Case Details
C/EGD/203 Margaret Mairtine
- name of accused
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Margaret Mairtine
- designated title
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no information
- Accused Reference
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A/EGD/192
- Case date start
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9/1/1649
- Given case date
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no information
- Case commission
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no information
- case complaint
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no information
- case correspondence
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no information
- case chronicle
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no information
- other details
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no information
characterisation
- demonic (secondary characteristic)
- not enough information (secondary characteristic)
- not enough information (primary characteristic)
- Characterisation Notes
- None
Qualitative information
Non-natural beings
- Notes
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She confessed that she was lured away from God by another witch.
Demonic pacts
- Servant
- Head and foot
- Anti-baptism
- Devil's Mark
right side of her nose under her eye
witches meetings
- Notes
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Had a meeting with the Devil to complain about ministers who did something to her goodson's [i.e. son-in-law] house. She told the ministers to be careful. She said she wanted to get revenge of people. Denounced lots of people for being at meetings, but no details about the meetings.
Meeting places
- A fellow witch's house
House
musical instruments
Folk culture
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- None
Counter strategies
white magic
Elf/fairy elements
Shape-changing
Ritual objects
Religious motif
Calendar customs
Diseases or illness
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None
Cause of witch's malice
Other maleficia
Damage to property
weather modification
- Notes
- None
Other charges
- Notes
- None
Plea
- Claimed bewitched
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no
- Claimed possessed
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no
- Admitted lesser charges
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no
- No defence
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no
- Claimed natural causes
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no
- Notes
- None
- Case Notes
- She claimed that a Beatrix Thomsone (c/egd/934), executed for witchcraft in 1629, had brought her to the Devil.
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Process Notes
JC26/13
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