Braidheid,Jonet
Case Reference: C/EGD/1474
| Case Ref | C/EGD/1474 |
|---|---|
| Accused | Jonet Braidheid |
| Case Start Date | 14/4/1662 |
| Case Date | 10/7/1662 |
| Common Name | Braidheid,Jonet |
|---|
| Type | Primary | Secondary |
|---|---|---|
| Demonic | ✓ | ✓ |
| Fairies | — | ✓ |
| Maleficium | — | ✓ |
Notes: She named over 44 people of being at a witches' meeting including her husband and mother-in-law.
| Devil Present | Yes |
|---|---|
| Communal Sex | No |
| Devil Worship | No |
| Food and Drink | Yes |
| Dancing | No |
| Singing | No |
Notes: She confessed to a large meeting in the kirk of Nairn at night. The Devil was sitting in the reader's desk with a book. The Devil called all their names out of a book and her husband, who was the officer, called them at the door. Her husband and another woman held her up to the Devil. They took meat and corn from people to eat. They filled a sheep's bag with cooked meat to kill and destroy the Laird of Park and Lochloy.
Meeting Places
| Place | Location | Inversion |
|---|---|---|
| Kirk | Nairn | No |
| Darnvay | No |
The Devil sucked her blood out of the spot where she was marked. [possible vampire?]. He spouted it out of his mouth and sprinkled it over her head to baptise her 'Christian'. She said he was as cold as spring well water inside of her. The Devil gave her money which turned red and saw her repeatedly. He paid her after sex.
| Type | Text |
|---|---|
| Head and foot | |
| Anti-baptism | |
| Devil's Mark | |
| New name | Christian |
| Sex |
Devil Appearances
| Type | Text |
|---|---|
| Male | mekle, roch, blackman with cloven feet. |
| Elphane/Fairyland | ✓ |
|---|---|
| Food/Drink | — |
| Verbal Formulae | — |
| Ritual Acts | ✓ |
| Familiars | — |
| Shape Changing | — |
|---|---|
| Dreams/Visions | — |
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | — |
| Sympathetic Magic | ✓ |
| Riding Dead | — |
Notes: Used dog flesh and sheep flesh to make drugs (enchanted charms). They left cooked flesh bits sprinkled all over the gates and property of two Lairds from the area (Park and Lochloy) in an attempt to destroy them and their posterity. They also made a picture of clay of the Laird of Park. They prayed to the Devil and burned the image.
Elf/Fairy Elements
- Elfshot
Ritual Objects
- Flesh
- 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: Took away corn and killed animals and the proprietor. Did collective maleficium to kill and destroy local lairds.
Property Damage Types
- Animals
- Crops
| Name | Title | Involvement | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hugh Campbell | Sir of Cawdor | Commissioner | |
| Walter Chalmer | Investigator | ||
| James Cooper | Investigator | ||
| Robert Cumming | of Altyre | Commissioner | |
| William Dallas | of Cantray | Commissioner | |
| Patrick Dunbar | of Benaferrie | Investigator | |
| Alexander Dunbar | of Both | Commissioner | |
| Archibald Dunbar | of Lochloy | Investigator | |
| David Dunbar | of Dunphail | Commissioner | |
| Thomas Dunbar | of Grange | Commissioner | |
| Archibald Dunbar | of Meikle Penicuik | Investigator | |
| Hugh Hay | Investigator | ||
| Hugh Rose | of Kilravock | Commissioner | |
| John Stewart | Commissioner | ||
| William Sutherland | of Kinstuir | Commissioner | |
| John Weir | Investigator |
| Source | Reference | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| RPC | 3rd series, vol 1, p 243. | |
| Pitcairn | III, p. 616-8 |
| Trial Ref | Date | Year | Verdict | Sentence | Execution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T/JO/1000 | No |