Hyndman,Finwell

Case Reference: C/EGD/1854

Case Summary
Case RefC/EGD/1854
AccusedFinwell Hyndman
Case Start Date14/3/1650
Case Date19/3/1650
Common NameHyndman,Finwell
Characterization
TypePrimarySecondary
Fairies
Not Enough Info

Elphane/Fairyland
Food/Drink
Verbal Formulae
Ritual Acts
Familiars
Shape Changing
Dreams/Visions
Unorthodox Religious Practice
Sympathetic Magic
Riding Dead

Notes: It was claimed that she disappeared for 24 hours every quarter. Later it was said that she went with the fairies at these times.

Elf/Fairy Elements
  • Group of fairies

  • Quarter day

NameTitleInvolvementNotes
Ninian Stewart Investigator

SourceReferenceNotes
Kingarth Kirk Session recordsCH2/219/1, ff 17.See also J K Hewison 'Isle of Bute in the Olden Tyme' Edinburgh, 1893-5, Vol 2 p. 262. The project did not check Larner's reference to this printed secondary source as part of the research.
Trials (1)
Trial RefDateYearVerdictSentenceExecution
T/JO/1639 No