Corsan,Jannet
Case Reference: C/EGD/793
| Case Ref | C/EGD/793 |
|---|---|
| Accused | Jannet Corsan |
| Case Start Date | 19/5/1658 |
| Case Date | 5/4/1659 |
| Common Name | Corsan,Jannet |
|---|
| Type | Primary | Secondary |
|---|---|---|
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | — | ✓ |
| Folk Healing | — | ✓ |
| Maleficium | — | ✓ |
| Implicated by Another | — | ✓ |
| Neighbourhood Dispute | ✓ | ✓ |
Notes: The circuit court docs have bad handwriting and is just ratification of witness statements. Found a second record of witness statements that shows that the main things here were disputes, curses and failed healing attempts. One oblique mention of not being paid for healing. The dittay from the Dumfries dittay roll is all quarrels and curses, no healing. Therefore I decided to put Neighbourhood dispute as the primary.
| Elphane/Fairyland | — |
|---|---|
| Food/Drink | — |
| Verbal Formulae | ✓ |
| Ritual Acts | — |
| Familiars | — |
| Shape Changing | — |
|---|---|
| Dreams/Visions | — |
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | ✓ |
| Sympathetic Magic | — |
| Riding Dead | — |
Notes: Denounced by Jonet Miller when she diagnosed an illness as being caused by Jannet Corsan after a quarrel and curse.
Religious Motifs
- Prayer
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: there was mention that she cured for pay. Quarrel about losing a croft, about refusal of borrowing, inheritance dispute (she wanted a pot and crook), curse with courch removal. Dispute over borrowed cradle.
| Name | Title | Involvement | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Carsan | of Sewick | Investigator | |
| William Greensone | of Bargatton | Investigator |
| Source | Reference | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Circuit Court Books | JC10/1 fo. 264v-265r, 267r, 269r | |
| McDowall, W 'History of the burgh of Dumfries' (Edinburgh, 1867), p. 376. The project did not check Larner's reference to this printed secondary source as part of the research. | ||
| Circuit Court Papers | JC10/5/1 | |
| Process Notes | JC26/26 Dumfries dittays 1659 (Biggest dittay roll) | |
| Process Notes | JC26/26 Dumfries Bundle |