Lowrie,Patrik
Case Reference: C/EGD/140
Case Summary
| Case Ref | C/EGD/140 |
|---|---|
| Accused | Patrik Lowrie |
| Case Start Date | 28/7/1603 |
| Case Date | 23/7/1605 |
| Age at Case | 48 |
| Common Name | Lowrie,Patrik |
|---|
Characterisation
| Type | Primary | Secondary |
|---|---|---|
| Consulting | — | ✓ |
| Demonic | — | ✓ |
| Folk Healing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Maleficium | — | ✓ |
| Devil Present | Yes |
|---|---|
| Communal Sex | No |
| Devil Worship | No |
| Food and Drink | No |
| Dancing | No |
| Singing | No |
Meeting Places
| Place | Location | Inversion |
|---|---|---|
| Shore | Common Waist Sandhillis near Irving | No |
| Kirkyard | No | |
| Kirk | No | |
| Hilltop | Lowdon Hill | No |
| Elphane/Fairyland | — |
|---|---|
| Food/Drink | — |
| Verbal Formulae | — |
| Ritual Acts | ✓ |
| Familiars | — |
| Shape Changing | — |
|---|---|
| Dreams/Visions | — |
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | — |
| Sympathetic Magic | ✓ |
| Riding Dead | — |
Notes: He was presented with a hairbelt (in the shape of a Devil's claw) from the spirit woman Helena McBurnie. He was accused of damaging cows milk on Beltane.
Ritual Objects
- Hairbelt
- Corpse
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: Struck someone blind
Other Maleficia Notes: Turned milk to blood
Property Damage Types
- Dairy
- Crops
- Halloween
- Beltane
- Whitsunday
- Incantation
- Sorcery
| Name | Title | Involvement | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Cuningham | Baron | Commissioner | |
| John Wallace | of Craigie | Investigator |
| Source | Reference | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| RPC | v7 p. 67 | Commission of arrest. |
| Books of Adjournal | JC2/4 fo. 58v - 60v | |
| Pitcairn | v ii, p. 477-79 | Same text as JC2/4, Also found in the High Court Record Index, no. 1 for 23/7/1605 |
| Dundonald Parish Records | Carnegie Library, Ayr, 941.429 DUN, p. 54-86 |
Trials (1)
| Trial Ref | Date | Year | Verdict | Sentence | Execution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T/LA/48 | 23/7/1605 | 1605 | Guilty | Execution | Yes |
Case Notes
His master and baron pursued him as the holder of a commission, along with the bailie who was supposedly after his goods. Check on dates of trial, etc. the sequence doesn't seem to match up.