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/JO/3071 Jonet Lodge

name of accused
Jonet Lodge
designated title
no information
Accused Reference
A/JO/2933
Case date start
23/7/1649
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)
  • demonic (primary characteristic)
  • Implicated by another (secondary characteristic)
Characterisation Notes
None
additional persons
name involvement notes
James Wilson Confession Witness

Qualitative information

Non-natural beings

Notes
Confessed that she made a covenant with the devil
  • no information

Demonic pacts

  • Paction Confessed covenant
  • New name Jonet Quhyt
  • Sex

witches meetings

  • Witches meeting
  • Devil present
Notes
None

Meeting places

  • Neighbour's house House

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
Named in a group (including Lodge) who were investigated and tried at Dysart. The accusations stemmed from one and spread out. Another 2 were identified by a pricker but few details.
references
name notes
Dysart Kirk session records CH2/390/2, f105r, 106 v & r, 107v. None