Black,Jonet
Case Reference: C/EGD/293
Case Summary
| Case Ref | C/EGD/293 |
|---|---|
| Accused | Jonet Black |
| Case Start Date | 11/5/1658 |
| Case Date | 23/6/1658 |
| Common Name | Black,Jonet |
|---|
Characterization
| Type | Primary | Secondary |
|---|---|---|
| Demonic | — | ✓ |
| Maleficium | — | ✓ |
| Implicated by Another | — | ✓ |
| Not Enough Info | ✓ | ✓ |
| Devil Present | Yes |
|---|---|
| Communal Sex | No |
| Devil Worship | No |
| Food and Drink | No |
| Dancing | No |
| Singing | No |
Notes: The Devil went home with her in a great storm
Meeting Places
| Place | Location | Inversion |
|---|---|---|
| Meadow | No | |
| Burn | Bagraburn | No |
| House | other person's house | No |
| Barn | No | |
| Loanhead | No |
Did not confess to any features of demonic pact to the presbytery but they implied it. She later did confess to a demonic pact. She was heard yelling to Satan to get out of her bed.
| Type | Text |
|---|---|
| Sex | when a black dog lay with her in bed |
| Devil's Mark | Right shoulder |
Devil Appearances
| Type | Text |
|---|---|
| Female | woman with black pot |
| Animal Devil | dog with a sow's head |
| Animal Devil | black dog |
| Elphane/Fairyland | — |
|---|---|
| Food/Drink | — |
| Verbal Formulae | — |
| Ritual Acts | — |
| Familiars | — |
| Shape Changing | ✓ |
|---|---|
| Dreams/Visions | — |
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | — |
| Sympathetic Magic | — |
| Riding Dead | — |
Notes: Confessed some story about having a moldiewort that she kept at home ?familiar but unlikely. A woman saw a woman walking home from where they collected mussels, looked back and saw only a sow, and 'in the twinkling of an eye' she saw no sow but Jonet Black.
Shape Changing
| Type | Details |
|---|---|
| Animal | Corbie |
| Animal | Sow |
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 | — |
Other Maleficia Notes: Accused of damaging the boat at Black grange while in the shape of a corbie.
Property Damage Types
- Boats
| Name | Title | Involvement | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Menstrie | Laird of | ||
| Mathias Simpson | Mr | Investigator | to send letter |
| Source | Reference | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Stirling Presbytery records | CH2/722/6, pp. 89-99. | |
| Process Notes | JC26/26 bundle 3 'Stirling witches', item 20 | Mentioned. Also found in the High Court Record Index, no. 1 for 3/8/1658. Tthis index did not distinguish between circuit and high court cases. This list of names was added in the margins with a modern hand, no indication of where the person got the list. |