Knox,Agnes
Case Reference: C/EGD/884
Case Summary
| Case Ref | C/EGD/884 |
|---|---|
| Accused | Agnes Knox |
| Case Start Date | 28/8/1611 |
| Case Date | 26/3/1617 |
| Age at Case | 50 |
| Common Name | Knox,Agnes |
|---|
Characterisation
| Type | Primary | Secondary |
|---|---|---|
| Folk Healing | — | ✓ |
| Not Enough Info | ✓ | ✓ |
Notes: 3 members of same family accused so possibility of some local or family dispute.
| Elphane/Fairyland | — |
|---|---|
| Food/Drink | — |
| Verbal Formulae | — |
| Ritual Acts | ✓ |
| Familiars | — |
| Shape Changing | — |
|---|---|
| Dreams/Visions | — |
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | — |
| Sympathetic Magic | ✓ |
| Riding Dead | — |
Ritual Objects
- Salt
- Shirt
- Water
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: details about healing rituals in presby minutes. Requested by Margaret Creightoun (?) to cure her husband.
| Name | Title | Involvement | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Cochrane | of Barbauchlaw | Commissioner | |
| Alexander Hammilton | Mr of Kinglassie | Commissioner |
| Source | Reference | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| RPC | v11 p. 59 | |
| Linlithgow presbytery records | CH2/242/1, 11r,12 v, 142v, 163r, 166v. | Presbytery minutes note that she was investigated for giving healing advice to others 28/8/1611. In 1616 called to make repentance for profaning the sabbath., threatened with excommunication |
Trials (1)
| Trial Ref | Date | Year | Verdict | Sentence | Execution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T/LA/239 | 23/4/1617 | 1617 | No |