Robie,Issobell

Case Reference: C/EGD/2140

Case Summary
Case RefC/EGD/2140
AccusedIssobell Robie
Case Start Date6/4/1597
Case Date6/4/1597
Common NameRobie,Issobell
Characterization
TypePrimarySecondary
Unorthodox Religious Practice
Demonic
Not Enough Info
White Magic

Notes: Accused of (?) protective magic and of shape shifting, but not very specific accusations.

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

Notes: Told her guidman (husband) to walk 3 times withershins round any cows before he bought them, ?to protect or identify the best one. Offered a beggar some milk, which he refused. When asked why he did not take it replied that she had milk from her own and other people's cows, including a forrow cow - a cow not in calf.

Shape Changing
TypeDetails
Animalas a hare
Religious Motifs
  • Three

NameTitleInvolvementNotes
Thomas Leslie MrCommissioner
John Ross MrInvestigator
Alexander Rutherford Commissioner

SourceReferenceNotes
Spalding Club MiscellanyVol I, p 184-6, 191-2.Order to be apprehended. Notes recorded by minister Mr John Ross.
Trials (1)
Trial RefDateYearVerdictSentenceExecution
T/JO/1510 No