Layland,Marion
Case Reference: C/EGD/1268
| Case Ref | C/EGD/1268 |
|---|---|
| Accused | Marion Layland |
| Case Start Date | 17/3/1633 |
| Case Date | 30/5/1633 |
| Common Name | Layland,Marion |
|---|
| Type | Primary | Secondary |
|---|---|---|
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | — | ✓ |
| Demonic | — | ✓ |
| Folk Healing | — | ✓ |
| Maleficium | — | ✓ |
| Neighbourhood Dispute | — | ✓ |
| Refused Charity | — | ✓ |
| Not Enough Info | ✓ | ✓ |
| White Magic | — | ✓ |
Notes: Not only was she refused alms followed by a curse, but she also refused to give others alms and then cursed people who did give others alms.
| Devil Present | Yes |
|---|---|
| Communal Sex | No |
| Devil Worship | No |
| Food and Drink | No |
| Dancing | No |
| Singing | No |
Notes: Her son found her in the house with another witch and the Devil.
Meeting Places
| Place | Location | Inversion |
|---|---|---|
| House | abandoned old house | No |
| Elphane/Fairyland | — |
|---|---|
| Food/Drink | — |
| Verbal Formulae | — |
| Ritual Acts | ✓ |
| Familiars | — |
| Shape Changing | — |
|---|---|
| Dreams/Visions | — |
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | ✓ |
| Sympathetic Magic | ✓ |
| Riding Dead | — |
Notes: Protective magic used to increase people's fishing catch - she washed the unsuccessfull fisherman's cat's feet with the fishing bait water and threw the water out to sea after him. She removed a bewitchment from someone. To remove a forspeaking, she took a cup of water, put big salt into it and then spit into it.
Ritual Objects
- Water
- Cat
- Salt water
- Salt
- Spit
Religious Motifs
- Nine
- Three
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: Took away wet nurse's milk in revenge for a quarrel. Used water to undo forspeaking (ie bewitchment). Took away cow's milk. Revenge after someone stole Marion's kale. She struck a man in the back and he lost the power to do his duty towards his wife.
Property Damage Types
- Animals
- Dairy
White Magic
- Protective
- Revenge
- Revenge for being called a witch
- Refusal of alms
- Sorcery
- Divination
- Charming
| Source | Reference | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| RPC | 2nd S, v5 pp. 544-548, 551-555 | |
| Abbotsford Club Miscellany | p. 18-31 | some overlap with the RPC. |
| Trial Ref | Date | Year | Verdict | Sentence | Execution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T/LA/1003 | 29/5/1633 | 1633 | Guilty | Execution | Yes |