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List of all Event assertions around a specific oldcounty

ID Short Description Date City Parish Current County Old county Nation
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

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

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

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

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

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

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,

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

1690   West Central Lowlands  Renfrewshire  Renfrewshire  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

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

1697   West Central Lowlands  Renfrewshire  Renfrewshire  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

1697   West Central Lowlands  Renfrewshire  Renfrewshire  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

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

1697, June 10   Paisley  Renfrewshire  Renfrewshire  Scotland