ID | Short Description | Date | City | Parish | Current County | Old county | Nation |
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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1591 | Wapping | London, Greater | London | England |