Wallace,Margaret
Case Reference: C/EGD/156
Case Summary
| Case Ref | C/EGD/156 |
|---|---|
| Accused | Margaret Wallace |
| Case Start Date | 19/2/1622 |
| Case Date | 22/3/1622 |
| Age at Case | 34 |
| Common Name | Wallace,Margaret |
|---|
Characterisation
| Type | Primary | Secondary |
|---|---|---|
| Consulting | — | ✓ |
| Folk Healing | — | ✓ |
| Maleficium | — | ✓ |
| Implicated by Another | — | ✓ |
| Neighbourhood Dispute | ✓ | ✓ |
Notes: The main protagonist in terms of healing was her associate, Christiane Grahame. The reasons for accusations against M. Wallace seem to have been related to her quarrels and her husband's business. She was mainly accused by other burgesses of roughly the same social and economic standing.
| Devil Present | No |
|---|---|
| Communal Sex | No |
| Devil Worship | No |
| Food and Drink | No |
| Dancing | No |
| Singing | No |
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 | — |
- Revenge
- Revenge for being called a witch
- Grudge
- Sorcery
- Incantation
- Consulting
- Charming
- Appeasement
| Claimed Bewitched | ✓ |
|---|---|
| Claimed Possessed | — |
| Admitted Lesser Charge | ✓ |
| Claimed Natural Causes | ✓ |
| No Defence | — |
Notes: No words or deeds; admits to blasphemy
| Name | Title | Involvement | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gabriel Cuningham | Bailie | He declared ot Privy Council that Wallace would be tried in High court | |
| John Dickson | Investigator | Arrested her without a warrant | |
| Archibald Glen | Mr | Investigator | He was supposedly then killed by Wallace |
| Robert Glen | Mr | Investigator | Took over from his uncle |
| Cuthbert Grey | Investigator | She confessed in his house |
| Source | Reference | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Books of Adjournal | JC2/6 fos. 59v-78v | Old wrong citation (JC2/6 71r 78v); New one from Wasser JC2/6 fos. 59, 66, 71. From my notes I have JC2/6 fos. 59v-78v;(my ref. Are correct) Also in Pitcairn, Also found in the High Court Record Index, no. 1 for 20/3/1622. |
| RPC | v12, p. 651 | A note that she would be prosecuted 'befoir the Justice' on 20 march 1622' |
| Fasti | v3, p. 378 | Information about Archibald Glen, minister at Carmunnock supposedly killed by Wallace, and his nephew. |
| Edinburgh Town Treasurer's Accounts | ECA, Town Treasurer's Accounts vol. 4 (1612-1623), 1621-2 p. 1136-7 |