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/151 Katherine Oswald

related case
C/EGD/162
Given first name
Katharine
Given last name
Oswald
Title
no information
Alias
no information
Sex
Female
Age
32 estimated age by career
Occupation
no information
Marital Status
Married
Ethnic origin
no information
Socioeconomic status
Middling
Notes
Reputation for 12 years plus 25 = 37 as the youngest she could be. Her house is described as being in Nydrie Mylne? Wife of a Miller. She is also described as an indweller
family of the accused
named relationship age occupation
Robert Achiesone Husband None Miller

Locale

Settlement
Nydrie Mylne
Parish
Liberton
Presbytery
Edinburgh
County
Edinburgh
Burgh
no information
national grid reference
no information
related trials
trial reference trial type trial year trial place
T/LA/10 Central Court 1629 Edinburgh
T/LA/20 Mentioned in trial None