Trial Details
T/LA/1313 James Welch
- Name of the accused
- James Welch
- Associated case
- C/EGD/435 (17/4/1662)
- Trial process type
- Central Court
| associated trials | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trial reference | accused | trial type | trial year | trial place |
| T/JO/1835 | Robert Scot | Local Court | no information | |
Pre-trial actions
| commissions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| commission body | type | date | seal | notes |
| Parliamentary | Justiciary | 7/6/1661 | None | None |
| 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 |
| None | no | Tolbooth | Haddington | no |
| 16/1/1662 | no | Tolbooth | Edinburgh | 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
- He confessed and delated 85 people sometime in 1661. Was moved from Haddington to Edinburgh in 16/1/1662. He confessed again before the Presbytery of Edinburgh. They deemed him too young to stand trial, his case was eventually decided in April.
- 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
- 17/4/1662
- trial place
- no information
place of trial
- settlement
- Edinburgh
- 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
- deemed too young for a trial, so was sentenced to be held in a correction house for a year and a day on 17/4/1662
| persons associated with the trial | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| name | title | office | occupation | involvement | witchpricker? | notes |
| no recorded additional persons | ||||||
Post-trial phase
- sentence
- Prison
- 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 |
| Wife of Alexander Aitkin | T/LA/1351 | A/LA/2899 |
| Agnes Williamsone | T/LA/326 | A/EGD/423 |
| Marion Broun | T/LA/1314 | A/EGD/482 |
| Christiane Deanes | T/LA/327 | A/EGD/489 |
| George Scherswood | T/LA/1315 | A/EGD/488 |
| Anna Pilmure | T/LA/1316 | A/EGD/515 |
| Patrick Cathie | T/LA/1317 | A/EGD/507 |
| Jonet Wast | T/JO/1045 | A/EGD/506 |
| Jon Bartleman | T/LA/1318 | A/EGD/487 |
| John Homme | T/LA/1320 | A/EGD/486 |
| Patrick Meikle | T/LA/1322 | A/EGD/484 |
| Helen Nicolson | T/LA/1323 | A/EGD/557 |
| Jonet Robeson | T/LA/390 | A/EGD/520 |
| Margaret Blak | T/LA/1321 | A/EGD/485 |
| Robert Scot | T/LA/1324 | A/EGD/519 |
| Issobell Thomsone | T/LA/1326 | A/EGD/517 |
| Jeane Kirkwood | T/LA/1325 | A/EGD/518 |
| David Meikle | T/LA/1327 | A/EGD/516 |
| Elspeth Tailyeor | T/LA/329 | A/EGD/514 |
| Margaret Paterson | T/LA/1328 | A/EGD/513 |
| Jonnet Kempe | T/LA/1052 | A/EGD/512 |
| Nicoll Stillie | T/LA/1329 | A/EGD/511 |
| Christian Blaik | T/LA/1330 | A/EGD/510 |
| Issobell Stillie | T/LA/1331 | A/EGD/509 |
| Issobell Cathie | T/LA/1051 | A/EGD/505 |
| Helen Trottar | T/LA/1332 | A/EGD/504 |
| Agnes Spens | T/LA/1333 | A/EGD/503 |
| David Schankis | T/LA/1335 | A/EGD/558 |
| Jon Kincaid | T/LA/1336 | A/EGD/492 |
