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 | |
61 | Doctor Fian is burned to death on Castle Hill of Edinburgh on January 22, 1591.(28)
Appears in:
Carmichael, James. News from Scotland, Declaring the Damnable Life and Death of Doctor Fian a Notable Sorcerer. London: 1592, 28
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1591, January, 22 | Edinburgh | Midlothian | Edinburghshire | Scotland | |
154 | Elizabeth Anderson recalls how she saw the apparition of a "Black grim Man" approach her grandmother in her house.(9)
Appears in:
P., T.. A Relation of the Diabolical Practices of above Twenty Wizards and Witches of the Sheriffdom of Renfrew in the Kingdom of Scotland. London: 1697, 9
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1697, January | West Central Lowlands | Renfrewshire | Renfrewshire | Scotland | |
155 | Margaret Lang torments a child.(19)
Appears in:
P., T.. A Relation of the Diabolical Practices of above Twenty Wizards and Witches of the Sheriffdom of Renfrew in the Kingdom of Scotland. London: 1697, 19
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1690 | West Central Lowlands | Renfrewshire | Renfrewshire | Scotland | |
156 | Katherine Campbell is sent to prison.(7)
Appears in:
P., T.. A Relation of the Diabolical Practices of above Twenty Wizards and Witches of the Sheriffdom of Renfrew in the Kingdom of Scotland. London: 1697, 7
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1697, February 5 | West Central Lowlands | Renfrewshire | Renfrewshire | Scotland | |
157 | Agnes Nasmith discusses a man who she believes to be the devil.(8)
Appears in:
P., T.. A Relation of the Diabolical Practices of above Twenty Wizards and Witches of the Sheriffdom of Renfrew in the Kingdom of Scotland. London: 1697, 8
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1697, January | West Central Lowlands | Renfrewshire | Renfrewshire | Scotland | |
158 | John Lindsay is accused of playing a pipe as a group of witches danced. The group also allegedly created an image of Mr. John and stabbed it with pins.(18)
Appears in:
P., T.. A Relation of the Diabolical Practices of above Twenty Wizards and Witches of the Sheriffdom of Renfrew in the Kingdom of Scotland. London: 1697, 18
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1690 | West Central Lowlands | Renfrewshire | Renfrewshire | Scotland | |
159 | James Lindsay allegedly causes a girl to have fits by his touch.(6)
Appears in:
P., T.. A Relation of the Diabolical Practices of above Twenty Wizards and Witches of the Sheriffdom of Renfrew in the Kingdom of Scotland. London: 1697, 6
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1697, February 5 | West Central Lowlands | Renfrewshire | Renfrewshire | Scotland | |
160 | Agnes Foster is sent to prison.()
Appears in:
P., T.. A Relation of the Diabolical Practices of above Twenty Wizards and Witches of the Sheriffdom of Renfrew in the Kingdom of Scotland. London: 1697,
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1697, February 5 | West Central Lowlands | Renfrewshire | Renfrewshire | Scotland | |
161 | Margaret Fulton lights a black candle while entering a house to practice witchcraft.(21)
Appears in:
P., T.. A Relation of the Diabolical Practices of above Twenty Wizards and Witches of the Sheriffdom of Renfrew in the Kingdom of Scotland. London: 1697, 21
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1690 | West Central Lowlands | Renfrewshire | Renfrewshire | Scotland | |
162 | Christian Shaw allegedly starts having fits shortly after Agnes Nasmith talks to her. Shaw cries, flies over her bed, and has pains in her side. The fits return in September. She appears to battle an invisible force and is unable to speak. When she can speak, she calls out that Agnes Nasmith and Catherine Campbell were cutting her side.(2)
Appears in:
Cullen, Francis Grant. Sadducimus Debellatus. London: 1698, 2
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1696, August | Erskine | Erskine | Renfrewshire | County of Ayr | Scotland |
163 | Thomas Lindsay is apprehended on suspicion of being a witch.(25-26)
Appears in:
Cullen, Francis Grant. Sadducimus Debellatus. London: 1698, 25-26
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1697, February | Erskine | Erskine | Renfrewshire | County of Ayr | Scotland |
164 | Martha Semple and Margaret Lang are accused of harming and bewitching Christian Shaw, causing her to have terrible fits.(27)
Appears in:
Cullen, Francis Grant. Sadducimus Debellatus. London: 1698, 27
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1696, February 12 | Erskine | Erskine | Renfrewshire | County of Ayr | Scotland |
259 | Andrew Mackie of Ringcroft of Stalking is allegedly haunted by a spirit that destroys the bindings on his animals.(7)
Appears in:
Telfair, Alexander. A True Relation of an Apparition Expressions and Actings of a Spirit. Edinburgh: 1696, 7
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1695, February | Auchencairn | Dumfries and Galloway (Council Area) | - | Scotland | |
