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/681 Helen Laing

related case
C/EGD/692
Given first name
Helen
Given last name
Laying
Title
no information
Alias
no information
Sex
Female
Age
32 estimated age by career
Occupation
no information
Marital Status
Widowed
Ethnic origin
no information
Socioeconomic status
Middling
Notes
accused of murdering her husband, confessed to being a witch for 7 years. Issobel Eliot was her servant. I have ticked middling because she had a servant.
family of the accused
named relationship age occupation
William Laying Husband None None

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/612 Central Court None Edinburgh
T/LA/1441 Mentioned in trial None