Trial Details
T/JO/87 Bessie Lawder
- Name of the accused
- Bessie Lawder
- Associated case
- C/EGD/1138 (1/4/1630)
- Trial process type
- Local Court
| associated trials | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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/88 | Agnes Sinclare | Local Court | no information | |
| T/JO/89 | Margaret Alexander | Local Court | no information | |
Pre-trial actions
| commissions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| commission body | type | date | seal | notes |
| Privy Council | Investigation | 3/11/1629 | None | None |
| Privy Council | Investigation | 3/12/1629 | None | None |
| Privy Council | Arrest | 1/4/1630 | None | None |
| previous commissions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| commission body | date | |||
| no recorded prior commission | ||||
| appeals | ||
|---|---|---|
| central authority | reason | appeal date |
| request from presbytery for permission to arrest. | 1/4/1630 | |
| complaints | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| type | date of complaint | lodged at | appeal date | complainent | involvement |
| no recorded complaints | |||||
| move to higher legal authority | |
|---|---|
| moved to | date of move |
| no recorded move to higher legal authority | |
| denunciations | |
|---|---|
| denuncation date | dated |
| 4/12/1629 | by Alexander Hammilton |
| imprisonments | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| incarceration date | central trial imprison | prison | location | moving |
| 4/1630 | no | Tolbooth | Haddington | no |
| tortures | |
|---|---|
| date of torture | torture type |
| no recorded tortures | |
| ordeals | |
|---|---|
| date of ordeal | ordeal type |
| no recorded ordeals | |
| confessions | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| central trial confession | date | location | notes |
| no recorded confessions | |||
other information
- Pre-trial notes
- Commissions chart progress from investigation after being named by Alexander Hamilton to request for arrest from presbytery. No further information about trial found in RPC.
- watched?
- no
- watch date
- no information
- arrested?
- yes
- arrest date
- no information
- fled?
- no
- date absconded
- no information
- action dropped?
- no
- action dropped date
- no information
- action dropped by
- no information
- trial action body
- no information
- confronting suspects?
- yes
Trial phase
- trial date
- no information
- trial place
- no information
place of trial
- settlement
- no information
- parish
- no information
- presbytery
- no information
- county
- no information
- burgh
- no information
verdict
- verdict
- no information
- defence
- no
- female accusers
- 0
- male accusers
- 0
- recorded as high status?
- no
- order for central judiciary trial
- no
- judiciary trial date
- no information
- circuit court (mixed central and local)
- no
- circuit name
- no information
- local court with central representatives
- no
- trial notes
- No details in RPC about a trial which mentions Lawder.
| persons associated with the trial | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| name | title | office | occupation | involvement | witchpricker? | notes |
| no recorded additional persons | ||||||
Post-trial phase
- sentence
- no information
- executed?
- no
- execution date
- no information
- execution place
- no information
- execution method
- no information
- post trial notes
- None
| other named witches | ||
|---|---|---|
| name | trial link | accused link |
| Alexander Hammiltoun | T/LA/15 | A/EGD/155 |
Mentioned as a witch
| mentioned as a witch | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| type | name | mention date | fate | linked trialdate | trial link | notes |
| no mentions | ||||||