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/2304 Margaret Bell (alias Magie)

related case
C/EGD/2373
Given first name
Margaret
Given last name
Bell
Title
no information
Alias
Magie
Sex
Female
Age
43 estimated age by career
Occupation
no information
Marital Status
no information
Ethnic origin
no information
Socioeconomic status
no information
Notes
Claimed she met the devil 18 years before, 18+25=43.
family of the accused
named relationship age occupation
No family members recorded

Locale

Settlement
no information
Parish
Corstorphine
Presbytery
Edinburgh
County
Edinburgh
Burgh
no information
national grid reference
no information
related trials
trial reference trial type trial year trial place
T/JO/1515 Local Court 1649 P/ST/658 Edinburgh
T/JO/1529 Mentioned in trial None