Gray,Katherine

Case Reference: C/EGD/78

Case Summary
Case RefC/EGD/78
AccusedKatherine Gray
Case Start Date26/12/1590
Case Date8/5/1591
Common NameGray,Katherine
Characterisation
TypePrimarySecondary
Implicated by Another — ✓
Not Enough Info ✓ ✓

Notes: Part of the North Berwick witch hunt. It involved many people and many accustions about witches meetings, specifically two separate attempts to sink the royal ships. The first to sink Queen Anne on her way home, second to trouble King James after he went to get her in Denmark.

Elphane/Fairyland—
Food/Drink—
Verbal Formulae—
Ritual Acts✓
Familiars—
Shape Changing—
Dreams/Visions—
Unorthodox Religious Practice—
Sympathetic Magic✓
Riding Dead—

SourceReferenceNotes
Pitcairnv I, part II, page 209-213; v I, part II, page 230-241same text as JC2/2
Books of AdjournalJC2/2 fos. 201r-207r
Pitcairnv I, part II, page 246
Calendar of State Papers Relating to Scotlandv. 10, p. 467mentioned as executed
Trials (2)
Trial RefDateYearVerdictSentenceExecution
T/LA/1111 GuiltyExecution Yes
T/LA/932 No