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/526 Anna Pilmure

name of accused
Anna Pilmure
designated title
no information
Accused Reference
A/EGD/515
Case date start
1649
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

  • Implicated by another (secondary characteristic)
  • not enough information (secondary characteristic)
  • not enough information (primary characteristic)
Characterisation Notes
Denounced by James Welch and others. Petition to parliament from Earl of Haddington. He claimed that witchcraft was increasing in his lands and had imprisoned some of the suspects. He also claimed that two of them were accused of robbery as well.

Qualitative information

Non-natural beings

Notes
None
  • no information

Demonic pacts

  • no information

witches meetings

Notes
Accused of being at a meeting with the Devil and other witches at Haddington Milne by James Welch (c/egd/435).

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
She was proceeded against in 1649. No mention of what happened with that action. Part of the large number of people denounced by James Welch in 1662. He 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
RPC 2nd S, v8 pp. 204-5 None
APS Vol 7, appendix p 31. None
Process Notes JC26/28 mentioned