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/2306 Jonet Thomesone

name of accused
Jonet Thomesone (alias Groataok)
designated title
no information
Accused Reference
A/EGD/2241
Case date start
2/1/1643
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

  • folk healing (secondary characteristic)
  • maleficium (secondary characteristic)
  • refused charity (secondary characteristic)
  • not enough information (secondary characteristic)
  • not enough information (primary characteristic)
Characterisation Notes
None

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

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

  • Human illness
  • Animal illness
  • Laying on
  • Quarreling
Notes
Claimed to have caused illness in a young girl, which she later took off after she was reprimanded. Appears to have cured ailments in return for alms.

Cause of witch's malice

  • Refusal of alms

Other maleficia

  • Property damage

    • Damage to property

    • Dairy
    • Crops

    weather modification

    • no information

    Notes
    Accused of causing cows to lose their milk or their calves. Refused alms (corn) and later it was unusable.

    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
    Orkney Presbytery Records CH2/1082/1, p 211. See also J G Dalyell 'Darker Superstitions of Scotland' Edinburgh, 1834, pp. 32; 58-59; 73-74; 260; 266; 271; 593. The project did not check this printed secondary reference as part of the research.
    Marwick Collection D31/4/3. Marwick collection in Orkney Archives also notes there was/is information in Records of Orkney Sheriff Court but the primary source has not been located.