Simbeard,Helen

Case Reference: C/EGD/353

Case Summary
Case RefC/EGD/353
AccusedHelen Simbeard
Case Start Date29/3/1659
Case Date3/5/1659
Common NameSimbeard,Helen
Characterization
TypePrimarySecondary
Demonic
Implicated by Another
Not Enough Info

Devil PresentNo
Communal SexNo
Devil WorshipNo
Food and DrinkNo
DancingNo
SingingNo
Meeting Places
PlaceLocationInversion
Kirkthe Old KirkNo

TypeText
Devil's Markright shoulder, left shoulder and her heave
Anti-baptism

  • Lammas

NameTitleInvolvementNotes
James Cowan Investigator
Robert Donaldson Investigator
Robert Drummond Investigator
John Hepburn Investigator
John Kincaid Investigator
Andrew Majoribank MrInvestigator
Robert Rodgers Mr of Wester GladsmuirInvestigator
James Scott Investigator
George Wallace Investigator

SourceReferenceNotes
Process NotesJC26/26/5/1mentioned
Process NotesJC26/26/5/1Also found in the High Court Record Index, no. 1 for 3/5/1659, 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. I found no indication of where or whether this person was tried. Listed with others from JC26/26/5/1.
Trials (2)
Trial RefDateYearVerdictSentenceExecution
T/LA/1709 No
T/LA/1718 No