Fren,Agnes
Case Reference: C/JO/3095
Case Summary
| Case Ref | C/JO/3095 |
|---|---|
| Accused | Agnes Fren |
| Case Start Date | 25/4/1597 |
| Case Date | 25/4/1597 |
| Common Name | Fren,Agnes |
|---|
Characterisation
| Type | Primary | Secondary |
|---|---|---|
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | — | ✓ |
| Folk Healing | — | ✓ |
| 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: Accused of taking three hairs from her cow's tail, cutting it into pieces and putting them in the trough. Later her cow gave milk but her neighbour's did not. Accused of taking a calf under her arm to charm it. She told a woman to bury clippings from the front hooves in her yard. Carried a newborn calf three times round its mother.
Ritual Objects
- Hair
- Nail trimmings
Religious Motifs
- Three
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: Took a calf under her arm, then (?) told woman to bury clippings from the front hooves in her yard.
Property Damage Types
- Dairy
| Source | Reference | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Spalding Club Miscellany | Vol I, p 183, 191-2. | Order to be apprehended. Notes recorded by minister Mr John Ross. |
Trials (1)
| Trial Ref | Date | Year | Verdict | Sentence | Execution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T/JO/1512 | No |