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 |
|