The Survey of Scottish Witchcraft

1563-1736

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

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Case Details

C/EGD/1310 Kathren Shaw

name of accused
Kathren Shaw
designated title
no information
Accused Reference
A/EGD/1298
Case date start
1/8/1644
Given case date
no information
Case commission
no information
case complaint
no information
case correspondence
no information
case chronicle
no information
other details
no information

characterisation

  • demonic (secondary characteristic)
  • Implicated by another (secondary characteristic)
  • not enough information (secondary characteristic)
  • not enough information (primary characteristic)
Characterisation Notes
None

Qualitative information

Non-natural beings

Notes
The devil forced her to have sex, she fought but could not resist.
  • Animal Devil as a meikle rouch dog with speech
  • Animal Devil colt foal
  • Male the spirit of her dead husband

Demonic pacts

  • Servant
  • Devil's Mark
  • Anti-baptism
  • Sex
  • Body and soul

witches meetings

  • Devil present
Notes
None

Meeting places

  • on her way home at 12:00am Road

musical instruments

  • no information

Folk culture

Notes
None

Counter strategies

  • no information

white magic

  • no information

Elf/fairy elements

  • no information

Shape-changing

  • no information

Ritual objects

  • no information

Religious motif

  • no information

Calendar customs

  • no information

Diseases or illness

Notes
None

Cause of witch's malice

  • Revenge

Other maleficia

Damage to property

  • no information

weather modification

  • no information

Notes
None

Other charges

  • no information

Notes
None

Plea

Claimed bewitched
no
Claimed possessed
no
Admitted lesser charges
no
No defence
no
Claimed natural causes
no
Notes
None
Case Notes
None
references
name notes
RPC 2nd S, v8 p. 148-9 None
Lanark Presbytery Records CH2/234/1. Mentioned as suspected of witchcraft.
RPC 2nd S, v8 p. 155-157 None