John Alford (fl.
16th century) was a lutenist in London.
He published there in 1568 a translation of Adrian Le Roy's work on the lute under the title of A Briefe and Easye Instruction to learne the tableture, to conduct and dispose the hande unto the Lute.
A 1574 edition added additional music.
[1] The work was the dominant English lute tutorial until Thomas Robinson's The Schoole of Musicke (1603).