Survey of Scottish Witchcraft, 1563 - 1736

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

Case Details

C/EGD/500 Christiane Deanes

name of accused: Christiane Deanes
designated title: no information
Accused Reference: A/EGD/489
Case date start: 3/4/1661
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)
Implicated by another (secondary characteristic)
not enough information (secondary characteristic)
not enough information (primary characteristic)

Characterisation Notes: Denounced by James Welch. Petition to parliament from Earl of Haddington. He claimed that witchcraft was increasing in his lands and had imprisoned the suspects. He also claimed that two of them were accused of robbery as well.

additional persons
name	involvement	notes
John Hamilton	Complainer
Alexander Hay	Commissioner
John Sinclair	Commissioner
James Cockburn	Commissioner
John Butler	Commissioner
Thomas Haliburton	Commissioner
William Seton	Commissioner
Patrick Young	Commissioner
Francis Hepburn	Commissioner

linked trials
name	trial type	link	year	notes
Christiane Deanes	Local Court	T/JO/1791	None
Christiane Deanes	Mentioned in trial	T/LA/327	None

Qualitative information

Non-natural beings

Notes: It was claimed that marks were found.

no information

Demonic pacts

Devil's Mark

witches meetings

Notes: Accused of being at a meeting with the Devil and other witches at Haddington Milne by James Welch (c/egd/435). Nothing from Deanes.

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

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: Part of the large number of people denounced by James Welch. Welch was deemed too young to stand trial so he was imprisoned. But his confession and some of his denunciations were taken seriously by the authorities.

references
name	notes
Books of Adjournal JC2/11; JC2/10 fo. 60r-64r	mentioned
APS Vol 7, p 123, appendix p 31.	None
Process Notes JC26/28, first bundle, item 3	mentioned