261 | Andrew Mackie of Ringcroft of Stalking is allegedly haunted by a spirit that sets fire to his house.(7)
Appears in:
Telfair, Alexander. A True Relation of an Apparition Expressions and Actings of a Spirit. Edinburgh: 1696, 7
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1695, February | Auchencairn | Dumfries and Galloway (Council Area) | - | Scotland | |
262 | Andrew Mackie of Ringcroft of Stalking is allegedly haunted by a spirit that throws stones into his house.(7)
Appears in:
Telfair, Alexander. A True Relation of an Apparition Expressions and Actings of a Spirit. Edinburgh: 1696, 7
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1695, 7 March | Auchencairn | Dumfries and Galloway (Council Area) | - | Scotland | |
263 | Andrew Mackie of Ringcroft of Stalking is allegedly haunted by a spirit that rattles objects in his house, makes loud noises, disrupts prayer, and frightens a dog.(9)
Appears in:
Telfair, Alexander. A True Relation of an Apparition Expressions and Actings of a Spirit. Edinburgh: 1696, 9
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1695, March 22 | Auchencairn | Dumfries and Galloway (Council Area) | - | Scotland | |
264 | Andrew Mackie of Ringcroft of Stalking is allegedly haunted by a spirit that hurts another man named Andrew Aewart by throwing rocks at his head.(9-10)
Appears in:
Telfair, Alexander. A True Relation of an Apparition Expressions and Actings of a Spirit. Edinburgh: 1696, 9-10
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1695, April 4 | Auchencairn | Dumfries and Galloway (Council Area) | - | Scotland | |
265 | Andrew Mackie of Ringcroft of Stalking is allegedly haunted by a spirit that leaves a letter written and sealed in blood that speaks of repentance.(11)
Appears in:
Telfair, Alexander. A True Relation of an Apparition Expressions and Actings of a Spirit. Edinburgh: 1696, 11
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1695, April 8 | Auchencairn | Dumfries and Galloway (Council Area) | - | Scotland | |
271 | Andrew Mackie of Ringcroft of Stalking is allegedly haunted by a spirit that says it will stop bothering him if Andrew Mackie worships the spirit instead of God.(14)
Appears in:
Telfair, Alexander. A True Relation of an Apparition Expressions and Actings of a Spirit. Edinburgh: 1696, 14
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1695, April 26 | Auchencairn | Dumfries and Galloway (Council Area) | - | Scotland | |
272 | Andrew Mackie of Ringcroft of Stalking is allegedly haunted by a spirit that pulls one of his children out of bed and hangs them by the shoulders in a tree.(14)
Appears in:
Telfair, Alexander. A True Relation of an Apparition Expressions and Actings of a Spirit. Edinburgh: 1696, 14
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1695 | Auchencairn | Dumfries and Galloway (Council Area) | - | Scotland | |
273 | Andrew Mackie of Ringcroft of Stalking is allegedly haunted by a spirit that takes the form of a black cloud, and also throws mud and chaff.(15)
Appears in:
Telfair, Alexander. A True Relation of an Apparition Expressions and Actings of a Spirit. Edinburgh: 1696, 15
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1695, April 30 | Auchencairn | Dumfries and Galloway (Council Area) | - | Scotland | |
373 | Catherine Campbell of Erskine, Renfrewshire allegedly bewitches Christian Shaw causing her to fly in the air, bash her head, and have fits.(1-2)
Appears in:
Cullen, Francis Grant. Sadducimus Debellatus. London: 1698, 1-2
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1696, August | Erskine | Erskine | Renfrewshire | County of Ayr | Scotland |
374 | Alexander Anderson and James Anderson of Glasgow allegedly torment Christian Shaw. Christian Shaw accuses them and two other men.(7)
Appears in:
Cullen, Francis Grant. Sadducimus Debellatus. London: 1698, 7
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1696, December | Glasgow | Lanarkshire | Lanarkshire | Scotland | |
375 | Alexander Anderson, Elizabeth Anderson, and Jean Fulton are apprehended and imprisoned for allegedly tormenting Christian Shaw.(23)
Appears in:
Cullen, Francis Grant. Sadducimus Debellatus. London: 1698, 23
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1697, February 4 | Erskine | Erskine | Renfrewshire | County of Ayr | Scotland |
376 | Margaret Lang and Martha Semple of Erskine, Renfrewshire allegedly torment Christian Shaw into having fits where she cannot breathe and her stomach swells up.(30)
Appears in:
Cullen, Francis Grant. Sadducimus Debellatus. London: 1698, 30
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1597, February 14 | Erskine | Erskine | Renfrewshire | County of Ayr | Scotland |
397 | Jennet Mathie is apprehended on suspicion of pricking a boy with a pin and making wax pictures used for purposes of witchcraft.(3-4)
Appears in:
Sinclair, George. Satan's Invisible World Discovered. Edinburgh: 1685, 3-4
