Watsone,Marion
Case Reference: C/EGD/2005
Case Summary
| Case Ref | C/EGD/2005 |
|---|---|
| Accused | Marion Watsone |
| Case Start Date | 20/10/1649 |
| Case Date | 6/11/1649 |
| Age at Case | 50 |
| Common Name | Watsone,Marion |
|---|
Characterisation
| Type | Primary | Secondary |
|---|---|---|
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | — | ✓ |
| Demonic | ✓ | ✓ |
| Fairies | — | ✓ |
| Folk Healing | — | ✓ |
| Implicated by Another | — | ✓ |
| Devil Present | Yes |
|---|---|
| Communal Sex | No |
| Devil Worship | No |
| Food and Drink | Yes |
| Dancing | No |
| Singing | No |
Notes: She described meeting around table where they ate meat and drank ale
Meeting Places
| Place | Location | Inversion |
|---|---|---|
| Hilltop | Gallowberry Hill | No |
| Elphane/Fairyland | ✓ |
|---|---|
| Food/Drink | — |
| Verbal Formulae | — |
| Ritual Acts | — |
| Familiars | — |
| Shape Changing | — |
|---|---|
| Dreams/Visions | — |
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | ✓ |
| Sympathetic Magic | — |
| Riding Dead | — |
Notes: Several spoken verses recorded by another accused witch, which she claimed to have been used by Watsone. Watsone did not mention this herself.
Elf/Fairy Elements
- Green
Religious Motifs
- Prayer
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 | — |
Disease Notes: Another witch described how Watsone charmed a forespoken person
- Charming
Notes: no details
| Name | Title | Involvement | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laird of Kirkhouse | Commissioner | ||
| Robert Douglas | Mr portioner of Linton | Commissioner | |
| William Douglas | of Pittlehauch | Commissioner | |
| Tait George | Laird of Pirn | Commissioner | |
| William Govan | Laird of Cardrona | Commissioner | |
| Andrew Hay | elder of Haystoun | Commissioner | |
| James Horseburgh | Commissioner | ||
| Robert Hunter | of Polmood | Commissioner | |
| John Lowes | Commissioner | ||
| Alexander Murray | Sir | Commissioner | |
| John Murray | younger of Romanno | Commissioner | |
| David Murray | Sir of Stanhope | Commissioner | |
| Adam Murray | of Cardrona | Commissioner | |
| Michael Scott | Mr | Commissioner | |
| John Scott | Commissioner | ||
| Alexander Spittal | Mr | Commissioner | |
| Robert Thomson | Commissioner | ||
| James Williamson | elder | Commissioner |
| Source | Reference | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Committee of Estates | PA11/8 fo. 187v.-188r. | |
| Peebles Presbytery records | CH2/295/3, 129v. | Entry records her confession. |