The Survey of Scottish Witchcraft

1563-1736

By Julian Goodare, Lauren Martin, Joyce Miller and Louise Yeoman, January 2003


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LA/44 George Home

fullname
George Home
title
Sir of Manderston
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Manderston
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notes
Involved in cases between 1629 and 1631. L. Yeoman has written about him as a witch hunter. RPC 2nd S v4, p. 677, he is asking for protection from creditors for all the expenses he incurred in trying Alexander Hammiltoun and Jon Neill. He also petitioned the King directly for protection (Register of Royal Letters, v1 p. 377 and v2 p. 553)