The Survey of Scottish Witchcraft

1563-1736

By Julian Goodare, Lauren Martin, Joyce Miller and Louise Yeoman, January 2003

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Case Details

C/EGD/1322 Agnes Hunter

name of accused
Agnes Hunter
designated title
no information
Accused Reference
A/EGD/1310
Case date start
8/6/1649
Given case date
no information
Case commission
no information
case complaint
no information
case correspondence
no information
case chronicle
no information
other details
no information

characterisation

  • demonic (secondary characteristic)
  • Implicated by another (secondary characteristic)
  • not enough information (secondary characteristic)
  • not enough information (primary characteristic)
Characterisation Notes
None

Qualitative information

Non-natural beings

Notes
she found him cold during sex.
  • Male gentleman
  • Animal Devil meikle grayhound
  • Male man in green clothes

Demonic pacts

  • Anti-baptism
  • Sex

witches meetings

  • Witches meeting
  • Devil present
  • Food and drink
Notes
None

Meeting places

  • None House
  • None House

musical instruments

  • no information

Folk culture

  • Elphane or Fairyland
Notes
None

Counter strategies

  • no information

white magic

  • no information

Elf/fairy elements

  • Green

Shape-changing

  • no information

Ritual objects

  • no information

Religious motif

  • no information

Calendar customs

  • Easter
  • Fastings eve

Diseases or illness

Notes
None

Cause of witch's malice

  • no information

Other maleficia

Damage to property

  • no information

weather modification

  • no information

Notes
None

Other charges

  • no information

Notes
None

Plea

Claimed bewitched
no
Claimed possessed
no
Admitted lesser charges
no
No defence
no
Claimed natural causes
no
Notes
None
Case Notes
None
references
name notes
RPC 2nd S, v8 pp. 190-191 None
APS Vol 6, part 2, p 732-3. None
RPC 2nd S, v8 p. 193-4 None