Trial Details
T/LA/602 Margaret Burges
- Name of the accused
- Margaret Burges
- Associated case
- C/EGD/1058 (27/1/1629)
- Trial process type
- Local Court
1563-1736
By Julian Goodare, Lauren Martin, Joyce Miller and Louise Yeoman, January 2003
associated trials | ||||
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trial reference | accused | trial type | trial year | trial place |
no recorded trials |
commissions | ||||
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commission body | type | date | seal | notes |
Privy Council | Justiciary | 25/11/1628 | signet | A copy of the commission exists in JC26. |
previous commissions | ||||
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commission body | date | |||
no recorded prior commission |
appeals | ||
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central authority | reason | appeal date |
no recorded appeals |
complaints | |||||
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type | date of complaint | lodged at | appeal date | complainent | involvement |
no recorded complaints |
move to higher legal authority | |
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moved to | date of move |
no recorded move to higher legal authority |
denunciations | |
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denuncation date | dated |
12/10/1628 | Kirk of Cramond |
imprisonments | ||||
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incarceration date | central trial imprison | prison | location | moving |
no recorded imprisonments |
tortures | |
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date of torture | torture type |
no recorded tortures |
ordeals | |
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date of ordeal | ordeal type |
22/12/1628 | Pricking |
confessions | |||
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central trial confession | date | location | notes |
no recorded confessions |
persons associated with the trial | ||||||
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name | title | office | occupation | involvement | witchpricker? | notes |
William Adamson | of Craignooke | None | None | Prosecutor | no | Also recorded as Mr of Graycruik. Involved in cases in 1628-9. |
David Prymrois | Mr | None | advocate | Prosecutor | no | Involved in cases and trials in 1628-9, 1632 and 1639. Name might also be spelled Primrose. |
John Dunlop | Mr | None | advocate | Prosecutor | no | Involved in trial in 1629. |
David MacGill | Mr | None | advocate | Defence | no | Involved in cases in 1586, 1590-1, 1593, 1614 and 1628-9. |
Jean Bodin | None | None | Author | Cited authority | no | Noted political writer who wrote a much used book on demonology. Cited in 1629 and 1645. |
other named witches | ||
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name | trial link | accused link |
Elspeth Baird | T/LA/603 | A/EGD/1048 |
mentioned as a witch | ||||||
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type | name | mention date | fate | linked trialdate | trial link | notes |
no mentions |