Sydserff,Jean
Case Reference: C/EGD/312
Case Summary
| Case Ref | C/EGD/312 |
|---|---|
| Accused | Jean Sydserff |
| Case Start Date | 8/2/1659 |
| Case Date | 1/3/1659 |
| Common Name | Sydserff,Jean |
|---|
Characterization
| Type | Primary | Secondary |
|---|---|---|
| Demonic | ✓ | ✓ |
| Implicated by Another | — | ✓ |
| Devil Present | Yes |
|---|---|
| Communal Sex | No |
| Devil Worship | No |
| Food and Drink | No |
| Dancing | No |
| Singing | No |
Notes: People met in Mr. Robert's Close to drink ale in the evening (don't think this is meant to be a witches' meeting?). After Lacost was arrested they all met in William Henderson's barn in Stenton and a man with grey clothes told them to deny everything. Dispute about lint with the minister's wife and the Devil was asked for amends.
Devil went to her at her bedside.
| Type | Text |
|---|---|
| Anti-baptism | |
| New name | Jonet |
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: Dispute about lint with the minister's wife. Denied everything except that the wife took lint from her.
| 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' From a court held by the JPs. There was no mention 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. |