A 1576 wani bincike ya ruwaito cewa, ko da yake da stonework ya a mai kyau yanayin baya ga daya murhu da kuma taga, da timbers aka hallaka, da gubar rufin da aka cike da ramuka, daya kitchen ya a kan gab da rushewa, da kuma wani da ake bukata ya maye gurbin ta bene. A 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 ya aka alhakin rike da kurkuku Mary, Sarauniya na Scots, da kuma 140 mataimakansa, ya karshe ya ce mata Melbourne ya cancanci samun koma. A 1583, da Melbourne Castle aka ajiye a matsayin daya daga cikin wadannan. A wani ƙarin bincike a 1576 ya ruwaito cewa, ko da yake da dutse aikin ya kasance a mai kyau yanayin ban da daya murhu da taga, da katako da katako da aka yi amfani da ita a matsayin mai daraja a matsayin kasa da kasa, da kuma a cikin shekara ta 1610 zuwa 1610 da aka yi amfani da ita a matsayin wani abu mai daraja a
Maryamu, Sarauniyar Scotland