Survey of Scottish Witchcraft, 1563 - 1736

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

Case Details

C/JO/2876 Margret Ellot

name of accused: Margret Ellot
designated title: no information
Accused Reference: A/JO/2759
Case date start: 3/2/1647
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

not enough information (secondary characteristic)
not enough information (primary characteristic)

Characterisation Notes: None

additional persons
name	involvement	notes
William Jameson	Investigator
Robert Martin	Investigator
James Scott	Investigator
Thomas Wilkie	Investigator
Thomas Abernethy	Investigator
William Douglas	Investigator
Archibald Douglas	Investigator

linked trials
name	trial type	link	year	notes
Margret Ellot	Local Court	T/JO/786	None

Qualitative information

Non-natural beings

Notes: None

no information

Demonic pacts

no information

witches meetings

Notes: None

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: None

references
name	notes
Jedburgh Presbytery records CH2/198/3.	No pagination, 3/2/1647-12/5/1647. Entries record notes about the investigation into accusations of witchcraft. No specific details apart from naming ministers involved. No outcome recorded.