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/1762 Agnes Kelly

name of accused
Agnes Kelly
designated title
no information
Accused Reference
A/EGD/1745
Case date start
2/5/1678
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)
  • maleficium (secondary characteristic)
  • not enough information (secondary characteristic)
  • not enough information (primary characteristic)
Characterisation Notes
Malefice and pact included but no details of either

Qualitative information

Non-natural beings

Notes
Accused suspected of pact and malefice but no details of this or any confession.
  • no information

Demonic pacts

  • no information

witches meetings

Notes
None

Meeting places

  • no information

musical instruments

  • no information

Folk culture

Notes
None

Counter strategies

  • no information

white magic

  • no information

Elf/fairy elements

  • no information

Shape-changing

  • no information

Ritual objects

  • no information

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

  • 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
Kelly and her servant M. Anderson (c/egd/1761) were pressured to denounce Elspeth Chousley (c/egd/822) who was extrajudicially beaten and arrested for witchcraft.
references
name notes
RPC 3rd series, vol 5, pp 449-50. Record of commission for trial
Process Notes JC26/50 mentioned as delating someone falsely.