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ID Short Description Date City Parish Current County Old county Nation
55

Geillis Duncane confesses to being enticed by the Devil and practicing witchcraft, after she is tortured and found to have witch's marks.(7)

Appears in:
Carmichael, James. News from Scotland, Declaring the Damnable Life and Death of Doctor Fian a Notable Sorcerer. London: 1592, 7

1591 Trenet  Tranent  East Lothian  Scotland 
56

Geillis Duncane is sent to prison because she possesses a witch's mark on her throat.(7)

Appears in:
Carmichael, James. News from Scotland, Declaring the Damnable Life and Death of Doctor Fian a Notable Sorcerer. London: 1592, 7

1591 Trenet  Tranent  East Lothian  Scotland 
57

Agnes Sampson is found to be a witch, after having all her hair shaved off and a witch's mark is found near her private parts.(10)

Appears in:
Carmichael, James. News from Scotland, Declaring the Damnable Life and Death of Doctor Fian a Notable Sorcerer. London: 1592, 10

1591 Trenet  Tranent  East Lothian  Scotland 
58

Agnes Tompson confesses to keeping a toad and using its collected venom to make the King of Scotland ill and have great pain.(14)

Appears in:
Carmichael, James. News from Scotland, Declaring the Damnable Life and Death of Doctor Fian a Notable Sorcerer. London: 1592, 14

1591 Edinburgh    Midlothian  Edinburghshire  Scotland 
59

Agnes Tompson confesses to using a cat to cause a great tempest that disrupted King James I's voyage from Denmark.(15)

Appears in:
Carmichael, James. News from Scotland, Declaring the Damnable Life and Death of Doctor Fian a Notable Sorcerer. London: 1592, 15

1591 Edinburgh  Leith  Midlothian  Edinburghshire  Scotland 
60

Doctor Fian is tortured into confessing his witchcraft practices and his part in leading other witches.(17)

Appears in:
Carmichael, James. News from Scotland, Declaring the Damnable Life and Death of Doctor Fian a Notable Sorcerer. London: 1592, 17

1591 Cockenzie  Tranent  East Lothian    Scotland 
2057

Joan Peterson is alleged to have conspired with another Gentlewoman (presumed to be Anne Levingston) "to administer a potion, or posset, to the Lady Powel," who died shortly after drinking it. (8)

Appears in:
Anonymous. The Tryall and Examination of Mrs. Joan Peterson. London: 1652, 8

1591 Wapping    London, Greater  London  England