trial of Elspeth Thomsone

Scottish witch trial
Event witch_trial Q43403264
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trial of Elspeth Thomsone

Summary

trial of Elspeth Thomsone is a witch trial[1].

Key Facts

  • trial of Elspeth Thomsone is in the country of United Kingdom[2].
  • trial of Elspeth Thomsone's instance of is recorded as witch trial[3].
  • trial of Elspeth Thomsone's instance of is recorded as mixed trial[4].
  • trial of Elspeth Thomsone's location is recorded as Dumfries[5].
  • trial of Elspeth Thomsone's point in time is recorded as +1671-05-15T00:00:00Z[6].
  • trial of Elspeth Thomsone's significant event is recorded as trial by ordeal[7].
  • trial of Elspeth Thomsone's significant event is recorded as denunciation[8].
  • trial of Elspeth Thomsone's significant event is recorded as imprisonment[9].
  • trial of Elspeth Thomsone's number of participants is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q122723812', 'amount': '+3'}[10].
  • trial of Elspeth Thomsone's number of participants is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q122723812', 'amount': '+5'}[11].
  • trial of Elspeth Thomsone's defendant is recorded as Elspeth Thomsone[12].
  • trial of Elspeth Thomsone's prosecutor is recorded as John Preston[13].
  • trial of Elspeth Thomsone's judge is recorded as Robert Maxwell[14].
  • trial of Elspeth Thomsone's charge is recorded as witchcraft[15].
  • trial of Elspeth Thomsone's penalty is recorded as capital punishment[16].
  • trial of Elspeth Thomsone's first line is recorded as Pretrial notes: The corpse bleeding ordeal was conducted unofficially. Witness statements were given on 23, 30 April 1671, 7 May 1671 and 13/5/1671. Janet Callen has supposedly lived with Elspeth before Callen was charged and executed for witchcraft. On 2 May 1671 she was summond to appear at Dumfries on 12 May 1671 for her trial.[17].
  • trial of Elspeth Thomsone's place of detention is recorded as Dumfries[18].
  • trial of Elspeth Thomsone's significant person is recorded as Jonet Miller[19].
  • trial of Elspeth Thomsone's significant person is recorded as Jennat Callen[20].
  • trial of Elspeth Thomsone's significant person is recorded as Janet Millar[21].
  • trial of Elspeth Thomsone's Survey of Scottish Witchcraft - Trial ID is recorded as T/LA/1161[22].
  • trial of Elspeth Thomsone's ordeal by is recorded as bierricht[23].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  3. [4] . witches.shca.ed.ac.uk. witches.shca.ed.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . witches.shca.ed.ac.uk. witches.shca.ed.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . witches.shca.ed.ac.uk. witches.shca.ed.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . witches.shca.ed.ac.uk. witches.shca.ed.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . witches.shca.ed.ac.uk. witches.shca.ed.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . witches.shca.ed.ac.uk. witches.shca.ed.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . witches.shca.ed.ac.uk. witches.shca.ed.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . witches.shca.ed.ac.uk. witches.shca.ed.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . Survey of Scottish Witchcraft database. wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . Survey of Scottish Witchcraft database. wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . witches.shca.ed.ac.uk. witches.shca.ed.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . witches.hca.ed.ac.uk. witches.hca.ed.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] . witches.shca.ed.ac.uk. witches.shca.ed.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] . witches.shca.ed.ac.uk. witches.shca.ed.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] . Survey of Scottish Witchcraft database. witches.shca.ed.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] . witches.shca.ed.ac.uk. witches.shca.ed.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

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