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1676, October 14 | Pollok-town | Lanarkshire | Lanarkshire | Scotland | |
398 | Margaret Fulton allegedly has a witch's mark. (51)
Appears in:
Cullen, Francis Grant. Sadducimus Debellatus. London: 1698, 51
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1697 | Erskine | Erskine | Renfrewshire | County of Ayr | Scotland |
399 | Margaret Fulton allegedly confesses to her husband that she used a charm that appears full of stones and blood.(51)
Appears in:
Cullen, Francis Grant. Sadducimus Debellatus. London: 1698, 51
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1697 | Erskine | Erskine | Renfrewshire | County of Ayr | Scotland |
400 | Bessie Weir, Marjorie Craig, Margaret Jackson, and John Stewart allegedly meet with the devil and make wax pictures in which to stick pins.(11-12)
Appears in:
Sinclair, George. Satan's Invisible World Discovered. Edinburgh: 1685, 11-12
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1677, January 3 | Pollok-town | Lanarkshire | Lanarkshire | Scotland | |
402 | John Stewart of Pollok confesses to seeing the devil as a black man with cloven feet, black apparel, legs without shoes, and having a hollow and ghostly voice(14)
Appears in:
Sinclair, George. Satan's Invisible World Discovered. Edinburgh: 1685, 14
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1684, January 4 | Pollok-town | Lanarkshire | Lanarkshire | Scotland | |
403 | Margaret Jackson confesses to conspiring with the devil and other practitioners of witchcraft to kill Sir George Maxwell of Pollok(15)
Appears in:
Sinclair, George. Satan's Invisible World Discovered. Edinburgh: 1685, 15
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1674, January 4 | Pollok-town | Lanarkshire | Lanarkshire | Scotland | |
421 | James Cook, Thomas Blossom, and Edward See witness the apparition of a battle horse in the sky over where the Battle of Dunbar had taken place.(1-2)
Appears in:
Godly-learned minister of the Gospel., . More Warning Yet. Being a True Relation of a Strange and Most Dreadful Apparition which was Seen in the Air. London: 1654, 1-2
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1645, September 3 | Dunbar | East Lothian | East Lothian | Scotland | |
488 | Agnes Nasmith is sent to prison for allegedly threatening malefaction.(7)
Appears in:
P., T.. A Relation of the Diabolical Practices of above Twenty Wizards and Witches of the Sheriffdom of Renfrew in the Kingdom of Scotland. London: 1697, 7
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1697 | West Central Lowlands | Renfrewshire | Renfrewshire | Scotland | |
489 | Before a formal trial, commissioners find insensible witch's marks on all the women's bodies (save Margaret Fulton's) but decide to prick them, regardless. (3)
Appears in:
P., T.. A Relation of the Diabolical Practices of above Twenty Wizards and Witches of the Sheriffdom of Renfrew in the Kingdom of Scotland. London: 1697, 3
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1697 | West Central Lowlands | Renfrewshire | Renfrewshire | Scotland | |
504 | Christian Shaw has a fit lasting forty-eight hours during which she thrashes violently, does not sleep, and cries out repeatedly for help.(10)
Appears in:
Cullen, Francis Grant. A True Narrative of the Sufferings and Relief of a Young Girle; Strangely Molested, by Evil Spirits and their Instruments. Edinburgh: 1698, 10
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1696 | Erskine | Erskine | Renfrewshire | County of Ayr | Scotland |
505 | Christian Shaw has a series of fits lasting eight days. She is often unable to speak and her body is rigid and contorted, and she has pain in her left side.(11)
Appears in:
Cullen, Francis Grant. A True Narrative of the Sufferings and Relief of a Young Girle; Strangely Molested, by Evil Spirits and their Instruments. Edinburgh: 1698, 11
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1698 | Erskine | Erskine | Renfrewshire | County of Ayr | Scotland |
506 | Christian Shaw starts having fits where she seems to have struggles with an invisible adversary. She fights with such force that four men can barely hold her down.(11)
Appears in:
Cullen, Francis Grant. A True Narrative of the Sufferings and Relief of a Young Girle; Strangely Molested, by Evil Spirits and their Instruments. Edinburgh: 1698, 11
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1696 | Erskine | Erskine | Renfrewshire | County of Ayr | Scotland |
507 | Christian Shaw has a fit during which she accuses Catherine Campbell and Agnes Nasmisth of cutting her side.(11)
Appears in:
Cullen, Francis Grant. A True Narrative of the Sufferings and Relief of a Young Girle; Strangely Molested, by Evil Spirits and their Instruments. Edinburgh: 1698, 11
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1696 | Erskine | Erskine | Renfrewshire | County of Ayr | Scotland |
