Survey of Scottish Witchcraft, 1563 - 1736

Goodare, Julian; Yeoman, Louise; Martin, Lauren; Miller, Joyce

Case Details

C/EGD/366 Jean Howison

name of accused: Jean Howison
designated title: no information
Accused Reference: A/EGD/355
Case date start: 10/7/1661
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: May have confessed to pact

additional persons
name	involvement	notes
George Hepburn	Commissioner
John Biggar	Commissioner
Mungo Murray	Commissioner
Alexander Borthwick	Commissioner
John Hunter	Commissioner
John Preston	None
William Murray	Commissioner
John Preston	Commissioner
Robert Strachan	Commissioner

linked trials
name	trial type	link	year	notes
Jean Howison	Mentioned in trial	T/LA/383	None
Jean Howison	Local Court	T/LA/402	None

Qualitative information

Non-natural beings

Notes: Did not renounce her baptism.

no information

Demonic pacts

Servant

witches meetings

Dancing

Notes: None

Meeting places

no information

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

no information

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
High Court Process Notes JC26/27/2 item 9	mentioned
RPC 3rd series, vol 1, p 34, 151-2.	Later entry records supplication by accused for an order of release.
High Court Process Notes JC26/27 Gilmerton witches item 5	filed incorrectly
High Court Process Notes JC26/27 Gilmerton witches item 6	commission text, filed incorrectly
High Court Process Notes JC26/27 'Marioun Greenlaw'	retraction