Trial Details
T/LA/74 Christiane Grahame
- Name of the accused
- Christiane Grahame
- Associated case
- C/EGD/905 (27/10/1621)
- Trial process type
- Local 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 | 10/10/1621 | signet | 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 |
| Archbishop of Glasgow | None |
| denunciations | |
|---|---|
| denuncation date | dated |
| None | deposition given to archbishop of Glasgow |
| 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 | 26/8/1621 | Glasgow/trial | None |
other information
- Pre-trial notes
- None
- 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
- 26/10/1621
- trial place
- Tolbooth
place of trial
- settlement
- no information
- parish
- no information
- presbytery
- no information
- county
- Lanark
- burgh
- Glasgow
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)
- no
- circuit name
- no information
- local court with central representatives
- no
- trial notes
- Information about her trial is in the summation of M. Wallace's trial (c/egd/156).
| persons associated with the trial | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| name | title | office | occupation | involvement | witchpricker? | notes |
| James Ross | Lord Ross | None | None | Commissioner | no | Involved in case in 1621. |
| Robert Boyd | Lord Boyd | None | None | Commissioner | no | Involved in case in 1621. |
| William Livingston | Sir of Kilsyth | None | None | Commissioner | no | Involved in cases in 1616 and 1621. Possible the same as LA/1717. |
| Walter Stewart | Sir of Minto | bailie of the Regality of Glasgow | None | Commissioner | no | Involved in cases/trial in 1621, 1629 and 1630. |
| Archibald Stirling | Sir of Keir | None | None | Commissioner | no | Involved in cases in 1615 and 1621. |
| Graham | None | None | None | Witchcraft acquired from | no | Mother of Christiane Grahame although her name would not have been Grahame. Cited in trial in 1621. |
Post-trial phase
- sentence
- Execution
- executed?
- yes
- execution date
- 27/10/1621
- execution place
- no information
- execution method
- no information
- post trial notes
- None
| other named witches | ||
|---|---|---|
| name | trial link | accused link |
| Margaret Wallace | T/LA/57 | A/EGD/145 |
Mentioned as a witch
| mentioned as a witch | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| type | name | mention date | fate | linked trialdate | trial link | notes |
| no mentions | ||||||