The Survey of Scottish Witchcraft

1563-1736

By Julian Goodare, Lauren Martin, Joyce Miller and Louise Yeoman, January 2003


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Accused Details

A/EGD/1830 Thomas Shanks (alias 'Willie')

related case
C/EGD/1859
Given first name
Thomas
Given last name
Shanks
Title
no information
Alias
'Willie'
Sex
Male
Age
no information
Occupation
Weaver
Marital Status
no information
Ethnic origin
no information
Socioeconomic status
Middling
Notes
First appeared in front of the presbytery on 23/3/1643 on charges of charming and witchcraft.
family of the accused
named relationship age occupation
No family members recorded

Locale

Settlement
no information
Parish
Peebles
Presbytery
Peebles
County
Peebles
Burgh
no information
national grid reference
no information
related trials
trial reference trial type trial year trial place
T/JO/582 Local Court 1649 P/ST/1332 Peebles Peebles