McClean,Margret
Case Reference: C/EGD/1671
Case Summary
| Case Ref | C/EGD/1671 |
|---|---|
| Accused | Margret McClean |
| Case Start Date | 3/7/1662 |
| Case Date | 4/9/1662 |
| Common Name | McClean,Margret |
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Characterization
| Type | Primary | Secondary |
|---|---|---|
| Implicated by Another | — | ✓ |
| Property Motive | — | ✓ |
| Not Enough Info | ✓ | ✓ |
Notes: Complicated case as a number of people from the McLean family accused. There may have been some family rivalry between the McLeans and Chisholms and the Chisholms wanted to acquire the lands belonging to the group. Claimed that the McLeans had been 'kindly tenants' for several hundred years.
| Name | Title | Involvement | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Chisholm | of Comer | Complainer | |
| Thomas Chisholm | Complainer | ||
| John Valentine Chisholm | Complainer | ||
| Colin Chisholm | of Comer | Complainer | |
| William Fraser | Investigator | ||
| Rory (Allan) MacLean | Sir of Duart | Rescuer | petitioned PC about imprisonment of his relatives |
| Source | Reference | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| RPC | 3rd series, vol 1, pp, 237, 242, 259. | Petition and counter-petition from McLeans and Chisholms about illegal imprisonment and torture. |
| RPC | 3rd series, vol 13, 250, 261. | Mentioned in another trial (C/EGD/1770 Catherine Mactargett, 1688) as having taught the accused witchcraft. |