Given that in the time of Elizabeth I returned to Protestantism, the use of music was reduced to cathedrals and institutions that had royal protection. At this time, Thomas Tallis, a pioneer in writing motets with texts in English, and William Bird, the main composer of secular and instrumental music of the Elizabethan Golden Age stood out above all. You have all the information in: «London musical tradition«.
You have all the information in: "London musical tradition".