508 | Christian Shaw can predict her fits by a pain in her side. She has fits during which her throat moves towards her breast and her tongue hangs out below her chin. Her tongue is also tortured when she tries to pray.(11)
Appears in:
Cullen, Francis Grant. A True Narrative of the Sufferings and Relief of a Young Girle; Strangely Molested, by Evil Spirits and their Instruments. Edinburgh: 1698, 11
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1696 | Erskine | Erskine | Renfrewshire | County of Ayr | Scotland |
509 | Christian Shaw has fits during which she vomits large quantities of hair.(11-12)
Appears in:
Cullen, Francis Grant. A True Narrative of the Sufferings and Relief of a Young Girle; Strangely Molested, by Evil Spirits and their Instruments. Edinburgh: 1698, 11-12
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1696 | Glasgow | Lanarkshire | Lanarkshire | Scotland | |
510 | Christian Shaw has fits during which strange objects are pulled out of her mouth, including folded straw, a pin, a candle-like "firr," and bones.(12)
Appears in:
Cullen, Francis Grant. A True Narrative of the Sufferings and Relief of a Young Girle; Strangely Molested, by Evil Spirits and their Instruments. Edinburgh: 1698, 12
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1696, November | Glasgow | Lanarkshire | Lanarkshire | Scotland | |
511 | Christian Shaw is found to have dirty hay with dung in her mouth. She also regurgitated feathers and gravel the next day.(12)
Appears in:
Cullen, Francis Grant. A True Narrative of the Sufferings and Relief of a Young Girle; Strangely Molested, by Evil Spirits and their Instruments. Edinburgh: 1698, 12
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1696, November | Glasgow | Lanarkshire | Lanarkshire | Scotland | |
512 | Christian Shaw has extremely violent fits lasting four or five days during which she tries to climb walls, hurt her self, and accuses four men of causing her fits.(14)
Appears in:
Cullen, Francis Grant. A True Narrative of the Sufferings and Relief of a Young Girle; Strangely Molested, by Evil Spirits and their Instruments. Edinburgh: 1698, 14
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1696 | Erskine | Erskine | Renfrewshire | County of Ayr | Scotland |
513 | Christian Shaw has a fits during which the Devil appears to her. Her body is then stiff as though dead.(15)
Appears in:
Cullen, Francis Grant. A True Narrative of the Sufferings and Relief of a Young Girle; Strangely Molested, by Evil Spirits and their Instruments. Edinburgh: 1698, 15
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1696 | Glasgow | Lanarkshire | Lanarkshire | Scotland | |
517 | Christian Shaw has fits during which she has no pain, but has palpitations all over her body and makes strange gestures.(17-18)
Appears in:
Cullen, Francis Grant. A True Narrative of the Sufferings and Relief of a Young Girle; Strangely Molested, by Evil Spirits and their Instruments. Edinburgh: 1698, 17-18
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1697, January | Glasgow | Lanarkshire | Lanarkshire | Scotland | |
519 | Christian Shaw suffers a series of fits lasting months. She is also bewitched so that she is unable to say what the witches forbade her to say.([End Page 29])
Appears in:
Cullen, Francis Grant. A True Narrative of the Sufferings and Relief of a Young Girle; Strangely Molested, by Evil Spirits and their Instruments. Edinburgh: 1698, [End Page 29]
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1696 | Erskine | Erskine | Renfrewshire | County of Ayr | Scotland |
520 | Christian Shaw has a fit during which she accuses Margaret Lang and Martha Semple of bewitching her.(29)
Appears in:
Cullen, Francis Grant. A True Narrative of the Sufferings and Relief of a Young Girle; Strangely Molested, by Evil Spirits and their Instruments. Edinburgh: 1698, 29
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1697, Febraury 14 | Erskine | Erskine | Renfrewshire | County of Ayr | Scotland |
521 | Christian Shaw has a fit during which the Devil allegedly appears to her in the shape of a man.(29)
Appears in:
Cullen, Francis Grant. A True Narrative of the Sufferings and Relief of a Young Girle; Strangely Molested, by Evil Spirits and their Instruments. Edinburgh: 1698, 29
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1697, February 18 | Erskine | Erskine | Renfrewshire | County of Ayr | Scotland |
622 | Christian Shaw is brought to Glasgow to be examined. She starts having fits where her throat falls to her chest, her tongue to the back of her throat, and her body becoming stiff. Her tongue is allegedly "tortured" during prayer.(4)
Appears in:
Cullen, Francis Grant. Sadducimus Debellatus. London: 1698, 4
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1696, September | Glasgow | Lanarkshire | Lanarkshire | Scotland | |
623 | Christian Shaw put out of her mouth hot "coal-finders," bones of all sizes, hay and dung, and sticks of "candle-firr" from her mouth.(4)
Appears in:
Cullen, Francis Grant. Sadducimus Debellatus. London: 1698, 4
