Trumbill,Janet
Case Reference: C/JO/2965
Case Summary
| Case Ref | C/JO/2965 |
|---|---|
| Accused | Janet Trumbill |
| Case Start Date | 23/12/1561 |
| Case Date | 23/12/1561 |
| Common Name | Trumbill,Janet |
|---|
Characterisation
| Type | Primary | Secondary |
|---|---|---|
| Maleficium | — | ✓ |
| Not Enough Info | ✓ | ✓ |
Notes: Document implies that suspect may have caused an episode of madness in another woman who received an 'act of witchcraft'.
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: Accused appears to have cast a 'madness' on another woman who then appears to have pestered a man from the town.
| Name | Title | Involvement | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Scott | Investigator |
| Source | Reference | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Protocol Book of Sir Ninian Bryden, 1536-1564 | The reference was brought to us by Michael Lynch in the Protocol Book published by the Walter Mason Trust, 1997. |