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/360 Jonet Hewat

name of accused
Jonet Hewat
designated title
no information
Accused Reference
A/EGD/349
Case date start
29/7/1661
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)
  • not enough information (secondary characteristic)
  • not enough information (primary characteristic)
Characterisation Notes
None

Qualitative information

Non-natural beings

Notes
Devil was described as lying heavy upon her while she was in bed with Helen Speiris, another mentioned witch.
  • Male

Demonic pacts

  • Anti-baptism
  • Servant
  • Sex
  • Want nothing

witches meetings

  • Witches meeting
Notes
None

Meeting places

  • between William Graham's house and hers Road
  • pow-burn on the route home from Edinburgh River

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
None
references
name notes
High Court Process Notes JC26/27/5 item 9 Same as the information in the JC2s, only this draft dittay has people charged who did not appear in the final High Court Books of Adjournal. She did not appear in the final case in the Books of Adjournal, unclear why.
High Court Process Notes JC26/27/5 item 11 A letter saying that a group of Liberton witches had confessed, with witnesses.
High Court Process Notes JC26/27/5 item 13 29/7/1661