Survey of Scottish Witchcraft, 1563 - 1736

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

Case Details

C/EGD/370 Janet Daill

name of accused: Janet Daill
designated title: no information
Accused Reference: A/EGD/359
Case date start: 8/7/1661
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)
demonic (primary characteristic)

Characterisation Notes: None

additional persons
name	involvement	notes
John Maitland	Investigator
John Biggar	Confession Witness
Alexander Edmonstone	Confession Witness
Henry Haliburton	Confession Witness
Thomas Baillie	Confession Witness
Robert Parker	Confession Witness
William Murray	Confession Witness
Charles Murray	Confession Witness

linked trials
name	trial type	link	year	notes
Janet Daill	Mixed Central/Local Court	T/LA/266	1661

Qualitative information

Non-natural beings

Notes: Pact was in exchange for a new petticoat, and she confessed that the Devil as a '[?] gentleman' had come over the water to the colliers. She was called Clear Keys because she had keys with her, according to her confession.

Male

Demonic pacts

Head and foot
Want nothing
Anti-baptism
Servant
New name Jannet Cleir Keyes

witches meetings

Witches meeting
Devil present
Food and drink
Dancing

Notes: None

Meeting places

Wolmet House
Wolmet Bank Bank Head
Sheriffhall Yard

musical instruments

None

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: Larner has another Janet Daill from Moffat Dumfries listed with a Thomas Wilson the date of 16/7/1661. I didn't find these cases.

references
name	notes
Books of Adjournal JC2/11; JC2/10 fo. 4r-7r	Verdict is also in JC 26/27/5 item 2, this one is either a draft version or a copy of the trial proceedings. JC2/10 and JC2/11 same information. Also found in the High Court Record Index, no. 1 for 29/7/1661, 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.
High Court Process Notes JC26/17/2 item 5 and item 6	None
High Court Process Notes JC26/27/2 item 10	no new information