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Witchcraft Investigation of Isobell Eliot

Case of Isobell Eliot

Historical event recorded in 16th-18th century Scotland.

Statements about Witchcraft Investigation of Isobell Eliot

Main Subject

Instance Of

Witchcraft Investigation

Has Characteristic

Pact with the Devil
Including
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Anti-Baptism
Sourcing Circumstances
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Allegedly
Pact with the Devil
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New Name
Sourcing Circumstances
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Allegedly
Pact with the Devil
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Sex with the Devil
Sourcing Circumstances
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Allegedly
Pact with the Devil
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Head and Foot
Sourcing Circumstances
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Allegedly
Witches' Sabbath
Sourcing Circumstances
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Allegedly
Location
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House
Witches' Sabbath
Including
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Devil
Sourcing Circumstances
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Allegedly
Fairy
Including
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Water Well
Sourcing Circumstances
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Allegedly
Represents
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Folklore Motif

Participant

17 items
Adam Cockburn, Lord Ormiston
George Cockburn of Ormiston
John Sinclair of Ormiston
Robert Spottiswoode
John Makmath
Object of Statement Has Role
:
Investigator

Significant Event

Point in Time

9/23/1678

Start Time

9/23/1678

End Time

9/30/1678

Including

Demonic
Fairy
Maleficium
Implicated by Another
Not Enough Information
Has Characteristic
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Primary Characteristic

Quotation or Excerpt

Devil type: Male, Described as first he kissed her, he didn't lay with her immediately because she was pregnant. He lay with her after she was kirked (i.e. lying in period). He rebaptised her and three others by a 'waff' of his hand across their faces. Helen Laying and the Devil laid hands on her for the renunciation of her baptism. Lots of witches at the meetings and a flaming fire 'Devil gave them a kind of sacrament and preached among them and blasphemed God'.
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Allegedly
Represents
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Devil

Described by Source

Register of the Privy Council of Scotland
Series Ordinal
:3
Volume
:6
Page(s)
:627-629
Collection
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National Records of Scotland
URL
:bug2: http://wikiba.se/ontology#Url
Unnamed
:bug: P9570
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Isobell Eliot
Unnamed
:bug: P459
Age of Subject at Event
: 27 years old
John Pringle
Object of Statement Has Role
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Investigator
Robert Hepburn
Object of Statement Has Role
:
Investigator
David Hepburn
James Grierson
Trial of Isobell Eliot
William Cuningham
George Moodie
Object of Statement Has Role
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Investigator
John Belshes
William Baillie of Lamington
William Borthwick
Robert Cockburn
James Cockburn of Pencaitland
Object of Statement Has Role
:
Investigator
James Calderwood
Object of Statement Has Role
:
Investigator