Survey of Scottish Witchcraft, 1563 - 1736

Goodare, Julian; Yeoman, Louise; Martin, Lauren; Miller, Joyce

Case Details

C/EGD/324 Barbara Cochrane

name of accused: Barbara Cochrane
designated title: no information
Accused Reference: A/EGD/313
Case date start: 4/4/1659
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

additional persons
name	involvement	notes
Andrew Majoribank	Investigator
Robert Rodgers	Investigator
John Forrester	Investigator
James Cowan	Investigator
James Scott	Investigator
Archibald Purves	Investigator
John Kincaid	Investigator

linked trials
name	trial type	link	year	notes
Barbara Cochrane	Mentioned in trial	T/LA/1692	None
Barbara Cochrane	Local Court	T/LA/1693	None

Qualitative information

Non-natural beings

Notes: None

Male in green
Male in black

Demonic pacts

Devil's Mark Neck
Devil's Mark Left Shoulder

witches meetings

Food and drink

Notes: Fowler said she saw Cochrane at a meeting at the Bragreen between Tranent and Seton, Cochrane denied. Eventually confessed that she met the Devil at Maitland feast.

Meeting places

no information

musical instruments

no information

Folk culture

Elphane or Fairyland

Notes: None

Counter strategies

no information

white magic

no information

Elf/fairy elements

Good Neighbours

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: None

references
name	notes
Process Notes JC26/26/5/1	Mentioned. Also found in the High Court Record Index, no. 1 for 3/5/1659, this index did not distinguish between circuit and high court cases. This list of names was added in the margins with a modern hand, no indication of where the person got the list. I found no indication of where or whether this person was tried. Listed with others from JC26/26/5/1.
Process Notes JC26/26/5/2	mentioned