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1696 | Glasgow | Lanarkshire | Lanarkshire | Scotland | |
626 | Christian Shaw reads scripture out loud for two hours at a time. She then screams that no one shall ever take her bible. Sometimes, she falls into violent fits afterward.(7)
Appears in:
Cullen, Francis Grant. Sadducimus Debellatus. London: 1698, 7
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1696 | Glasgow | Lanarkshire | Lanarkshire | Scotland | |
627 | Christian Shaw has fits after coming back from Glasgow. The Devil appears to her and she falls as though dead. She can sometimes predict the onset of her fits.(8)
Appears in:
Cullen, Francis Grant. Sadducimus Debellatus. London: 1698, 8
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1696, December | Erskine | Erskine | Renfrewshire | County of Ayr | Scotland |
797 | Agnes Nasmith is brought involuntarily before Christian Shaw. Christian Shaw claims that Agnes Nasmith has been troublesome to her in the past, but not anymore.(9-10)
Appears in:
Cullen, Francis Grant. Sadducimus Debellatus. London: 1698, 9-10
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1697 | Erskine | Erskine | Renfrewshire | County of Ayr | Scotland |
798 | Catherine Campbell cannot be convinced to pray for Christian Shaw, but instead curses her and all the family of Bargarren.(10)
Appears in:
Cullen, Francis Grant. Sadducimus Debellatus. London: 1698, 10
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1697 | Erskine | Erskine | Renfrewshire | County of Ayr | Scotland |
799 | Catherine Campbell is imprisoned. Because of this, Catherine Campbell only appears to Christian Shaw when it is known that she is either at liberty to go to church or at the jailer's house.(10)
Appears in:
Cullen, Francis Grant. Sadducimus Debellatus. London: 1698, 10
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1697 | West Central Lowlands | Renfrewshire | Renfrewshire | Scotland | |
800 | Christian Shaw starts vomiting hair when Catherine Campbell is taken to the prison. Upon examination at the prison, Catherine Campbell is found to have balls of hair in her pocket and after they are thrown into the fire, Christian Shaw no longer vomits hair.(10)
Appears in:
Cullen, Francis Grant. Sadducimus Debellatus. London: 1698, 10
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1697 | Erskine | Erskine | Renfrewshire | County of Ayr | Scotland |
801 | Christian Shaw has violent fits where she cannot be held down, shrieking as though she had been stabbed, and sometimes lying as though dead. She also sings and dances during the fits. During one of the fits she tore off all her head clothes and would have stripped completely if permitted.(10-11)
Appears in:
Cullen, Francis Grant. Sadducimus Debellatus. London: 1698, 10-11
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1697, January 1 | Erskine | Erskine | Renfrewshire | County of Ayr | Scotland |
804 | Christian suddenly takes flight so swiftly that no one can stop her. The witnesses claim her feet never touched the ground and she reached the gate at which point her family could catch up. Once they find her, she becomes stiff as a corps and must lay down to rest. Christian Shaw claims nine or ten people carried her away.(11)
Appears in:
Cullen, Francis Grant. Sadducimus Debellatus. London: 1698, 11
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1697, January 11 | Erskine | Erskine | Renfrewshire | County of Ayr | Scotland |
805 | The apparitions (Anonymous 26) come back to carry Christian Shaw away, but are never able to bring her past the gate. The apparitions allegedly want to drown her in a well. (11-12)
Appears in:
Cullen, Francis Grant. Sadducimus Debellatus. London: 1698, 11-12
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1697, January 12 | Erskine | Erskine | Renfrewshire | County of Ayr | Scotland |
806 | Christian Shaw falls into a violent fit while Mr. Patrick Simpson is reading Psalm 93. She makes noises, laughed, starts sing, and pulls her clothes over her head. When she recovers, she says that she heard her tormentors speak, but before she can relate what they said, she falls into another fit. (12-13)
Appears in:
Cullen, Francis Grant. Sadducimus Debellatus. London: 1698, 12-13
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1697, January 12 | Erskine | Erskine | Renfrewshire | County of Ayr | Scotland |
807 | Christian Shaw tells her mother in the presence of the minister and the elders that she heard her tormentors say they would meet under an orchard. She then falls into another fit. It is later discovered that Elizabeth Anderson, James Lindsay, and Thomas Lindsay said they had met under an orchard at that time, but none had known what Christian Shaw had said.(13)
Appears in:
Cullen, Francis Grant. Sadducimus Debellatus. London: 1698, 13
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1697, January 12 | Erskine | Erskine | Renfrewshire | County of Ayr | Scotland |
