
Published online:
29 May 2014
Published in print:
01 January 2000
Online ISBN:
9781781380871
Print ISBN:
9780859896801
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The trial The trial
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The justiciary court The justiciary court
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The king's advocate The king's advocate
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Depositions Depositions
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Sentence Sentence
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The Accused The Accused
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John Fian John Fian
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Agnes Sampson Agnes Sampson
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The witches' conventions in the dittays of Fian and Sampson The witches' conventions in the dittays of Fian and Sampson
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Barbara Napier Barbara Napier
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The assize of error The assize of error
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The witches' convention in the assizers' dittays The witches' convention in the assizers' dittays
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Euphame MacCalzean Euphame MacCalzean
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Conclusion Conclusion
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Notes Notes
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The Trial of John Fian: 26 December 1590 The Trial of John Fian: 26 December 1590
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The Trial of Agnes Sampson: 27 January 1591 The Trial of Agnes Sampson: 27 January 1591
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The Trial of Barbara Napier: 8–10 May 1591 The Trial of Barbara Napier: 8–10 May 1591
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The Trial of Barbara Napier: 8 May 1591 The Trial of Barbara Napier: 8 May 1591
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Barbara Napier'S Trial Continued: 10 May 1591 Barbara Napier'S Trial Continued: 10 May 1591
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The Trial of Barbara Napier's Assizersfor Wilful Error: 7 June 1591 The Trial of Barbara Napier's Assizersfor Wilful Error: 7 June 1591
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The Trial of Euphame MacCalzean: 9–15 June 1591 The Trial of Euphame MacCalzean: 9–15 June 1591
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The Trial of Euphame Maccalzean 9 June 1591 The Trial of Euphame Maccalzean 9 June 1591
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Euphame Maccalzean's Trial Continued: 10 June 1591 Euphame Maccalzean's Trial Continued: 10 June 1591
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Euphame Maccalzean'S Trial Continued: 11 June 1591 Euphame Maccalzean'S Trial Continued: 11 June 1591
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Euphame Maccalzean's Trial Continued: 12 June 1591 Euphame Maccalzean's Trial Continued: 12 June 1591
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Euphame Maccalzean's Trial Continued: 15 June 1591 Euphame Maccalzean's Trial Continued: 15 June 1591
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Document Recording Evidence Against the Earl of Bothwell: date unknown Document Recording Evidence Against the Earl of Bothwell: date unknown
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List of the Earl of Bothwell's Assizers: 10 August 1593 List of the Earl of Bothwell's Assizers: 10 August 1593
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The Trial of the Earl of Bothwell: 10 August 1593 The Trial of the Earl of Bothwell: 10 August 1593
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Textual Notes to Documents 19 to 26 Textual Notes to Documents 19 to 26
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Document 19 Document 19
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Document 20 Document 20
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Document 21 Document 21
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Document 22 Document 22
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Document 23 Document 23
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Document 24 Document 24
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Document 25 Document 25
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Document 26 Document 26
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Chapter
8 Records of the Witchcraft Trials: Dittays
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Pages
203–289
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Published:January 2000
Cite
Normand, Lawrence, and Gareth Roberts, 'Records of the Witchcraft Trials: Dittays', Witchcraft in Early Modern Scotland: James' VI's Demonology and the North Berwick Witches (Liverpool , 2000; online edn, Liverpool Scholarship Online, 29 May 2014), https://doi.org/10.5949/liverpool/9780859896801.003.0011, accessed 28 Apr. 2025.
Abstract
This chapter presents the dittays of four people accused of witchcraft from December 1590 to June 1591, and were tried before the justiciary court in Endiburgh. The accused were John Fian, Agnes Sampson, Barbara Napier, and Euphame MacCalzean.
Keywords:
dittay, indictment, witch trials, John Fian, Agnes Sampson, Barbara Napier, Euphame MacCalzean
Subject
Modern History (1700 to 1945)
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