Trial Details
T/JO/82 Bessie Hepburne
- Name of the accused
- Bessie Hepburne
- Associated case
- C/EGD/1144 (1/6/1630)
- Trial process type
- Local Court
1563-1736
By Julian Goodare, Lauren Martin, Joyce Miller and Louise Yeoman, January 2003
associated trials | ||||
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trial reference | accused | trial type | trial year | trial place |
T/JO/78 | Bessie Duncan | Local Court | 1630 | P/JO/3539 Haddington Haddington |
T/JO/79 | Alesoun Carrick | Local Court | 1630 | P/JO/3539 Haddington Haddington |
T/JO/80 | Katherine Kirktoun | Local Court | 1630 | Haddington Haddington |
T/JO/81 | Katherine Lawder | Local Court | 1630 | P/JO/3539 Haddington Haddington |
T/JO/86 | Margaret Mitchell | Local Court | no information | |
T/JO/87 | Bessie Lawder | Local Court | no information | |
T/JO/88 | Agnes Sinclare | Local Court | no information | |
T/JO/89 | Margaret Alexander | Local Court | no information |
commissions | ||||
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commission body | type | date | seal | notes |
Privy Council | Investigation | 3/11/1629 | None | Commission to bring suspect to confront Alexander Hamilton in Edinburgh. |
Privy Council | Investigation | 3/12/1629 | None | Commission to investigate case against suspect. |
Privy Council | Arrest | 1/4/1630 | None | Commission for arrest of suspect at request of presbytery. |
previous commissions | ||||
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commission body | date | |||
no recorded prior commission |
appeals | ||
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central authority | reason | appeal date |
presbytery request arrest and warding | 1/4/1630 |
complaints | |||||
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type | date of complaint | lodged at | appeal date | complainent | involvement |
Suspect's | 1/6/1630 | Privy Council |
move to higher legal authority | |
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moved to | date of move |
no recorded move to higher legal authority |
denunciations | |
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denuncation date | dated |
22/9/1629 | Alexander Hammilton |
imprisonments | ||||
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incarceration date | central trial imprison | prison | location | moving |
None | no | Tolbooth | Haddington | no |
tortures | |
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date of torture | torture type |
no recorded tortures |
ordeals | |
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date of ordeal | ordeal type |
no recorded ordeals |
confessions | |||
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central trial confession | date | location | notes |
no recorded confessions |
persons associated with the trial | ||||||
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name | title | office | occupation | involvement | witchpricker? | notes |
no recorded additional persons |
other named witches | ||
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name | trial link | accused link |
Alexander Hammiltoun | T/LA/15 | A/EGD/155 |
mentioned as a witch | ||||||
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type | name | mention date | fate | linked trialdate | trial link | notes |
no mentions |