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/680 Isobel Elliot

related case
C/EGD/691
Given first name
Isobell
Given last name
Eliot
Title
no information
Alias
no information
Sex
Female
Age
27 estimated age by career
Occupation
Servant
Marital Status
no information
Ethnic origin
no information
Socioeconomic status
Lower
Notes
Servant to Helen Laying another accused witch. She confessed to being pregnant two years prior when the devil came to her.
family of the accused
named relationship age occupation
No family members recorded

Locale

Settlement
Paiston
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/JO/609 Central Court 1678 Edinburgh
T/LA/1452 Mentioned in trial None