Robisone,Gilbert
Case Reference: C/EGD/2277
Case Summary
| Case Ref | C/EGD/2277 |
|---|---|
| Accused | Gilbert Robisone |
| Case Start Date | 1640 |
| Case Date | 29/2/1644 |
| Common Name | Robisone,Gilbert |
|---|
Characterisation
| Type | Primary | Secondary |
|---|---|---|
| Folk Healing | — | ✓ |
| Not Enough Info | ✓ | ✓ |
Notes: Charming appears to have been the main element but not enough other information.
| Elphane/Fairyland | — |
|---|---|
| Food/Drink | — |
| Verbal Formulae | — |
| Ritual Acts | ✓ |
| Familiars | — |
| Shape Changing | — |
|---|---|
| Dreams/Visions | — |
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | — |
| Sympathetic Magic | ✓ |
| Riding Dead | — |
Notes: Used nail trimmings which were to be placed between the bark and rind of a tree. Robisone appears to have agreed to cure diseased person in return for some clothes. Used nail parings to transfer sickness.
Ritual Objects
- Nail trimmings
- Tree
- Earth
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: Offered to cure diseased man in return for clothes? The man was reluctant to participate in the ritual and eventually died.
- Charming
| Name | Title | Involvement | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Dickson | Mr | Minister | |
| William Dickson | Mr | Minister | |
| Patrick Fleming | Mr | Minister | |
| Alexander Greig | Mr | Minister | |
| Hugh Ker | Mr | Minister | |
| Kenneth Logie | Mr | Minister | |
| David Murray | Sir of Stanhope | Investigator | |
| Patrick Purdie | Mr | Minister | |
| Michael Scott | Mr | Investigator | ruling elder |
| James Smith | Mr | Investigator | |
| Alexander Spittal | Mr | Minister | |
| William Tweedie | Investigator | ruling elder | |
| Andrew Watson | Investigator | ||
| Thomas Wilson | Investigator | ruling elder |
| Source | Reference | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Chambers, R 'Domestic Annals of Scotland' (Edinburgh, 1861), pp. 160-1. The project did not check Larner's reference to this printed secondary source as part of the research. | ||
| Peebles Presbytery records | CH2/295/2, 157v, 159v | Entries record investigation and minutes the statements from key witnesses who claimed that Robisone was responsible for the death of their brother (20/4/1643). Later entries note that there was to be a trial in Peebles (4/1/16440 and another one records that he denied the charges. |
Trials (1)
| Trial Ref | Date | Year | Verdict | Sentence | Execution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T/JO/572 | 1/1644 | 1644 | No |