NcWilliam,Margrat
Case Reference: C/JO/3246
| Case Ref | C/JO/3246 |
|---|---|
| Accused | Margrat NcWilliam |
| Case Start Date | 1649 |
| Case Date | 7/5/1662 |
| Age at Case | 56 |
| Common Name | NcWilliam,Margrat |
|---|
| Type | Primary | Secondary |
|---|---|---|
| Demonic | — | ✓ |
| Fairies | — | ✓ |
| Maleficium | ✓ | ✓ |
| Implicated by Another | — | ✓ |
| Neighbourhood Dispute | — | ✓ |
3 marks found. Said she refused to go with the devil but he grabbed her left leg. Third time she agreed and he put his mouth on her sore and healed it. She gave him a hen or a cock as a gift. Said at the time that she was in great poverty the devil promised to help but in return she was to give him her son. He gave her an elfshot to use on her son who died 10 days later.
| Type | Text |
|---|---|
| Devil's Mark | leflt leg, between her shoulders, up her 'hensh' |
| Servant | |
| Want nothing | |
| Anti-baptism |
Devil Appearances
| Type | Text |
|---|---|
| Animal Devil | little brown dog |
| Male | well favoured young man |
| Animal Devil | cat |
| Elphane/Fairyland | ✓ |
|---|---|
| Food/Drink | — |
| Verbal Formulae | ✓ |
| Ritual Acts | ✓ |
| Familiars | — |
| Shape Changing | — |
|---|---|
| Dreams/Visions | — |
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | — |
| Sympathetic Magic | — |
| Riding Dead | — |
Notes: One report said she was seen to go round cows several times. Lifted up her curcheffe and cursed to cause harm. Said she knew a charm in Gaelic to cure the evil eye.
Elf/Fairy Elements
- Elfshot
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: Claim that she caused a horse and man to fall ill after an argument. Also a child of the man died suddenly. She cursed a man who threatened to poind her daughter for a debt.
Property Damage Types
- Dairy
- Crops
- Revenge
- Appeasement
| Name | Title | Involvement | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ninian Allan | Investigator | ||
| John Auld | Mr | Investigator | |
| Ninian Bannatyne | younger of Kames | Investigator | |
| Ninian Bellenden | of Kames | Commissioner | |
| Hector Bellenden | of Kames | Commissioner | |
| John Boyle | Mr | Investigator | |
| John Campbell | Investigator | ||
| John Glass | Investigator | ||
| John Glass | Investigator | ||
| Robert Jameson | Commissioner | ||
| David Ramsay | Major | Investigator | |
| Ninian Spence | of Wester Kaimes | Commissioner | |
| John Stewart | Mr | Investigator | |
| Robert Stewart | of Acholter | Commissioner | |
| John Stewart | of Gallochen | Commissioner | |
| James Stewart | of Kilwinning | Commissioner | |
| John Stewart | of Ardenhow | Commissioner |
| Source | Reference | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Highland Papers | Vol III, pp 10, 13-20, 24-30. | Also named in another person's confession. |
| RPC | 3rd series, vol I, p 208. |