 William Leighton

Sir William Leighton (; c. 1565–1622) was an Elizabethan composer and editor who published "The Teares and Lamentatacions of a Sorrowfull Soule" (1614) which comprised 55 pieces by 21 composers (among them John Bull, William Byrd, John Dowland and Martin Peerson), including eight by himself.There is a modern edition published by Stainer and Bell and a modern facsimile.