John Norlie

"[1] On a receipt for money received from the depute-treasurer John Arnot in November 1601, Norlie described himself as "musicinar to the quenis majestie", indicating that he usually worked for Anne of Denmark.

The payment in May 1603 shows that he stayed with Anne of Denmark when James VI went south towards London at the Union of Crowns.

[5] "Jhonn Orley" was to serve with "schalmes, howboyes" and suchlike, with four expert musicians, to perform daily as required.

An English visitor, Henry Lee, was received by James VI in his cabinet room at Holyrood Palace in October 1599 and he wrote that he could hear music from the adjacent queen's chamber, as the door was a little ajar.

[9] Thomas Cardell, and an Italian or Savoyard musician, John Maria Lugario, were grooms of her privy chamber.

This time the father was recorded in the Canongate of Edinburgh register as "Jhone Norlie master violer to her majestie."