Murray,Issobell
Case Reference: C/EGD/1324
Case Summary
| Case Ref | C/EGD/1324 |
|---|---|
| Accused | Issobell Murray |
| Case Start Date | 8/6/1649 |
| Case Date | 2/7/1649 |
| Common Name | Murray,Issobell |
|---|
Characterization
| Type | Primary | Secondary |
|---|---|---|
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | — | ✓ |
| Demonic | ✓ | ✓ |
| Implicated by Another | — | ✓ |
| Not Enough Info | — | ✓ |
Notes: Named by another witch but confessed to demonic pact. From her confession and those of the others there also seems to have been some unorthodox religious elements associated with Easter practices.
| Devil Present | Yes |
|---|---|
| Communal Sex | No |
| Devil Worship | Yes |
| Food and Drink | No |
| Dancing | Yes |
| Singing | Yes |
Notes: Met during the first week of Pasche at or about one hour after midnight. Another meeting was week after Pasche at 10 o'clock at night. Another meeting was at 'Butter dam' location not known
Meeting Places
| Place | Location | Inversion |
|---|---|---|
| House yard | Painston | No |
| Loch | Painston | No |
| Dam | Butter Dam | No |
Confessed she had been a servant of the devil since the previous Easter (Pasche).
| Type | Text |
|---|---|
| Servant | |
| Devil's Mark | nip on left shoulder |
| Anti-baptism | |
| New name | Lisbie |
| Sex | with a rough (ruch) man all black |
Devil Appearances
| Type | Text |
|---|---|
| Animal Devil | black dog |
| Elphane/Fairyland | — |
|---|---|
| Food/Drink | — |
| Verbal Formulae | — |
| Ritual Acts | — |
| Familiars | — |
| Shape Changing | ✓ |
|---|---|
| Dreams/Visions | — |
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | ✓ |
| Sympathetic Magic | — |
| Riding Dead | — |
Shape Changing
| Type | Details |
|---|---|
| Animal | cat |
- Easter
| Name | Title | Involvement | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Ayton | Investigator | later commissioner | |
| William Baillie | Laird of Lamington | Commissioner | |
| James Borthwick | Investigator | ||
| George Cockburn | Investigator | ||
| John Cockburn | Mr of Clerkington | Investigator | |
| John Cockburn | Mr of Clerkington | Commissioner | |
| Patrick Dausone | Investigator | ||
| George Gray | Investigator | ||
| Patrick Inglis | of Elvingston | Commissioner | |
| William Trent | Mr | Investigator | |
| Patrick Young | Investigator | later commissioner |
| Source | Reference | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| RPC | 2nd series, viii, 191-3. | Details of confession recorded in RPC which lists other witches and their meetings. |
| Haddington Presbytery records | CH2/185/6, p. 50. | Note in presbytery that suspect had confessed. |
| APS | Vol 6, part 2, p 732-3. | |
| RPC | 2nd S, v8 pp. 193-4 |
Trials (1)
| Trial Ref | Date | Year | Verdict | Sentence | Execution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T/JO/94 | No |