808 | Christian Shaw is again carried down the stairs to the cellar where her brother and sister try to hold on to her. Mr. Alexander King grabs a hold of her when the brother and sister have lost her and tries to bring her upstairs again, but claims something is pulling her down. She then falls as though dead on the stairs.(13)
Appears in:
Cullen, Francis Grant. Sadducimus Debellatus. London: 1698, 13
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1697, January | Erskine | Erskine | Renfrewshire | County of Ayr | Scotland |
809 | Christian Shaw claims that the Devil is located in the cellar and that if she went down, she might be able to bring him out.(13)
Appears in:
Cullen, Francis Grant. Sadducimus Debellatus. London: 1698, 13
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1697, January | Erskine | Erskine | Renfrewshire | County of Ayr | Scotland |
810 | Christian Shaw's parents believe that Christian Shaw screams and shrieks like a creature, but when she overhears this Christian Shaw says it is Margaret that screams and shrieks at night.(14)
Appears in:
Cullen, Francis Grant. Sadducimus Debellatus. London: 1698, 14
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1697, January | Erskine | Erskine | Renfrewshire | County of Ayr | Scotland |
811 | After hearing her parents say she screams and shrieks in the night, Christian Shaw will not suffer anyone. She claims her tormentors promised her almonds and sweet treats if she got cravats, string, or aprons.(14)
Appears in:
Cullen, Francis Grant. Sadducimus Debellatus. London: 1698, 14
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1697, January | Erskine | Erskine | Renfrewshire | County of Ayr | Scotland |
812 | A young girl with scabs on her face (Anonymous 95) appears with Christian Shaw's tormentors and tell Christian Shaw to meet them the next day and to bring something.(14)
Appears in:
Cullen, Francis Grant. Sadducimus Debellatus. London: 1698, 14
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1697, January 14 | Erskine | Erskine | Renfrewshire | County of Ayr | Scotland |
813 | Christian Shaw vomits many pins and accuses one of her tormentors of having forced the pins in her mouth.(15)
Appears in:
Cullen, Francis Grant. Sadducimus Debellatus. London: 1698, 15
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1697, January 16 | Erskine | Erskine | Renfrewshire | County of Ayr | Scotland |
814 | Christian Shaw has fits during which she groans and sighs and has outcries. She claims various animals press her down on the bed. Shaw's mother and another gentlewoman (Anonymous 96) claim to have seen something as big as a cat stirring under Christian Shaw's bed.(15)
Appears in:
Cullen, Francis Grant. Sadducimus Debellatus. London: 1698, 15
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1697, January 21 | Erskine | Erskine | Renfrewshire | County of Ayr | Scotland |
815 | Christian Shaw claims that her tormentors were engaged by the Devil to carry her out and drown her in the well.(15-16)
Appears in:
Cullen, Francis Grant. Sadducimus Debellatus. London: 1698, 15-16
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1697, January | Erskine | Erskine | Renfrewshire | County of Ayr | Scotland |
816 | Christian Shaw has milder fits. Sometimes she is struck dumb or as though dead with her jaw opened so wide it seemed as though she was dead. Sometimes she would lie as though her neck and feet were tied together. Sometimes prayer abate her fits, but she also sometimes has fits making loud noises to cover the words of the person praying.(16)
Appears in:
Cullen, Francis Grant. Sadducimus Debellatus. London: 1698, 16
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1697, January | Erskine | Erskine | Renfrewshire | County of Ayr | Scotland |
817 | Christian Shaw has a particularly turbulent fit on 22 January, 1697. She starts singing, making hideous noises, and striking blows during the minister's prayer.(16)
Appears in:
Cullen, Francis Grant. Sadducimus Debellatus. London: 1698, 16
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1697, January 22 | Erskine | Erskine | Renfrewshire | County of Ayr | Scotland |
818 | Christian Shaw has violent fits during which she claims to have over fifteen tormentors.(17)
Appears in:
Cullen, Francis Grant. Sadducimus Debellatus. London: 1698, 17
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1697, January 22 | Erskine | Erskine | Renfrewshire | County of Ayr | Scotland |
819 | Christian Shaw's brother and sister claim seeing a woman with a red coat (Anonymous 97) in the garden even though every visitor had left.(17)
Appears in:
Cullen, Francis Grant. Sadducimus Debellatus. London: 1698, 17
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1697, January | Erskine | Erskine | Renfrewshire | County of Ayr | Scotland |
820 | Christian Shaw has violent fits during the evening on the same day that her siblings saw the lady in the red coat (Anonymous 97). Christian Shaw is senseless and breathless. Many witness her stomach swell, her eyes swell and her hands that are enchanted and try to strangle her.(17-18)
