Bibliography

Sources used in compiling the Survey of Scottish Witchcraft database.

Manuscript Sources: Secular

National Archives of Scotland (NAS)

Court of Justiciary records: JC2/1–17, JC3/1–21, JC10/1–6, JC10/15, JC10/4–5, JC11/1–9, JC12/1–5, JC13/1–7, JC17/1, JC26/9–10, JC26/12–13, JC26/24–28, JC26/34–36, JC26/38, JC26/40, JC26/47–54, JC26/62–63, JC26/70–71, JC26/80–81, JC26/86–88, JC26/89b, JC26/90, JC26/92, JC26/94, JC26/113–116, JC40, JC49/10

Justice of the Peace records: All JP indexes, JP3/2/1–3, JP35/4

Privy Council records: PC1/47, PC1/48, PC1/50, PC1/51, PC1/52, PC1/53, PA11/8, PA11/9

NAS indexes for High Court and Justiciary Records with various date ranges (1537–1785)

National Library of Scotland

Advocates' MS 31.3.10 (Privy Council register of commissions)

Orkney Archives

JP and SC records spanning 1658–1799

Manuscript Sources: Ecclesiastical

Presbytery Records

Held at NAS unless otherwise noted. Extensive listings from Aberdeen through Wigtown, including records from: Aberdeen, Aberlour, Abernethy, Abertarff, Arbroath, Auchterarder, Ayr, Biggar, Brechin, and dozens of additional Scottish locations, with references to holdings at Orkney Archives, Ayrshire Archives, Stirling Council Archives, St Andrews University Library, and Glasgow City Archives.

Kirk Session Records

Comprehensive collection spanning from Aberdour through Yester, representing parish-level ecclesiastical documents held at various repositories including NAS, local council archives, and university libraries.

Other Manuscript Sources

  • Aberdeen City Archives: Witchcraft records (Press 18/64, nos. 4 & 6)
  • Glasgow City Archives: Pollok Papers (T-PM 107/14/7–8)
  • Dundee City Archives: Burgh Court Books (vols. 29, 31, 32, 34) and Treasurer's Accounts (vol. 3, 1646–96)
  • Ayr Archives/Ayrshire Archives: Court Books (B/37/11/1–2, B6/12/13)
  • Orkney Archives: Marwick Papers (D31/4/3–4)

Printed Primary Sources

Parliamentary and Legal Records

  • Thomson, T. and Innes, C. (eds.). Acts of Parliament of Scotland. Volumes 3, 6 (parts 1–2), 7. London, 1814–75.
  • Pryde, G.S. (ed.). Ayr Burgh Accounts, 1534–1624. Scottish History Society, Edinburgh, 1937.
  • Boyd, W.K. (ed.). Calendar of State Papers Relating to Scotland and Mary Queen of Scots, 1547–1603. Volumes 3–9. Edinburgh, 1936.
  • Barclay, R.S. (ed.). Court Books of Orkney and Shetland, 1612–1613. Kirkwall, 1962.
  • Barclay, R.S. (ed.). Court Books of Orkney and Shetland, 1614–1615. Scottish History Society, Edinburgh, 1967.
  • Donaldson, G. (ed.). The Court Book of Shetland, 1602–1604. Scottish Record Society, Edinburgh, 1954.
  • Donaldson, G. (ed.). Court Book of Shetland, 1615–1629. Lerwick, 1991.

Geographical and Historical References

  • Groome, F.H. Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical, and Historical. Volumes 1–6. Edinburgh, 1885.

Specialised Collections

  • Macphail, J.R.N. (ed.). Highland Papers. Volume 3. Scottish History Society, Edinburgh, 1920.
  • Scott-Moncreiff, W.G. (ed.). Justiciary Records, Volume II 1669–1673. Scottish History Society, Edinburgh, 1905.
  • Cameron, J. (ed.). Justiciary Records of Argyll and the Isles, Volume 1, 1664–1705. Stair Society, Edinburgh, 1949.
  • Miscellany of the Maitland Club. Volume II, Part I: Acts and Statutes of the Lawting Sheriff and Justice Courts within Orkney and Zetland, 1602–1644. Edinburgh, 1840.
  • Stuart, J. (ed.). Miscellany of the Spalding Club. Volumes 1, 4 & 5. Aberdeen, 1841–52.
  • Maidment, J. (ed.). Miscellany of the Spottiswoode Society. Volume 2. Edinburgh, 1844–5.
  • Pitcairn, R. (ed.). Criminal Trials in Scotland. 3 volumes. Bannatyne Club, Edinburgh, 1833.
  • Mitchell, A.F. and Christie, J. (eds.). Records of the Commissioners of the General Assemblies of the Church of Scotland, 1646–1647. Volume 1. Scottish History Society, Edinburgh, 1892–1909.
  • Stuart, J. et al. (eds.). Rotuli Scaccarii Regum Scotorum: The Exchequer Rolls of Scotland. Volume XX. Edinburgh, 1899–1908.
  • Gillon, S.A. (ed.). Selected Justiciary Cases. Volume I. Stair Society, Edinburgh, 1953.
  • Smith, J.I. (ed.). Selected Justiciary Cases. Volume II. Stair Society, Edinburgh, 1972.
  • Smith, J.I. (ed.). Selected Justiciary Cases. Volume III. Stair Society, Edinburgh, 1974.
  • Alexander, W., Earl of Stirling (ed.). The Earl of Stirling's Register of Royal Letters Relative to Affairs of Scotland and Nova Scotia from 1615 to 1635. Volume 2. Edinburgh, 1885.

Secondary Sources and Reference Works

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  • Concise Scots Dictionary. Aberdeen, 1987.
  • Dennison, W.T. and Marwick, E.W. Orkney Folklore and Traditions. Kirkwall, 1961.
  • Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (DOST).
  • Hanks, P. and Hodges, F. Dictionary of First Names. Oxford, 1990.
  • Larner, C. et al. A Source Book of Scottish Witchcraft. SSRC project, Department of Sociology, University of Glasgow, 1977.
  • Leach, M. (ed.). Funk & Wagnall's Standard Dictionary of Folklore, Mythology and Legend. New York, 1949.
  • Scott, H. (ed.). Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae: The Succession of Ministers in the Church of Scotland from the Reformation. Edinburgh, 1915–28.
  • Sinclair, J. (ed.). The Statistical Account of Scotland, 1791–1799. Edinburgh, 1791–99.
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  • Thompson, S. Motif Index of Folk Literature. Copenhagen, 1958.