Accused Details
A/EGD/1047
Margaret Burgess
(alias Lady Dalyell)
- related case
-
C/EGD/1058
- Given first name
-
Margaret
- Given last name
-
Burges
- Title
-
no information
- Alias
-
Lady Dalyell
- Sex
-
Female
- Age
-
50
- Occupation
-
no information
- Marital Status
-
Married
- Ethnic origin
-
no information
- Socioeconomic status
-
Middling
- Notes
- Record indicates that she was 50. She was described as a 'relict' to John Dalyell indweller of Cramond. Her second husband was a boatman, which could indicate lower status, but the JC26 documents suggest that they were at least middling. She rented land; people begged at her house; they seem to be in the thick of community business dealings. Her nickname was Lady Dalyell (from her first husband), this was not a proper title. She was also described as a 'marnet'.
| family of the accused |
| named |
relationship |
age |
occupation |
|
John Gillespie
|
Husband |
None |
Boatman |
Locale
- Settlement
-
Nether Cramond
- Parish
-
Cramond
- Presbytery
-
Edinburgh
- County
-
Edinburgh
- Burgh
-
no information
- national grid reference
-
no information
| related trials |
| trial reference |
trial type |
trial year |
trial place |
|
T/LA/602
|
Local Court |
1629 |
|
