A wani binciken a 1576 ya ruwaito cewa, ko da yake da stonework ya a mai kyau yanayin baya ga daya murhu da kuma taga, da timbers aka halaka, da gubar rufin da aka cike da ramuka, daya kitchen ya a kan gab da rushewa, da kuma wani da ake bukata da maye gurbin ta bene. A cikin wannan shekara, George Talbot, 6th Earl na Shrewsbury, ya rubuta wa sarauniya don tabbatar da ta cewa castle ya a mai kyau yanayin, daraja £ 1,000, kuma za a iya gyara for £ 100. Tun da yake shi ne ke da alhakin rike da kurkuku Mary, Sarauniya na Scots, da kuma ta 140 ma'aikata, ya tabbatar da ita a karshe a Melbourne don samun koma. A 1583, Sarauniya Elizabeth ya yi tafiya a kusa da Melbourne Castle, wanda ya kasance a cikin wani wuri m da kuma m kamar yadda ya kasance a baya. A shekara ta 1624, da Sarauniya Elizabeth ya yanke shawarar cewa ba za a iya amfani da shi a matsayin wani babban dutse gini a matsayin wani wuri ba, da kuma a cikin wani wuri mai kyau kamar yadda ya kamata. "A cikin shekaru 5 da suka gabata, Sarauniya Elizabeth
Sa'ad da Elizabeth ta I ta zama sarauniya