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MISCELLANY XIII
Robert, erle of Louthiane2 Thomas, Lord Bynnie, secretar etc3
Mr Johnne Prestoun, president4 my lord of Kildrumie5
My Lord Fostersait6 my lord clerk of register7
my lord justice clerk8 Sir William Oliphant of Newton9
my lord of Medope10 Sir James Skene of Curriehill11
Sir William Hart of Preston, justice12
Intrantes
Geillis Johnestoun, relict of umquhile Johnne Duncane in Mussilburgh,
dilaitit of dyvers pointis of witchcraft and consultatioun with witches at
lenth set doun in hir dittay following producet aganis hir.
Perseweris
Robert Strauchane, burges of Mussilburgh
Johnne Vemour, burges thair
Robert Douglas, portioner of Inveresk, procurator fischall
Mr Thomas Wilsoun, advocat13, thair prelocutor
Prelocutoris for the pannell
Mr Alexander King, advocat1
1 James Law, bishop of Orkney, 1605-15; archbishop of Glasgow, 1615-32.
2 Robert Kerr, second earl of Lothian, 1609-24. His brothers and sisters attributed his
suicide in 1624 to the malice of witches, a reminder of the ubiquitous role that witches
played as scapegoats. See RPC, xiii, 453n, and 2nd ser. ii, 442,624.
3 Thomas Hamilton, originally of Drumcaim. Lord Binning, 1613; earl of Melrose, 1619
(he exchanged this title for that of Haddington in 1626); king’s advocate, 1596-1612;
clerk register, 1612; secretary, 1612-27; privy seal, 1627-37; a lord of session, 1592;
president of the court, 1616-26.
4 A lord of session in 1595, president of the court, 1609-16.
5 Alexander Elphinstone, Master of Elphinstone, later fifth lord (1638-48). He was a lord
of session, but when his tenure began and ended is unknown.
6 Sir Alexander Hay of Fosterseat, a lord of session, 1604-29.
7 Sir Alexander Hay of Newton and Whitburgh, clerk register, 1612-16, a lord of session
1610-16.
8 Sir John Cockbum of Ormiston, justice clerk, 1591-1623, a lord of session, 1588-1623.
9 He was king’s advocate, 1612-28, a lord of session, 1611 -26.
10 Sir Alexander Drummond of Medhope, a lord of session, 1608-19.
11 A lord of session in 1612, president of the court, 1626-33.
12 He was king’s advocate, 1594-96, justice depute, circa 1598-1617. As justice depute,
Hart would have been the principal judge had this case been tried in the justice court. He
had previously tried a number of witches in the justice court. He was also actively
involved in investigating witches: see for example RPC, viii, 322.
13 He was admitted as an advocate in 1586, and was the son-in-law of Archbishop Patrick
Adamson.
MISCELLANY XIII
Robert, erle of Louthiane2 Thomas, Lord Bynnie, secretar etc3
Mr Johnne Prestoun, president4 my lord of Kildrumie5
My Lord Fostersait6 my lord clerk of register7
my lord justice clerk8 Sir William Oliphant of Newton9
my lord of Medope10 Sir James Skene of Curriehill11
Sir William Hart of Preston, justice12
Intrantes
Geillis Johnestoun, relict of umquhile Johnne Duncane in Mussilburgh,
dilaitit of dyvers pointis of witchcraft and consultatioun with witches at
lenth set doun in hir dittay following producet aganis hir.
Perseweris
Robert Strauchane, burges of Mussilburgh
Johnne Vemour, burges thair
Robert Douglas, portioner of Inveresk, procurator fischall
Mr Thomas Wilsoun, advocat13, thair prelocutor
Prelocutoris for the pannell
Mr Alexander King, advocat1
1 James Law, bishop of Orkney, 1605-15; archbishop of Glasgow, 1615-32.
2 Robert Kerr, second earl of Lothian, 1609-24. His brothers and sisters attributed his
suicide in 1624 to the malice of witches, a reminder of the ubiquitous role that witches
played as scapegoats. See RPC, xiii, 453n, and 2nd ser. ii, 442,624.
3 Thomas Hamilton, originally of Drumcaim. Lord Binning, 1613; earl of Melrose, 1619
(he exchanged this title for that of Haddington in 1626); king’s advocate, 1596-1612;
clerk register, 1612; secretary, 1612-27; privy seal, 1627-37; a lord of session, 1592;
president of the court, 1616-26.
4 A lord of session in 1595, president of the court, 1609-16.
5 Alexander Elphinstone, Master of Elphinstone, later fifth lord (1638-48). He was a lord
of session, but when his tenure began and ended is unknown.
6 Sir Alexander Hay of Fosterseat, a lord of session, 1604-29.
7 Sir Alexander Hay of Newton and Whitburgh, clerk register, 1612-16, a lord of session
1610-16.
8 Sir John Cockbum of Ormiston, justice clerk, 1591-1623, a lord of session, 1588-1623.
9 He was king’s advocate, 1612-28, a lord of session, 1611 -26.
10 Sir Alexander Drummond of Medhope, a lord of session, 1608-19.
11 A lord of session in 1612, president of the court, 1626-33.
12 He was king’s advocate, 1594-96, justice depute, circa 1598-1617. As justice depute,
Hart would have been the principal judge had this case been tried in the justice court. He
had previously tried a number of witches in the justice court. He was also actively
involved in investigating witches: see for example RPC, viii, 322.
13 He was admitted as an advocate in 1586, and was the son-in-law of Archbishop Patrick
Adamson.
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| Description | Edinburgh: Printed for the Scottish History Society by Lothian Print, 2004. Scottish History Society ; 5th ser., v. 14. Contents: Eight thirteenth-century texts / edited by W.W. Scott -- Dunfermline gild court book, 1433-1597: missing folios / edited by E. Patricia Dennison -- A memorandum on the customs, 1597 / edited by Athol L. Murray -- The trial of Geillis Johnstone for witchcraft, 1614 / edited by Michael B. Wasser & Louise A. Yeoman -- An early seventeenth-century Scottish conversion narrative / edited by David G. Mullan -- Fiscal Feudalism in seventeenth-century Scotland / edited by Julian M. Goodare -- Witchcraft cases from the register of commissioners of the privy council of Scotland, 1630-1642 / edited by Louise A. Yeoman -- John Hay, earl of Tweeddale, 'Relatione of the wrangs done to the Ladie Yester, 1683' / edited by Maurice Lee, Jr -- Colin Maclaurin's Journal of the 'Forty-five / edited by Bruce A. Hedman. |
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