Jackson,Margret
Case Reference: C/EGD/1746
| Case Ref | C/EGD/1746 |
|---|---|
| Accused | Margret Jackson |
| Case Start Date | 7/1/1677 |
| Case Date | 20/2/1677 |
| Common Name | Jackson,Margret |
|---|
| Type | Primary | Secondary |
|---|---|---|
| Demonic | — | ✓ |
| Fairies | — | ✓ |
| Maleficium | ✓ | ✓ |
Notes: Main accusation concerned the attempted murder of Maxwell of Pollock by witchcraft. The whole group seems to have had a problem with Maxwell, their landlord - could be that they were doing something in protest.
| Devil Present | Yes |
|---|---|
| Communal Sex | No |
| Devil Worship | No |
| Food and Drink | No |
| Dancing | No |
| Singing | No |
Notes: There were two meetings described in confessions of this group to destroy Maxwell of Pollock. The first in 10/1676, the second on 4/1/1677. Both involved image magic.
Meeting Places
| Place | Location | Inversion |
|---|---|---|
| House | own house | No |
| House | Mathie's | No |
| House | John Stewart's | No |
She confessed that she joined the Devil at the last harvest. Devil described as a black man, with a bluish band, white hand cuffs, and hogers (leg coverings) with no shoes, and with cloven fee. His name was Ejuall. His voice was described as 'hough and goushe'. In addition to the devil she was visited in bed at night by a spirit that looked like her dead husband, but she later realized it was the devil.
| Type | Text |
|---|---|
| New name | Locas |
| Head and foot | |
| Anti-baptism | |
| Devil's Mark | |
| Sex |
Devil Appearances
| Type | Text |
|---|---|
| Male | black man |
| Spirit | a man like her dead husband |
| Elphane/Fairyland | ✓ |
|---|---|
| Food/Drink | — |
| Verbal Formulae | — |
| Ritual Acts | ✓ |
| Familiars | — |
| Shape Changing | — |
|---|---|
| Dreams/Visions | — |
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | — |
| Sympathetic Magic | ✓ |
| Riding Dead | — |
Notes: Accused of attempted murder by roasting wax/clay figures in a fire and inserting pins in the image. Wax images were found.
Elf/Fairy Elements
- 12:00
Ritual Objects
- Pin
- Wax/clay images
- Fire
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 | — |
- Murder
| Name | Title | Involvement | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Anderson | the younger of Dowhill | Commissioner | |
| William Barr | Confession Witness | ||
| James Brisbane | of Bishopton | Commissioner | |
| Allan Dougall | Confession Witness | ||
| Patrick Houstoun | Sir of that Ilk | Commissioner | |
| David Kennedy | Confession Witness | ||
| John Preston | Mr of Haltrees | Commissioner | |
| John Shaw | Sir of Greenock | Commissioner | |
| James Wallace | Confession Witness | ||
| John Wallace | Confession Witness |
| Source | Reference | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| RPC | 3rd series, vol 5, xxxv-xxxvi, 95. | |
| Maxwell of Pollok Papers | T-PM 107/14/7. | Maxwell of Pollok Papers held at Glasgow City Archives. |
| Circuit Court Books | JC10/4 fo. 1r-13v |
| Trial Ref | Date | Year | Verdict | Sentence | Execution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T/JO/617 | 14/2/1677 | 1677 | Guilty | Execution | Yes |