Corsan,Marione
Case Reference: C/EGD/2410
| Case Ref | C/EGD/2410 |
|---|---|
| Accused | Marione Corsan |
| Case Start Date | 21/1/1650 |
| Case Date | 20/7/1659 |
| Common Name | Corsan,Marione |
|---|
| Type | Primary | Secondary |
|---|---|---|
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | — | ✓ |
| Folk Healing | — | ✓ |
| Maleficium | — | ✓ |
| Neighbourhood Dispute | — | ✓ |
| Not Enough Info | ✓ | ✓ |
Notes: The dittay in 1650 has healing and quarrelling. 1659 presbytery records include details about her healing advice.
| Elphane/Fairyland | — |
|---|---|
| Food/Drink | — |
| Verbal Formulae | — |
| Ritual Acts | ✓ |
| Familiars | — |
| Shape Changing | — |
|---|---|
| Dreams/Visions | — |
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | ✓ |
| Sympathetic Magic | ✓ |
| Riding Dead | — |
Notes: Confessed that she cured a neighbour of the falling sickness by laying her in a newly dug grave and cutting her belt in 9 pieces. The neighbour was better until the two fell out and the illness returned. A woman dreamt she was flyting with Marion, when she woke she saw two cats. She gripped a woman and said she accused her of calling her mother a witch, then she fell ill. The woman sought appeasement and Marion said no. The woman went to pray and heard Marion and her mother consulting with a third person she supposed to be the Devil. Marion wanted to cut her tongue out and the Devil said it couldn't be gotten. The woman fell over screaming.
Shape Changing
| Type | Details |
|---|---|
| In Dream | dreamt she was flyting with the suspect |
Ritual Objects
- Belt
Religious Motifs
- Nine
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 healing woman of falling sickness but that the illness returned after Corsan fell out with her. Quarrels and curses about Marion's debt.
Other Maleficia Notes: She caused an ale barrels to break and a man to swell up.
Property Damage Types
- Ale
- Debt
- Appeasement
| Name | Title | Involvement | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Burgess | Commissioner | requested | |
| John Crichton | of Crawfordton | Commissioner | requested |
| James Douglas | of Mawswall | Commissioner | requested |
| Thomas Ferguson | of Caitloch | Commissioner | requested |
| Thomas MacBurnie | Commissioner | requested | |
| Robert Richardson | Commissioner | requested |
| Source | Reference | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Dumfries Presbytery records | CH2/1284/1, p. 230. | See also A E Truckell 'Unpublished List of Witchcraft Cases in Galloway and Dumfriesshire' ], pp. 7-17. The project did not check Larner's reference to this printed secondary source as part of the research. Entry records inquiry into accusations about healing advice. |
| Process Notes | JC26/13 Bundle A |
| Trial Ref | Date | Year | Verdict | Sentence | Execution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T/JO/872 | No |