Alexander,Issobell
Case Reference: C/EGD/2388
Case Summary
| Case Ref | C/EGD/2388 |
|---|---|
| Accused | Issobell Alexander |
| Case Start Date | 31/5/1649 |
| Case Date | 11/1649 |
| Common Name | Alexander,Issobell |
|---|
Characterisation
| Type | Primary | Secondary |
|---|---|---|
| Folk Healing | — | ✓ |
| Implicated by Another | — | ✓ |
| Not Enough Info | ✓ | ✓ |
Notes: Early complaint about her charming a cow. Later she was named by another accused witch.
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 | — |
- Charming
| Name | Title | Involvement | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laird of Kirkhouse | Commissioner | ||
| Alexander Dickson | Mr | Minister | |
| Robert Douglas | Mr portioner of Linton | Commissioner | |
| William Douglas | of Pittlehauch | Commissioner | |
| Tait George | Laird of Pirn | Commissioner | |
| William Govan | Laird of Cardrona | Commissioner | |
| Andrew Hay | elder of Haystoun | Commissioner | |
| James Horseburgh | Commissioner | ||
| Robert Hunter | of Polmood | Commissioner | |
| John Lowes | Commissioner | ||
| John Murray | younger of Romanno | Commissioner | |
| David Murray | Sir of Stanhope | Commissioner | |
| Adam Murray | of Cardrona | Commissioner | |
| Alexander Murray | Sir | Commissioner | |
| Michael Scott | Mr | Commissioner | |
| John Scott | Commissioner | ||
| Robert Thomson | Commissioner | ||
| James Williamson | elder | Commissioner |
| Source | Reference | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Gunn, C B 'The Book of Stobo Church' (Peebles, 1907), pp. 50-1. The project did not check Larner's reference to this printed secondary source as part of the research. | ||
| Peebles Presbytery records | CH2/295/3, 113v, 130v | Earlier note records a complaint about Alexander's charming of a cow. Later entry records her being named in another accused witch's confession. |
| Committee of Estates | PA11/8 fo. 187v.-188r. |