Barker,Jonet
Case Reference: C/LA/2638
Case Summary
| Case Ref | C/LA/2638 |
|---|---|
| Accused | Jonet Barker |
| Case Start Date | 22/11/1643 |
| Case Date | 29/12/1643 |
| Common Name | Barker,Jonet |
|---|
Characterisation
| Type | Primary | Secondary |
|---|---|---|
| Demonic | ✓ | ✓ |
| Folk Healing | — | ✓ |
Notes: The whole case revolved around her confession to meetings and sex with the Devil. Folk healing was an incidental mention in the trial text.
| Devil Present | Yes |
|---|---|
| Communal Sex | Yes |
| Devil Worship | No |
| Food and Drink | Yes |
| Dancing | No |
| Singing | No |
Notes: a small drinking party with 2 pints of 'beir'
Meeting Places
| Place | Location | Inversion |
|---|---|---|
| House | accomplices' house | No |
Claimed to learn her healing from the Devil. She was asked what her new name was and said she didn't have one, but that the Devil gave her a nip on her back.
| Type | Text |
|---|---|
| Servant | |
| Sex | in her shop |
| Sex | accomplice's house |
| Sex | her naiket bed |
| New name | |
| Devil's Mark | left shoulder |
Devil Appearances
| Type | Text |
|---|---|
| Male | a trymme gentleman |
| Animal Devil | dog |
| Human Devil | heavy like an ox |
| Elphane/Fairyland | — |
|---|---|
| Food/Drink | — |
| Verbal Formulae | — |
| Ritual Acts | — |
| Familiars | — |
| Shape Changing | — |
|---|---|
| Dreams/Visions | — |
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | — |
| Sympathetic Magic | — |
| Riding Dead | — |
Notes: The Devil told her to heal a man by laying a black caird under his door. The Devil supplied the black caird. She said that she didn't keep the kirk regularly and that was why the Devil came to her.
Ritual Objects
- Caird
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 | — |
- Charming
- Sorcery
| Name | Title | Involvement | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Burnet | Mr | Investigator | |
| William Colville | Mr | Investigator | |
| William Dalgleish | Mr | Investigator | |
| George Leslie | Mr | Investigator | |
| Andrew Ramsay | Mr | Investigator | |
| James Scobie | Witch-pricker | ||
| Andrew White | Investigator |
| Source | Reference | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| SJC | v3, p. 610-613 | same as NAS JC2/8 pp. 347-349 |
| Books of Adjournal | JC2/8 pp. 347-349 | |
| Process Notes | JC26/13 Bundle D item 1 | |
| Process Notes | JC26/13 Bundle D item 2 | |
| Process Notes | JC26/13 bundle D, item3 |
Trials (1)
| Trial Ref | Date | Year | Verdict | Sentence | Execution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T/LA/37 | 29/12/1643 | 1643 | Yes |
Case Notes
She was questioned at least three times. She was tried with Margaret Lauder. It seems that Barker was arrested first and implicated Lauder (who had brought Barker cake while in prison). Lauder said that Barker had been imprisoned four years earlier for fornication.