Ker,Jonet
Case Reference: C/EGD/398
Case Summary
| Case Ref | C/EGD/398 |
|---|---|
| Accused | Jonet Ker |
| Case Start Date | 20/8/1661 |
| Case Date | 23/8/1661 |
| Common Name | Ker,Jonet |
|---|
Characterization
| Type | Primary | Secondary |
|---|---|---|
| Demonic | — | ✓ |
| Fairies | — | ✓ |
| Not Enough Info | ✓ | ✓ |
| Devil Present | Yes |
|---|---|
| Communal Sex | No |
| Devil Worship | No |
| Food and Drink | No |
| Dancing | Yes |
| Singing | No |
Notes: Meeting between 11 and 12 at night at the 'green dykes'. This could be a ditch or a turf boundary wall (more likely the latter). Also met the Devil when she was coming from Edinburgh through the park.
Meeting Places
| Place | Location | Inversion |
|---|---|---|
| House | own house window | No |
| Shore | tweedsyde | No |
| Dyke | green dykes | No |
Devil arose out of the water at Tweedsyde and helped her over it for a meeting.
| Type | Text |
|---|---|
| Anti-baptism | |
| Servant | |
| Head and foot |
Devil Appearances
| Type | Text |
|---|---|
| Male | black man |
| Elphane/Fairyland | ✓ |
|---|---|
| Food/Drink | — |
| Verbal Formulae | — |
| Ritual Acts | — |
| Familiars | — |
| Shape Changing | — |
|---|---|
| Dreams/Visions | — |
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | — |
| Sympathetic Magic | — |
| Riding Dead | — |
Elf/Fairy Elements
- Meeting at 12:00
- Sorcery
| Name | Title | Involvement | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| David Dunmure | Mr | Prosecutor | |
| Patrick Thomson | younger | Investigator | to take her back to duddinston for execution |
| Source | Reference | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Books of Adjournal | JC2/11; JC2/10 fos. 21v-27r | JC2/11 and JC2/10 have the same text. Also found in the High Court Record Index, no. 1 for 20/8/1661, 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. |
| High Court Process Notes | JC 26/27, bundle 1, item 1, 2, 6. Also bundle 'Gilmerton Witches, items 3,4. | Draft dittay, verdict and sentence listed with others from same trial. JCs to be re-catalogued in the future so check with NAS staff. Dittay against accused. Document also in 'Gilmerton Witches' filed incorrectly. |