Davidsone,Jonat
Case Reference: C/EGD/2153
| Case Ref | C/EGD/2153 |
|---|---|
| Accused | Jonat Davidsone |
| Case Start Date | 4/1597 |
| Case Date | 29/8/1598 |
| Age at Case | 55 |
| Common Name | Davidsone,Jonat |
|---|
| Type | Primary | Secondary |
|---|---|---|
| Demonic | — | ✓ |
| Maleficium | — | ✓ |
| Implicated by Another | — | ✓ |
| Neighbourhood Dispute | ✓ | ✓ |
Notes: This appears to have been a case of slander and flyting between Jonat and the wife of one of her accusers. In 1597 she was associated with others and named by Margaret Bane but seems to have got into trouble later for quarrelling.
| Devil Present | Yes |
|---|---|
| Communal Sex | No |
| Devil Worship | Yes |
| Food and Drink | No |
| Dancing | Yes |
| Singing | No |
Notes: Meetings described by Margaret Bane but details were included in the dittay against Davidsone.
Meeting Places
| Place | Location | Inversion |
|---|---|---|
| Hilltop | Hill of Cragleauche | No |
| Elphane/Fairyland | — |
|---|---|
| Food/Drink | — |
| Verbal Formulae | — |
| Ritual Acts | ✓ |
| Familiars | — |
| Shape Changing | — |
|---|---|
| Dreams/Visions | — |
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | — |
| Sympathetic Magic | ✓ |
| Riding Dead | — |
Notes: Used cloth of various colours. I think she used nail trimmings rather than iron nails as it refers to 'peces of nails'. Claimed to have had a piece of paper on which there was writing and that a neighbour took ill and died after picking it up.
Ritual Objects
- Cloth
- Hair
- Nail trimmings
- Herb
- Paper
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: It was claimed by witnesses in 1598 that Davidson could cause illness in a child, but this seems to have been slander as she denied all accusations and had witnesses to support her. In 1597 trial accused of causing death by bewitchment.
- Halloween
| Type | Text |
|---|---|
| Unspecified |
| Name | Title | Involvement | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Irving | Chancellor | ||
| Thomas Leslie | Mr | Sheriff-depute | |
| John Leslie | of Balquhan | Sheriff-depute | |
| Alexander Rutherford | Prosecutor | ||
| John Straughan | Mr | Investigator |
| Source | Reference | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Ellon Presbytery records | CH2/146/1, f. 19v and 22v. | |
| Spalding Club Miscellany | Vol 1, pp. 150-1, 156, 193. |