[1] The family of Antelminelli (or Interminelli as Wotton and others spelt the name) were collaterally descended from Castruccio Castracani, who was tyrant of Lucca in Dante's time.
Though Antelminelli had been absent during the time of the crime, he was nonetheless summoned to stand trial for his supposed complicity, but before his arrival he was condemned to death.
In 1599 he took the name of Amerigo Salvetti, giving himself out to be a Florentine, and he travelled on the continent for a few years; but wherever he went he was pursued by agents of the government of Lucca seeking to kill him.
Franciotti had been paid 200 pounds in advance, but had failed to track down Antelminelli and suggested that the authorities at Lucca commission a "more seasoned killer".
The story of Salvetti's life is set out in detail in a privately printed pamphlet by Salvatore Bongi, Keeper of the Archives of Lucca.
His son, Giovanni Salvetti Antelminelli, was appointed to succeed him, as Tuscan Resident at the Court of Whitehall, and held that post until the commencement of the year 1679.