Heriot,Helen
Case Reference: C/EGD/309
Case Summary
| Case Ref | C/EGD/309 |
|---|---|
| Accused | Helen Heriot |
| Case Start Date | 8/2/1659 |
| Case Date | 1/3/1659 |
| Common Name | Heriot,Helen |
|---|
Characterization
| Type | Primary | Secondary |
|---|---|---|
| Demonic | — | ✓ |
| Maleficium | — | ✓ |
| Implicated by Another | — | ✓ |
| Neighbourhood Dispute | — | ✓ |
| Not Enough Info | ✓ | ✓ |
| Devil Present | Yes |
|---|---|
| Communal Sex | No |
| Devil Worship | No |
| Food and Drink | Yes |
| Dancing | Yes |
| Singing | Yes |
Notes: They danced in a ring around the broadstone in Gallowhop. She asked the Devil to get amends of a soldier that quartered in her house, he agreed to get rid of the English man. She drank wine with Simon the Devil. Wanted amends of a wobster who kept her cloth over a year, and amends of a minister for a debt.
Meeting Places
| Place | Location | Inversion |
|---|---|---|
| House | Lacost's house | No |
| Gallowhop | No | |
| Hilltop | Sandie's Hill | No |
| Type | Text |
|---|---|
| Anti-baptism | |
| New name | Bessie |
| Servant |
Devil Appearances
| Type | Text |
|---|---|
| Male | grey clothes with a grey cap, called himself Simon |
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: Wanted amends of people who crossed her from the Devil. Those people suffered.
- Revenge
- Debt
| Name | Title | Involvement | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hugh Hay | Investigator | Carried her to Edinburgh | |
| Robert Home | of Whitehall | Investigator | |
| William Manderson | Investigator | Carried her to Edinburgh | |
| Patrick Nisbet | Investigator | Carried her to Edinburgh | |
| Rayatons Pringle | Investigator | Carried her to Edinburgh | |
| Thomas Simmell | Captain | Investigator | |
| Robert Wait | Investigator | Carried her to Edinburgh |
| Source | Reference | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Process Notes | JC26/26 | Bundle near the end marked 'Witchcraft' Notes from local JP trial, no evidence of a commission. Also found in the High Court Record Index, no. 1 for 1/3/1659, 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. |