Flinker,Bessie
Case Reference: C/EGD/404
Case Summary
| Case Ref | C/EGD/404 |
|---|---|
| Accused | Bessie Flinker |
| Case Start Date | 29/7/1661 |
| Case Date | 7/8/1661 |
| Common Name | Flinker,Bessie |
|---|
Characterization
| Type | Primary | Secondary |
|---|---|---|
| Demonic | — | ✓ |
| Implicated by Another | — | ✓ |
| Not Enough Info | ✓ | ✓ |
| Devil Present | Yes |
|---|---|
| Communal Sex | No |
| Devil Worship | No |
| Food and Drink | No |
| Dancing | No |
| Singing | No |
Notes: Taken to a meeting in the hills, by a whirl wind. She masked herself at her meeting and was assigned a certain number of a malifices.
Meeting Places
| Place | Location | Inversion |
|---|---|---|
| Hilltop | No | |
| Road | coming from Brandis Milne | No |
| Type | Text |
|---|---|
| Anti-baptism | |
| Servant | |
| Want nothing | |
| Head and foot | |
| Sex |
Devil Appearances
| Type | Text |
|---|---|
| Male | as her own husband |
| Source | Reference | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Books of Adjournal | JC2/11; JC2/10 fo. 17v-20r | Mentioned |
| High Court Process Notes | JC26/27/5 item 8 | mentioned |
| High Court Process Notes | JC26/27/5 item 9 | Same as the information in the JC2s, only this draft dittay has people charged who did not appear in the final High Court Books of Adjournal. She did not appear in the final case in the Books of Adjournal, unclear why. This is a draft of a dittay against her. |
| High Court Process Notes | JC26/27/5 item 13 | 29/7/1661 |