Trial Details
T/LA/57 Margaret Wallace
- Name of the accused
- Margaret Wallace
- Associated case
- C/EGD/156 (22/3/1622)
- Trial process type
- Central Court
| associated trials | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trial reference | accused | trial type | trial year | trial place |
| no recorded trials | ||||
Pre-trial actions
| commissions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| commission body | type | date | seal | notes |
| Privy Council | Justiciary | 19/2/1622 | None | A note that she would be tried in the high court on 20/3/1622, and that one or two men in Glasgow would prosecute her case. |
| None | Investigation | None | None | Granted to Lord Kilsythe |
| 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 |
| 1613 | 'five or six years since' Kirk session of Glasgow |
| imprisonments | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| incarceration date | central trial imprison | prison | location | moving |
| no recorded imprisonments | ||||
| tortures | |
|---|---|
| date of torture | torture type |
| None | None |
| ordeals | |
|---|---|
| date of ordeal | ordeal type |
| no recorded ordeals | |
| confessions | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| central trial confession | date | location | notes |
| no | None | Glasgow | None |
| yes | None | Edinburgh | None |
other information
- Pre-trial notes
- She was called up in front of the Kirk session of Glasgow for' rayling' followed by disease. Accused of killing a minister! Denunciation had to be in 1613 because the specified minister died in 1614. Arrested without a warrant by John Dikson
- 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?
- no
Trial phase
- trial date
- 20/3/1622
- trial place
- no information
place of trial
- settlement
- Edinburgh
- parish
- no information
- presbytery
- no information
- county
- no information
- burgh
- no information
verdict
- verdict
- Guilty
- defence
- yes
- female accusers
- 7
- male accusers
- 21
- recorded as high status?
- yes
- order for central judiciary trial
- yes
- judiciary trial date
- no information
- circuit court (mixed central and local)
- no
- circuit name
- no information
- local court with central representatives
- no
- trial notes
- Boig and Robertson are acting 'as informeris to his maiesties advocat of the haill pointis of dittay'; very elaborate defence pleadings. Delrio vs. Delrio (the prosecution and defence cite different passages, fo. 60v).
| persons associated with the trial | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| name | title | office | occupation | involvement | witchpricker? | notes |
| William Oliphant | Sir | Lord's Advocate | advocate | Prosecutor | no | Involved in trials in 1614, 1622 and 1623. |
| Alexander Boig | Sir | Lord's Advocate | Advocate | Prosecutor | no | Involved in trial in 1622. |
| John Robertson | None | burgess | None | Prosecutor | no | Involved in trial in 1622. |
| John Dynning | None | burgess | None | Defence | no | Involved in trial in 1622. |
| Alexander Peebles | Mr | None | None | Defence | no | Involved in trial in 1622. |
| Robert Lemouth | Mr | None | None | Defence | no | Involved in trial in 1622. |
| Thomas Nicolson | Mr | None | lawyer/advocate | Defence | no | Involved in cases in 1622 and 1649. |
| Martin Delrio | None | None | author | Demonologist | no | Cited in trials in 1622 and 1629. |
| Salicatus | None | None | author | Legal Authority | no | Legal authority, written in Latin. Cited in trial in 1622. |
| William Henderson | None | None | None | Justice Officer | no | Involved in trial in 1622. |
| John Lawson | None | burgess | None | Chancellor | no | Involved in trial in 1622. |
| Ewphame MacCalzean | None | None | None | Witchcraft precedent | no | Cited in trial in 1622. |
| Barbara Napier | None | None | None | Witchcraft precedent | no | Cited in trial in 1622. |
| Agnes Sampson | None | None | None | Witchcraft precedent | no | Cited in trial in 1622. |
Post-trial phase
- sentence
- Execution
- executed?
- yes
- execution date
- 3/1622
- execution place
- Castle Hill
- execution method
- Strangle & Burn
- post trial notes
- note in Fasti that she was strangled at the Castle Hill Edinburgh. Note in treasurer's accounts of Edinburgh that she was executed there.
| other named witches | ||
|---|---|---|
| name | trial link | accused link |
| Christiane Grahame | T/LA/74 | A/EGD/894 |
| Katherine Blair | T/LA/77 | A/EGD/950 |
Mentioned as a witch
| mentioned as a witch | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| type | name | mention date | fate | linked trialdate | trial link | notes |
| no mentions | ||||||