Appears in:
Cullen, Francis Grant. Sadducimus Debellatus. London: 1698, 17-18
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1697, January | Erskine | Erskine | Renfrewshire | County of Ayr | Scotland |
835 | Christian Shaw can no longer breathe during her fit. for several days, she looks as though she is being choked during her fits. She is also unable to eat her meat and laughs and rejoices when "any thing had fallen out amiss in the place where she was."(19)
Appears in:
Cullen, Francis Grant. Sadducimus Debellatus. London: 1698, 19
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1697, January 25 | Erskine | Erskine | Renfrewshire | County of Ayr | Scotland |
836 | Christian Shaw tries to say some things that had been forbidden by her tormentors. At the beginning of her fits, she looks around the room, but cannot always say what she sees. During her fit, he is also unable to call to the Lord Jesus Christ for help and is thrown on the floor where she lays as though dead for a few days.(19-20)
Appears in:
Cullen, Francis Grant. Sadducimus Debellatus. London: 1698, 19-20
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1697, February 1 | Erskine | Erskine | Renfrewshire | County of Ayr | Scotland |
837 | Christian Shaw claims that her fits are caused by a charm cast on her by her tormentors. She finds something like an egg-shell underneath her bed which she suspects is the charm used by her tormentors. Once the charm is discovered, she can say things that previously she could not, like that her tormentors had often solicited her to become a witch.(20)
Appears in:
Cullen, Francis Grant. Sadducimus Debellatus. London: 1698, 20
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1697, February 1 | Erskine | Erskine | Renfrewshire | County of Ayr | Scotland |
838 | Christian Shaw claims that Maggi (Margaret) placed a charm on the house in which her little sister lived.(20-21)
Appears in:
Cullen, Francis Grant. Sadducimus Debellatus. London: 1698, 20-21
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1697, February 1 | Erskine | Erskine | Renfrewshire | County of Ayr | Scotland |
839 | Christian Shaw alleges that John Lindsay is one of her most violent tormentors. She is immediately afterward seized with a fit.(21)
Appears in:
Cullen, Francis Grant. Sadducimus Debellatus. London: 1698, 21
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1697, February 2 | Erskine | Erskine | Renfrewshire | County of Ayr | Scotland |
840 | An old highland fellow (Anonymous 98) comes to Bargarren looking for lodging. Christian Shaw tells her mother and another gentlewoman that her tormentor is near and, going into the kitchen where the old highland fellow sit, she accuses him of being a tormentor and falls into a violent fit at his touch.(21-22)
Appears in:
Cullen, Francis Grant. Sadducimus Debellatus. London: 1698, 21-22
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1697, February | Erskine | Erskine | Renfrewshire | County of Ayr | Scotland |
841 | The minister tests whether or not Christian Shaw faked her fit after being touched by the old highland fellow (Anonymous 98). He puts a sheet over her and, without her knowing, gets Anonymous 98 to touch her again. Christian Shaw immediately has another fit which stops as soon as he removes his hand.(22)
Appears in:
Cullen, Francis Grant. Sadducimus Debellatus. London: 1698, 22
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1697, February | Erskine | Erskine | Renfrewshire | County of Ayr | Scotland |
842 | Jean Fulton allegedly confesses that the Devil often did come to her and keep her company in the shape of a small black man.(23)
Appears in:
Cullen, Francis Grant. Sadducimus Debellatus. London: 1698, 23
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1697, February 5 | Erskine | Erskine | Renfrewshire | County of Ayr | Scotland |
843 | Elizabeth Anderson confesses to Bargarren of having been imprecated in witchcraft, tormenting Christian Shaw, and having had several meetings with witches and the Devil. She also accuses her father and the old highland fellow (Anonymous 98) of tormenting Christian Shaw.(23)
Appears in:
Cullen, Francis Grant. Sadducimus Debellatus. London: 1698, 23
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1697, February 5 | Erskine | Erskine | Renfrewshire | County of Ayr | Scotland |
844 | Christian Shaw is confronted by six of her tormentors at Bargarren in front of ministers and the commissioner. She falls into fits at each one of their touches.(23-24)
Appears in:
Cullen, Francis Grant. Sadducimus Debellatus. London: 1698, 23-24
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1697, February 5 | Erskine | Erskine | Renfrewshire | County of Ayr | Scotland |
845 | Christian Shaw has a fit during which she seems to chew on an orange pill. She seems to choke during her fit, but recovers. She claims the gentlewoman gave her the orange pill and that there had been other, particularly Maggi (Margaret).(24)
