Dow,Meg
Case Reference: C/EGD/57
Case Summary
| Case Ref | C/EGD/57 |
|---|---|
| Accused | Meg Dow |
| Case Start Date | 24/5/1689 |
| Case Date | 28/4/1590 |
| Age at Case | 9 |
| Common Name | Dow,Meg |
|---|
Characterisation
| Type | Primary | Secondary |
|---|---|---|
| Maleficium | — | ✓ |
| Not Enough Info | ✓ | ✓ |
| Elphane/Fairyland | — |
|---|---|
| Food/Drink | — |
| Verbal Formulae | — |
| Ritual Acts | — |
| Familiars | — |
| Shape Changing | — |
|---|---|
| Dreams/Visions | — |
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | — |
| Sympathetic Magic | — |
| Riding Dead | — |
Notes: this one is very badly written, seems to be telling the same story about a bairn in blanket brought into a barn. But I can't make it out. She made a drink out of mugword and Mynt
Ritual Objects
- Herb
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: murdering of twa infant bairns, took the milk away from cows.
- Child murder
| Name | Title | Involvement | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Craig | Mr | Investigator | |
| James Wardlaw | Mr | Investigator |
| Source | Reference | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Pitcairn | v I, part ii, page 186 | Same text as JC2/2 |
| Books of Adjournal | JC2/2 fo. 161v | |
| Process Notes | JC26/2 witchcraft bundle, item 27 | |
| High Court Record Index No. 1 | 25/5/1689 |
Trials (1)
| Trial Ref | Date | Year | Verdict | Sentence | Execution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T/LA/889 | 28/4/1590 | 1590 | Guilty | Execution | Yes |