Wobster,Agnes
Case Reference: C/EGD/2160
Case Summary
| Case Ref | C/EGD/2160 |
|---|---|
| Accused | Agnes Wobster |
| Case Start Date | 24/4/1597 |
| Case Date | 24/4/1597 |
| Age at Case | 41 |
| Common Name | Wobster,Agnes |
|---|
Characterisation
| Type | Primary | Secondary |
|---|---|---|
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | — | ✓ |
| Demonic | — | ✓ |
| Fairies | — | ✓ |
| Maleficium | ✓ | ✓ |
| Type | Text |
|---|---|
| Servant | |
| Want nothing |
Devil Appearances
| Type | Text |
|---|---|
| Animal Devil | as a lamb |
| Animal Devil | as a calf |
| Elphane/Fairyland | ✓ |
|---|---|
| Food/Drink | — |
| Verbal Formulae | — |
| Ritual Acts | ✓ |
| Familiars | — |
| Shape Changing | ✓ |
|---|---|
| Dreams/Visions | — |
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | ✓ |
| Sympathetic Magic | ✓ |
| Riding Dead | — |
Notes: Claimed that she gave 'devilische potage' to a woman. She claimed it was brawn and jelly but the woman refused it otherwise she would have died. Witness claimed that she, or a devil in her likeness, appeared and vomited and spewed fyrie brunndes (brands) from her mouth. Accused of having gone three times to a stone, called the Curstane, at sunrise in May.
Elf/Fairy Elements
- Sunrise
Shape Changing
| Type | Details |
|---|---|
| Apparition | as herself or a devil in her likeness |
Ritual Objects
- Pottage
- Stones
Religious Motifs
- Three
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: Accused of making a boy ill after he had shot at her.
Other Maleficia Notes: Wobster asked for milk from another woman but was refused. Later the cow's milk dried up.
Property Damage Types
- Dairy
- Refusal of alms
- Revenge
| Name | Title | Involvement | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Cullen | Mr | Prosecutor | baillie of Aberdeen |
| Robert Innes | Confession Witness | ||
| Thomas Leslie | Mr | Sheriff-depute |
| Source | Reference | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Spalding Club Miscellany | Vol I, p 128-30. | |
| Spalding Club Miscellany | Vol V, p 68. |
Trials (1)
| Trial Ref | Date | Year | Verdict | Sentence | Execution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T/JO/1303 | 24/4/1597 | 1597 | Guilty | Execution | Yes |