Fidlar,Gilbert
Case Reference: C/EGD/2173
Case Summary
| Case Ref | C/EGD/2173 |
|---|---|
| Accused | Gilbert Fidlar |
| Case Start Date | 21/11/1597 |
| Case Date | 21/11/1597 |
| Common Name | Fidlar,Gilbert |
|---|
Characterisation
| Type | Primary | Secondary |
|---|---|---|
| Maleficium | — | ✓ |
| Implicated by Another | — | ✓ |
| Neighbourhood Dispute | ✓ | ✓ |
| Property Motive | — | ✓ |
Notes: Accused of causing illness and death. Associated with his mother-in-law who was also accused. Identified as a witch by Andro Man. However, this seems to have been some local dispute as the three accused were acquitted and the two sides (pursuers - the Crukshanks - and accused) were ordered to leave each other alone.
| Elphane/Fairyland | — |
|---|---|
| Food/Drink | — |
| Verbal Formulae | — |
| Ritual Acts | ✓ |
| Familiars | — |
| Shape Changing | — |
|---|---|
| Dreams/Visions | — |
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | — |
| Sympathetic Magic | ✓ |
| Riding Dead | — |
Notes: Accused of having used a pair of shoes to bewitch another person.
Ritual Objects
- Shoes
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 having given Lady Errol a pair of bewitched shoes, which caused her take a violent sickness. He was pursued by Lord Errol's kin and fled from the area. Later accused of having caused the death of a man with his mother-in-law Jonet Leisk
- Murder
| Name | Title | Involvement | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Chalmer | Prosecutor | ||
| Patrick Cruickshank | Complainer | ||
| George Cruickshank | Complainer | ||
| Hay Francis | Earl of Errol | Complainer | |
| Thomas Leslie | Mr | Sheriff-depute | |
| Patrick Leysk | Defence | ||
| Alexander Leysk | Defence |
| Source | Reference | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Spalding Club Miscellany | Vol I, p 137-140. | Second entry records that Fidlar was 'clengit' (cleansed) of the accustions. |
Trials (1)
| Trial Ref | Date | Year | Verdict | Sentence | Execution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T/JO/1307 | 21/11/1597 | 1597 | Not Guilty | No |