Trial Details
T/LA/1133 Barbara Erskyne
- Name of the accused
- Barbara Erskyne
- Associated case
- C/EGD/355 (23/3/1659)
- Trial process type
- Mixed Central/Local Court
| associated trials | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trial reference | accused | trial type | trial year | trial place |
| T/LA/1130 | Bessie Stevenson | Mixed Central/Local Court | 1659 | Stirling Stirling |
| T/LA/1131 | Issobell Bennet | Mixed Central/Local Court | 1659 | Stirling Stirling |
| T/LA/1132 | Magdalin Blair | Mixed Central/Local Court | 1659 | Stirling Stirling |
| T/LA/1137 | Janet Millar | Mixed Central/Local Court | 1659 | Stirling Stirling |
Pre-trial actions
| commissions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| commission body | type | date | seal | notes |
| no recorded commission | ||||
| previous commissions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| commission body | date | |||
| no recorded prior commission | ||||
| appeals | ||
|---|---|---|
| central authority | reason | appeal date |
| no recorded appeals | ||
| 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 |
| no recorded denunciations | |
| imprisonments | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| incarceration date | central trial imprison | prison | location | moving |
| no recorded imprisonments | ||||
| 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 | None | None | None |
other information
- Pre-trial notes
- She confessed. She said that the Devil told her to drown herself but a man rescued her from the water.
- watched?
- no
- watch date
- no information
- arrested?
- no
- 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?
- no
Trial phase
- trial date
- 23/3/1659
- trial place
- Tolbooth
place of trial
- settlement
- no information
- parish
- no information
- presbytery
- no information
- county
- Stirling
- burgh
- Stirling
verdict
- verdict
- Guilty
- 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)
- yes
- circuit name
- local court with central representatives
- no
- trial notes
- I think it is the North circuit even though it is bound in with South and West circuit secion. On an undated list of people from 1658-9 to be arraigned before the justice courts.
| persons associated with the trial | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| name | title | office | occupation | involvement | witchpricker? | notes |
| Walter Sword | None | None | None | Chancellor | no | Involved in trials in 1659 and 1662. |
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 |
| no recorded named witches | ||
Mentioned as a witch
| mentioned as a witch | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| type | name | mention date | fate | linked trialdate | trial link | notes |
| no mentions | ||||||