| Susanna Bannytyne | T/LA/1053 | A/EGD/508 |
| Beigis Sanderson | T/LA/1334 | A/EGD/502 |
| Archibald Baird | T/LA/1337 | A/EGD/501 |
| Wife of Archibald Baird | T/LA/1338 | A/EGD/500 |
| Marion Smith | T/LA/1339 | A/EGD/499 |
| Alexander Huntar | T/LA/1340 | A/EGD/498 |
| Thomas Finlason | T/LA/1341 | A/EGD/497 |
| (wife of Thomas) Finlason | T/LA/1342 | A/EGD/496 |
| (wife of William) Finlasoun | T/LA/1343 | A/EGD/495 |
| Agnes Baxter | T/LA/1346 | A/LA/2898 |
| Marion Stevinstoun | T/LA/1344 | A/EGD/494 |
| (mother of) Robertson | T/LA/1345 | A/EGD/493 |
| George Lacost | T/LA/1347 | A/EGD/556 |
| Unknown Neving | T/LA/1348 | A/EGD/561 |
| Nicoll Wadie | T/LA/1349 | A/EGD/481 |
| Marion Raeburn | T/LA/1350 | A/EGD/480 |
| Wife of Alexander Aitkin | T/LA/1351 | A/LA/2899 |
| Jonet Dewar | T/LA/1352 | A/EGD/479 |
| Helen Birks | T/LA/1353 | A/EGD/478 |
| Edward Dickson | T/LA/1354 | A/EGD/477 |
| William Martin | T/LA/1355 | A/EGD/476 |
| Jonnet Wilsone | T/LA/1356 | A/EGD/475 |
| Walter Dykis | T/LA/1357 | A/EGD/474 |
| Bessie Thomason | T/LA/1358 | A/EGD/472 |
| Violet Nymmo | T/LA/1359 | A/EGD/471 |
| Barbara Conglitoun | T/LA/1360 | A/EGD/470 |
| wife of Richard Gulvitas | T/LA/1362 | A/EGD/469 |
| Marion Lindsay | T/LA/1363 | A/EGD/467 |
| Jonet Blyth | T/LA/1364 | A/EGD/466 |
| Anna Hunter | T/LA/1394 | A/EGD/521 |
| Unknown Guidfellow | T/LA/1393 | A/EGD/522 |
| (wife of George) Sandie | T/LA/1391 | A/EGD/524 |
| Marie Lamb | T/LA/1390 | A/EGD/525 |
| George Gledd | T/LA/1389 | A/EGD/526 |
| (wife of Thomas) Baylie | T/LA/1388 | A/EGD/527 |
| (wife of Alexander) Bell | T/LA/1387 | A/EGD/528 |
| None | None | |
| Robert Baxter | T/LA/1392 | A/EGD/523 |
| Bessie Thompson | T/LA/1386 | A/EGD/530 |
| Jonet Liddell | T/LA/1385 | A/EGD/531 |
| (wife of Archibald) Manners | T/LA/1384 | A/EGD/532 |
| Jonet Lowrie | T/LA/1383 | A/EGD/533 |
| Margaret Tailyeor | T/LA/1382 | A/EGD/534 |
| Elspeth Fermor | T/LA/1380 | A/EGD/538 |
| Jean Daglas | T/LA/1379 | A/EGD/539 |
| Marion Dikson | T/LA/1378 | A/EGD/540 |
| Margaret Edington | T/LA/1377 | A/EGD/541 |
| Marion Wood | T/LA/1036 | A/LA/2799 |
| Christian Wilson | T/LA/1376 | A/EGD/543 |
| Margaret Fulkhart | T/LA/1375 | A/EGD/544 |
| John Task | T/LA/1373 | A/EGD/545 |
| Jeane Martin | T/LA/1374 | A/EGD/546 |
| Bessie Lamb | T/LA/1372 | A/EGD/549 |
| Janet Symson | T/LA/1371 | A/EGD/548 |
| Jonet Todry | T/LA/1361 | A/EGD/468 |
| Jean Kerse | T/LA/1370 | A/EGD/547 |
| Mathew Connell | T/LA/1369 | A/LA/2900 |
| Jon Russell | T/LA/1368 | A/EGD/550 |
| Jon Lyll | T/LA/1367 | A/EGD/551 |
| Wife of Thomas Hay | T/LA/1366 | A/EGD/552 |
| George Binnie | T/LA/1365 | A/EGD/555 |
Mentioned as a witch
| mentioned as a witch | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| type | name | mention date | fate | linked trialdate | trial link | notes |
| no mentions | ||||||