trial of Agnes Sampson

Scottish witch trial
Event witch_trial Q43405086
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trial of Agnes Sampson

Summary

trial of Agnes Sampson is a witch trial[1].

Key Facts

  • trial of Agnes Sampson is in the country of United Kingdom[2].
  • trial of Agnes Sampson's instance of is recorded as witch trial[3].
  • trial of Agnes Sampson's instance of is recorded as central trial[4].
  • trial of Agnes Sampson's location is recorded as Edinburgh[5].
  • trial of Agnes Sampson's point in time is recorded as +1591-01-21T00:00:00Z[6].
  • trial of Agnes Sampson's significant event is recorded as confession by suspect[7].
  • trial of Agnes Sampson's defendant is recorded as Agnes Sampsoune[8].
  • trial of Agnes Sampson's prosecutor is recorded as David MacGill[9].
  • trial of Agnes Sampson's judge is recorded as William White[10].
  • trial of Agnes Sampson's charge is recorded as witchcraft[11].
  • trial of Agnes Sampson's first line is recorded as Pretrial notes: Mega-confession where she denied the demonic elements and confessed to folk healing. She denied all the North Berwick stuff, but eventually confessed to it, the questioning took place over a week, but the document is not in good condition and the date is destroyed. She was confronted with other suspects on the 15 January but can't read the year, probably 1591. She was confronted with Gellie Duncan and Jonat Campbel.[12].
  • trial of Agnes Sampson's significant person is recorded as Jonet Fairlie[13].
  • trial of Agnes Sampson's significant person is recorded as Ersche Marioun[14].
  • trial of Agnes Sampson's significant person is recorded as Johnne Gordoun[15].
  • trial of Agnes Sampson's significant person is recorded as Robert Grierson[16].
  • trial of Agnes Sampson's significant person is recorded as Katherine Gray[17].
  • trial of Agnes Sampson's significant person is recorded as Marioun Linkup[18].
  • trial of Agnes Sampson's significant person is recorded as Linkup[19].
  • trial of Agnes Sampson's significant person is recorded as wife of Nicoll Murray[20].
  • trial of Agnes Sampson's significant person is recorded as Jonet Gaw[21].
  • trial of Agnes Sampson's significant person is recorded as Anny Rycheson[22].
  • trial of Agnes Sampson's significant person is recorded as wife of John Ramsay[23].
  • trial of Agnes Sampson's significant person is recorded as Issobell Gylour[24].
  • trial of Agnes Sampson's significant person is recorded as Bessie Wrycht[25].
  • trial of Agnes Sampson's significant person is recorded as Catherine Duncane[26].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  8. [9] . Survey of Scottish Witchcraft database. wikidata.org.
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  25. [26] . witches.shca.ed.ac.uk. witches.shca.ed.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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