Robert Ballard snr. (c.1527–1588), not to be confused with his son Robert Ballard (c.1575–1645), a distinguished lutenist and composer. In addition there was another Robert Ballard, nephew to the aforementioned lutenist who took over the publishing company of "Le Roy & Ballard" in 1639 (Music and Letters, vol. XLVI (1965), no. 4, pp. 375–6).
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