[5] Scaramelli gained a favourable impression of Arbella Stuart and her learning, although she was far from court at Hardwick Hall, which he thought was 50 miles from London.
[6] He wrote of the body of Queen Elizabeth at Westminster Palace in April 1603, still attended by her Privy Council although she was wrapped in cere-cloth and in her coffin encased in lead.
Scaramelli claimed that portraits of Elizabeth were put aside in favour of Mary, Queen of Scots, now said to have been executed for her religion.
[13] He believed that Anne of Denmark was a Catholic and refused to take the Protestant sacrament on the morning of her coronation, despite the insistence of the Archbishops.
[15] According to Scaramelli, King James gave Anne of Denmark valuable jewels and Nonsuch Palace.
[17] Scaramelli described appointments made by King James in his letter to the Doge Marino Grimani of 22 May 1603.
[19] Scaramelli escorted Prince Henry from Wilton House to the ambassador's lodging in Salisbury for dinner on 8 December.