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/602 Margaret Douglas

related case
C/EGD/613
Given first name
Margaret
Given last name
Douglas
Title
no information
Alias
no information
Sex
Female
Age
50 estimated age by child
Occupation
no information
Marital Status
no information
Ethnic origin
no information
Socioeconomic status
no information
Notes
Confessed to becoming a witch after falling out with her daughter. She confessed to being a witch for 13 years. She was probably more like 63 (fallout with an adult daughter 13 years previous).
family of the accused
named relationship age occupation
No family members recorded

Locale

Settlement
no information
Parish
Crichton
Presbytery
Dalkeith
County
Edinburgh
Burgh
no information
national grid reference
no information
related trials
trial reference trial type trial year trial place
T/LA/823 Central Court 1678 Edinburgh