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/172 Thomas Carlipis

name of accused
Thomas Carlipis
designated title
no information
Accused Reference
A/EGD/161
Case date start
23/10/1632
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

  • other (secondary characteristic)
  • other (primary characteristic)
  • white magic (secondary characteristic)
  • other text Weird conspiracy to get a woman.
Characterisation Notes
He was consulted by John Colquhon in order to get Lady Katherine Grahame, daughter to John Earl of Montrose, sister to Colquhon's wife. He got her to have sexual relations with him, then brought her to London. She was not charged because she was bewitched.
additional persons
name involvement notes
no additional persons recorded

Qualitative information

Non-natural beings

Notes
None
  • no information

Demonic pacts

  • no information

witches meetings

Notes
None

Meeting places

  • no information

musical instruments

  • no information

Folk culture

  • Sympathetic magic
Notes
He designed two magical things, a love potion and a token 'taikynes' of love (a gold jewel with diamed and rubies that was enchanted to make the reciever give herself over to the giver).

Counter strategies

  • no information

white magic

  • Love magic

Elf/fairy elements

  • no information

Shape-changing

  • no information

Ritual objects

  • Jewel

Religious motif

  • no information

Calendar customs

  • no information

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

  • Necromancy
Notes
None

Plea

Claimed bewitched
no
Claimed possessed
no
Admitted lesser charges
no
No defence
no
Claimed natural causes
no
Notes
None
Case Notes
A very strange, high-level case.
references
name notes
SJC v1, p. 213-218 Same text as JC2/7 F90r-92v.