chester.

*English composer*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/francis-pilkington

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Singer / Musician ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220))
- **Category:** Musicians
- **Born:** 1565
- **Died:** 1638
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 38.3 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 9.2 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 45.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Discogs](https://www.discogs.com/artist/1038490)
- [فرانسيس بيلكنجتون](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%83%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86)
- [Francis Pilkington](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Pilkington)
- [Francis Pilkington](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Pilkington)
- [Francis Pilkington](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Pilkington)
- [Francis Pilkington](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Pilkington)
- [Francis Pilkington](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Pilkington)
- [フランシス・ピルキントン](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B7%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%94%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E3%83%B3)
- [Francis Pilkington](https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Pilkington)
- [Francis Pilkington](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Pilkington)
- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/0c833beb-4352-4330-b062-eb0503dcf931)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2462847)

---
Generated by Fame.am · https://fame.am/person/francis-pilkington