Paton,Thomas
Case Reference: C/EGD/210
Case Summary
| Case Ref | C/EGD/210 |
|---|---|
| Accused | Thomas Paton |
| Case Start Date | 21/1/1650 |
| Case Date | 21/1/1650 |
| Common Name | Paton,Thomas |
|---|
Characterisation
| Type | Primary | Secondary |
|---|---|---|
| Folk Healing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Maleficium | — | ✓ |
| Neighbourhood Dispute | — | ✓ |
Notes: He was a healing team with his wife so I have ticked folk healing for his characterisation. It was their folk healing practice that got them into trouble.
| Elphane/Fairyland | — |
|---|---|
| Food/Drink | — |
| Verbal Formulae | ✓ |
| Ritual Acts | — |
| Familiars | — |
| Shape Changing | — |
|---|---|
| Dreams/Visions | — |
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | — |
| Sympathetic Magic | — |
| Riding Dead | — |
Notes: Told a man to seek the moulles (chilblaines?) of a black cow. He supposedly spoke words of healing that caused a whole house and bed to shake the sick people recovered.
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: He healed as well as the quarrel, curse misfortune sequence. He was paid for healing. Quarrels concerned pasturing sheep and horses, selling and buying. Their servant said he laid on illnesses, his wife lifted them.
| Name | Title | Involvement | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Burgess | Commissioner | requested | |
| John Crichton | of Crawfordton | Commissioner | requested |
| James Douglas | of Mawswall | Commissioner | requested |
| Thomas Ferguson | of Caitloch | Commissioner | requested |
| Thomas MacBurnie | Commissioner | requested | |
| Robert Richardson | Commissioner | requested |
| Source | Reference | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Process Notes | JC26/13 Bundle A |
Trials (1)
| Trial Ref | Date | Year | Verdict | Sentence | Execution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T/LA/1502 | No |
Case Notes
Part of a group of 7 investigated by the presbytery of Dumfries on this date.