Wilson,Katherine
Case Reference: C/EGD/1224
| Case Ref | C/EGD/1224 |
|---|---|
| Accused | Katherine Wilson |
| Case Start Date | 22/6/1630 |
| Case Date | 5/7/1631 |
| Common Name | Wilson,Katherine |
|---|
| Type | Primary | Secondary |
|---|---|---|
| Maleficium | — | ✓ |
| Implicated by Another | — | ✓ |
| Neighbourhood Dispute | ✓ | ✓ |
| Not Enough Info | — | ✓ |
Notes: She was implicated by Alexander Hammiltoun and persued by James Mowat, Sheriff clerk of Berwick. She was accused of participating in a supposed conspiracy to kill Sir George Home of Manderston, and many other justice officials in the area. The depositions against her were declared by the PC to be falsifications by Mowat. That said, numerous neighbourhood witnesses came forward to testify to quarrels and curses followed by misfortunes.
| Devil Present | Yes |
|---|---|
| Communal Sex | No |
| Devil Worship | No |
| Food and Drink | No |
| Dancing | No |
| Singing | No |
Meeting Places
| Place | Location | Inversion |
|---|---|---|
| Hilltop | Coldinghame Law | No |
| House | Bessie Sleigh's | No |
| Hilltop | Borthwick Hill | No |
| Hilltop | Duns Law | No |
It was alleged in her dittay that she had sex with the Devil behind the hills, and that he had sex with every other woman at the meeting.
| Type | Text |
|---|---|
| Sex |
| Elphane/Fairyland | — |
|---|---|
| Food/Drink | — |
| Verbal Formulae | — |
| Ritual Acts | — |
| Familiars | — |
| Shape Changing | — |
|---|---|
| Dreams/Visions | — |
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | — |
| Sympathetic Magic | — |
| Riding Dead | — |
Notes: She was accused of being part of a conspiracy to kill Manderston by putting a dead bird in his barn and by leaving a dead hand in his path. Investigators supposedly destroyed some material evidence, including a wax image of Mowat, by burning. The fire was described as unnaturally big.
Ritual Objects
- Bird (dead)
- Hand (dead)
- Wax/clay images
Harm
| Human Illness | ✓ |
|---|---|
| Human Death | ✓ |
| Animal Illness | — |
| Animal Death | — |
| Female Infertility | — |
| Male Impotence | — |
Methods
| Aggravating Disease | — |
|---|---|
| Transferring Disease | — |
| Laying On | — |
| Quarreling | ✓ |
| Cursing | ✓ |
| Poisoning | — |
Healing / Other
| Removal of Bewitchment | — |
|---|---|
| Recognised Healer | — |
| Healing Humans | — |
| Healing Animals | — |
| Midwifery | — |
| Property Damage | ✓ |
| Weather Modification | ✓ |
Disease Notes: lots of quarrels followed by illnesses following disputes over land, rent, and other daily dealings. She seems particularly quarrlesome.
Weather Modification Types
- Tempest
| Name | Title | Involvement | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archibald Acheson | Sir | Commissioner | |
| Adam Bellenden | Mr | Commissioner | |
| John Hamilton | Sir | Commissioner | |
| George Home | Sir of Manderston | Investigator | |
| Thomas Hope | Sir of Craighall | Commissioner | |
| James Mowat | of Fawside | Investigator | |
| James Roughheid | Cautioner | ||
| John Scott | Sir of Scotstarvet | Commissioner |
| Source | Reference | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| RPC | 2nd S, v3 p. 571, 582, 584 | Commissions of investigation. |
| RPC | 2nd S v4, p 265-266 | p. 333 James Mowat was released on caution. |
| Process Notes | JC26/10 'John Neil' bundle, item 1 |
| Trial Ref | Date | Year | Verdict | Sentence | Execution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T/LA/98 | No |