Tailyeor,Margaret
Case Reference: C/EGD/294
| Case Ref | C/EGD/294 |
|---|---|
| Accused | Margaret Tailyeor |
| Case Start Date | 11/5/1658 |
| Case Date | 3/9/1658 |
| Age at Case | 28 |
| Common Name | Tailyeor,Margaret |
|---|
| Type | Primary | Secondary |
|---|---|---|
| Demonic | ✓ | ✓ |
| Fairies | — | ✓ |
| Maleficium | — | ✓ |
| Implicated by Another | — | ✓ |
Notes: Denounced by Margaret Duchall and confessed to demonic pact.
| Devil Present | Yes |
|---|---|
| Communal Sex | Yes |
| Devil Worship | No |
| Food and Drink | Yes |
| Dancing | Yes |
| Singing | No |
Notes: She described many meetings with various combinations of other people. Also said that they spoke in another language. Had a meeting in a brewhouse
Meeting Places
| Place | Location | Inversion |
|---|---|---|
| Meadow | No | |
| Burn | Bagraburn | No |
| House | other people's houses | No |
Confessed the devil's name was Johne. At one meeting there was a gentlewoman whose name she did not know. The woman had a black pot and wore a green waistcoat with grey tails. In second confession described touching her head and foot
| Type | Text |
|---|---|
| Anti-baptism | renounced baptism on her knees |
| Want nothing | |
| Devil's Mark | genitals |
| Sex | nature was cold |
| New name | Jonet |
| Head and foot |
Devil Appearances
| Type | Text |
|---|---|
| Male | |
| Female | wearing green waistcoat with grey tails |
| Animal Devil | feltered beast |
| Male | young man in gray clothes, blue bonnet |
| Elphane/Fairyland | ✓ |
|---|---|
| Food/Drink | — |
| Verbal Formulae | — |
| Ritual Acts | — |
| Familiars | — |
| Shape Changing | ✓ |
|---|---|
| Dreams/Visions | — |
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | — |
| Sympathetic Magic | — |
| Riding Dead | ✓ |
Notes: Claimed that Jonet Great, who was dead, came out with herself and others to a man's house, where they stole bread
Elf/Fairy Elements
- Midnight
- Green
Shape Changing
| Type | Details |
|---|---|
| Animal | Margaret Duchill appeared as a cat |
| Animal | she took shape of cat |
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: Claimed that the other woman had told her about malefice (death of animals and children) but did not confess to any herself the first time. Later she claimed that they had destroyed a child and animals.
- Harvest
| Type | Text |
|---|---|
| Whistle | played by James Kirk |
| Name | Title | Involvement | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Bruce | Sir Laird of Clackmannan | Investigator | |
| Bruce | Laird of Kennet | Investigator | |
| Robert Burnie | of Kennet | Investigator | |
| Harry Burnie | of Clackmannan | Investigator | |
| John Craigengelt | Mr | Investigator | |
| James Cuningham | Mr | Elder | |
| Henry Guthrie | Mr | Investigator | |
| John Kerrie | Elder | ||
| James Lindsay | Investigator | Talzeor claimed he had encouraged her to name others in return for her own life | |
| Menstrie | Laird of | ||
| Thomas Mitchell | Elder | ||
| Mathias Simpson | Mr | Investigator | to write to the civil authorities |
| John Thomson | Investigator | Talzeor claimed he tortured her | |
| Robert Wright | Mr | Investigator |
| Source | Reference | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Process Notes | JC26/26 | JPs investigate extrajudicial torture |
| Stirling Presbytery records | CH2/722/6, pp 89-99. | |
| Process Notes | JC26/24 | JPs order assize to appear at trial in edinbrugh 3/9/1658. Also found in the High Court Record Index, no. 1 for 3/8/1658. This 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. |
| Process Notes | JC26/26 bundle 3 'Stirling witches', item 21 | mentioned |
| High Court Record Index No. 1 | 3/9/1658 |