Cuninghame,Elspeth
Case Reference: C/EGD/273
Case Summary
| Case Ref | C/EGD/273 |
|---|---|
| Accused | Elspeth Cuninghame |
| Case Start Date | 7/10/1651 |
| Case Date | 30/3/1659 |
| Common Name | Cuninghame,Elspeth |
|---|
Characterisation
| Type | Primary | Secondary |
|---|---|---|
| Demonic | — | ✓ |
| Maleficium | — | ✓ |
| Neighbourhood Dispute | ✓ | ✓ |
Notes: With the draft dittay it definitely seems to be neighbourhood dispute.
| Devil Present | Yes |
|---|---|
| Communal Sex | No |
| Devil Worship | No |
| Food and Drink | Yes |
| Dancing | Yes |
| Singing | No |
Notes: She said at the meeting they 'sought the good of the fruits of ye ground and fisheing af ye sea from Sathan'. And they supposedly drank porter at the meeting at the Kirk of Irvine.
Meeting Places
| Place | Location | Inversion |
|---|---|---|
| Hilltop | No | |
| Kirk | Irvine | No |
Was witnessed by 5 people, the pin was stuck up to its head with no sensation and no blood.
| Type | Text |
|---|---|
| Devil's Mark | |
| Servant | |
| Anti-baptism |
| Elphane/Fairyland | — |
|---|---|
| Food/Drink | — |
| Verbal Formulae | — |
| Ritual Acts | ✓ |
| Familiars | — |
| Shape Changing | — |
|---|---|
| Dreams/Visions | — |
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | — |
| Sympathetic Magic | — |
| Riding Dead | — |
Notes: Walked Widdershins.
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: Caused a drunken man to beat his wife. Destroyed alehouse ale after she was refused a pint. Destroyed someone else's ale. A lot of quarrels.
Property Damage Types
- Ale
- Whitsunday
- Michaelmas
| Name | Title | Involvement | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Chalmer | Investigator | ||
| John Crawford | Investigator | ||
| Hugh Kennedy | Investigator |
| Source | Reference | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Circuit Court Books | JC10/1 fo. 214r, 235r | |
| Circuit Court Books | JC10/1 fo. 254v-256r, 256v, 257r | |
| Process Notes | JC26/25 | Ayr Court list from 6/4/1658 and a dittay inside the roll, and three Porteous Rolls. |
| Process Notes | JC26/26 Ayr Court roll (skinny one), dittay roll | |
| Process Notes | JC26/26 | |
| Ayr Council Records (MS in Carnegie Library Ayr) | II, p. 80b, 91b |
Trials (1)
| Trial Ref | Date | Year | Verdict | Sentence | Execution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T/LA/1121 | 30/3/1659 | 1659 | Guilty | Execution | Yes |