Trial Details
T/LA/840 Bessie Gourlie
- Name of the accused
- Bessie Gourlie
- Associated case
- C/EGD/696 (6/11/1678)
- Trial process type
- Central 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/LA/841 | Margaret Sonnes | Central Court | 1678 | Edinburgh |
T/LA/842 | Agnes Somerville | Central Court | 1678 | Edinburgh |
commissions | ||||
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commission body | type | date | seal | notes |
no recorded commission |
previous commissions | ||||
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commission body | date | |||
no recorded prior commission |
appeals | ||
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central authority | reason | appeal date |
no recorded appeals |
complaints | |||||
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type | date of complaint | lodged at | appeal date | complainent | involvement |
no recorded complaints |
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 |
no recorded denunciations |
imprisonments | ||||
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incarceration date | central trial imprison | prison | location | moving |
no recorded imprisonments |
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 |
yes | 4/11/1678 | Edinburgh | None |
no | 7/9/1678 | Fala | None |
persons associated with the trial | ||||||
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name | title | office | occupation | involvement | witchpricker? | notes |
George MacKenzie | Mr/Sir of Rosehaugh | Justice Depute/Lord Advocate | advocate | Prosecutor | no | By 1678 he had been promoted and knighted. He was a very prominent state official and a kinsman to George MacKenzie of Tarbat. |
Thomas Weddell | None | None | None | Chancellor | no | Involved in trials in 1678. |
other named witches | ||
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name | trial link | accused link |
Sarah Cranston | T/LA/816 | A/EGD/607 |
Isobell Eliot | T/JO/609 | A/EGD/680 |
Marion Veitch | T/JO/610 | A/EGD/683 |
mentioned as a witch | ||||||
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type | name | mention date | fate | linked trialdate | trial link | notes |
no mentions |