Stewart,Annabell
Case Reference: C/EGD/1747
| Case Ref | C/EGD/1747 |
|---|---|
| Accused | Annabell Stewart |
| Case Start Date | 9/1/1677 |
| Case Date | 4/4/1677 |
| Age at Case | 14 |
| Common Name | Stewart,Annabell |
|---|
| Type | Primary | Secondary |
|---|---|---|
| Demonic | — | ✓ |
| Fairies | — | ✓ |
| Maleficium | ✓ | ✓ |
Notes: Demonic pact and malefice included in accusation. Most important accusation was involvement in the attempted murder of Maxwell of Pollock. 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. Annabell also mentioned 2 nameless Highland woman, who also attended the meeting on 4/1/1677, in one of her confessions.
Meeting Places
| Place | Location | Inversion |
|---|---|---|
| House | her mother's | No |
| House | her brother'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'.
| Type | Text |
|---|---|
| Devil's Mark | |
| Sex | Devil was cold |
| New name | Euoppa (?Anipper) |
| Head and foot | |
| Want nothing | |
| Anti-baptism |
Devil Appearances
| Type | Text |
|---|---|
| Male | black man in black clothes |
| 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. She claimed that Bessie Weir turned the image on the spit and chanted 'Sir George Maxwell, Sir George Maxwell' which they all repeated. She also gave the names that the Black man had called the others. The images were supposedly found in her mother's house and her brother's house. She supposedly joined the devil at harvest time.
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 | — |
- Harvest
- Murder
| Name | Title | Involvement | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Anderson | the younger of Dowhill | Commissioner | |
| John Baird | Mr | Confession Witness | |
| James Brisbane | of Bishopton | Commissioner | witnessed confession |
| Allan Dougall | Confession Witness | ||
| Patrick Houstoun | Sir of that Ilk | Commissioner | witnessed confession |
| John Paton | Confession Witness | was servant to Maxwell of Pollok | |
| Lawrence Pollock | Confession Witness | was servant to Maxwell of Pollok | |
| John Preston | Mr of Haltrees | Commissioner | witnessed confession |
| Andrew Reid | Confession Witness | was servant to Maxwell of Pollok | |
| John Shaw | Sir of Greenock | Commissioner | |
| John Stevenson | Confession Witness | ||
| James Wallace | Confession Witness | ||
| John Wallace | Confession Witness |
| Source | Reference | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| RPC | 3rd series, vol 5, pp xxxv-xxxvi, 95, 104-5, 148. | Record of commission for trial and later note that her execution was to be postponed because she was underage. |
| Maxwell of Pollok Papers | T-PM 107/14/7. | Maxwell papers held at Glasgow City Archives |
| Circuit Court Books | JC10/4 fo. 1r-13v |
| Trial Ref | Date | Year | Verdict | Sentence | Execution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T/JO/615 | 14/2/1677 | 1677 | Guilty | Execution | No |