Appears in:
Cullen, Francis Grant. Sadducimus Debellatus. London: 1698, 24
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1697, February 6 | Erskine | Erskine | Renfrewshire | County of Ayr | Scotland |
1447 | Agnes Foster is executed as a witch by hanging and burning at Paisley on June 10, 1697. She was accused and found guilty of conspiring and meeting with the devil, and contributing to the bewitchment and torment of Christian Shaw. Foster was tried by pricking with a three inch needle, and found to have witchs marks on her body after undergoing a physical examination prior to execution. (3-4)
Appears in:
P., T.. A Relation of the Diabolical Practices of above Twenty Wizards and Witches of the Sheriffdom of Renfrew in the Kingdom of Scotland. London: 1697, 3-4
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1697, June 10 | Paisley | Renfrewshire | Renfrewshire | Scotland | |
1448 | Agnes Nasmith is executed as a witch by hanging and burning at Paisley on June 10, 1697. She was accused and found guilty of conspiring and meeting with the devil, using instrumental magic, and contributing to the bewitchment and torment of Christian Shaw. Nasmith was tried by pricking with a three inch needle, and found to have witchs marks on her body after undergoing a physical examination prior to execution.(3-4)
Appears in:
P., T.. A Relation of the Diabolical Practices of above Twenty Wizards and Witches of the Sheriffdom of Renfrew in the Kingdom of Scotland. London: 1697, 3-4
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1697, June 10 | Paisley | Renfrewshire | Renfrewshire | Scotland | |
1449 | Agnes Sampson is executed as a witch by hanging and burning at Castle Hill, Edinburgh in January 1592. She was accused and found guilty of having a malefic compact with the devil, and for contributing to the storms that disrupted James Is 1590 sea voyage from Oslo to Scotland. James I himself examined Sampson after her arrest, with Sampson being tortured until she confessed to the crimes for which she was accused. (6-7)
Appears in:
Carmichael, James. News from Scotland, Declaring the Damnable Life and Death of Doctor Fian a Notable Sorcerer. London: 1592, 6-7
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1592, January | Edinburgh | Midlothian | Edinburghshire | Scotland | |
1450 | Agnes Tompson is executed as a witch by hanging and burning at Castle Hill, Edinburgh in January 1592. She was accused and found guilty of having a malefic compact with the devil, having sexual relations with the devil, keeping a cat familiar, and for contributing to the storms that disrupted James Is 1590 sea voyage from Oslo to Scotland. James I himself examined Tompson after her arrest.(6-11)
Appears in:
Carmichael, James. News from Scotland, Declaring the Damnable Life and Death of Doctor Fian a Notable Sorcerer. London: 1592, 6-11
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1592, January | Edinburgh | Midlothian | Edinburghshire | Scotland | |
1507 | George Sinclair, author of "Satans invisible world discovered, claims that witches often prescribe a charm namely to cut the Rouan-Tree between the two Beltan days. If any Man or Woman, Horse, or Cow shall have a piece thereof upon them, no Devils or Fairy shall have power, to medle with them.(126-127)
Appears in:
Sinclair, George. Satan's Invisible World Discovered. Edinburgh: 1685, 126-127
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1685 | Edinburgh | Midlothian | Edinburghshire | Scotland | |
1515 | George Sinclair, author of Satans invisible world discovered, claims that Charms and Spells have been first taught to men and Women in confederacy with the Devil, many of which are received by Tradition, and used by Witches. (216)
Appears in:
Sinclair, George. Satan's Invisible World Discovered. Edinburgh: 1685, 216
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1685 | Edinburgh | Midlothian | Edinburghshire | Scotland | |
1516 | George Sinclair, author of Satans invisible world discovered, claims that witches will sometimes utter this unintelligible charm learned from the devil in order to cure universal gout: Etter sheen etter sock, Et ta leur etta pachk Wipper si caan easemitter in shi, fo leish in shi corne, orn sheip twa till ane curht mach a mainshore.(216)
Appears in:
Sinclair, George. Satan's Invisible World Discovered. Edinburgh: 1685, 216
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1685 | Edinburgh | Midlothian | Edinburghshire | Scotland | |
1517 | George Sinclair, author of Satans invisible world discovered, claims that there is a Charm for curing a disease called the Ling, in these words, Cathari Duni Chini Brini.(216)
Appears in:
Sinclair, George. Satan's Invisible World Discovered. Edinburgh: 1685, 216
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1685 | Edinburgh | Midlothian | Edinburghshire | Scotland |