Trial Details
T/LA/88 Michaell Erskine
- Name of the accused
- Michaell Erskine
- Associated case
- C/EGD/167 (2/4/1630)
- 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 | None | 10/1629 | None | Presbytery refer to warrand for arrest which has already been issued by the council, no record in council minutes. |
| Privy Council | Arrest | 17/12/1629 | None | Bretheren of the presbytery of Dalkeith need him to be warded in Edinburgh because they don't have enough people to guard him properly. |
| 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 |
| 17/12/1629 | yes | Tolbooth | Edinburgh | no |
| 10/1629 | no | House | Newbattle Kirk | yes |
| tortures | |
|---|---|
| date of torture | torture type |
| None | Sleep Deprivation |
| ordeals | |
|---|---|
| date of ordeal | ordeal type |
| no recorded ordeals | |
| confessions | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| central trial confession | date | location | notes |
| no | 5/11/1629 | Newbattle Kirk | None |
other information
- Pre-trial notes
- He was watched and warded until he confessed, then moved to Edinburgh. Investigated by the presbytery of Dalkeith. Presbytery note 15/10/1629 that he was to be arrested according to warrant from council. Request help with this.
- watched?
- yes
- watch date
- 11/1629
- arrested?
- yes
- arrest date
- 5/11/1629
- 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
- 2/4/1630
- 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
- no
- female accusers
- 0
- male accusers
- 9
- 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
- None
| persons associated with the trial | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| name | title | office | occupation | involvement | witchpricker? | notes |
| Joseph Miller | None | Substitute to Lord's Advocate | advocate | Prosecutor | no | Became a substitute Lord's advocate on 31/3/1630. Involved in trials in 1610 and 1630. |
| George Harret | None | None | None | Chancellor | no | Involved in trial in 1630. |
Post-trial phase
- sentence
- Execution
- executed?
- yes
- execution date
- no information
- execution place
- no information
- execution method
- Strangle & Burn
- post trial notes
- Executed at Newbattle
| 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 | ||||||