trial of Martha Sempell

Scottish witch trial
Event witch_trial Q43403317
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trial of Martha Sempell

Summary

trial of Martha Sempell is a witch trial[1].

Key Facts

  • trial of Martha Sempell is in the country of United Kingdom[2].
  • trial of Martha Sempell's instance of is recorded as witch trial[3].
  • trial of Martha Sempell's instance of is recorded as mixed trial[4].
  • trial of Martha Sempell's location is recorded as Paisley[5].
  • trial of Martha Sempell's point in time is recorded as +1697-04-13T00:00:00Z[6].
  • trial of Martha Sempell's significant event is recorded as imprisonment[7].
  • trial of Martha Sempell's significant event is recorded as commission of justiciary[8].
  • trial of Martha Sempell's defendant is recorded as Martha Sempell[9].
  • trial of Martha Sempell's prosecutor is recorded as John Menzies[10].
  • trial of Martha Sempell's prosecutor is recorded as Sir James Stewart[11].
  • trial of Martha Sempell's prosecutor is recorded as Francis Grant[12].
  • trial of Martha Sempell's charge is recorded as witchcraft[13].
  • trial of Martha Sempell's first line is recorded as Pretrial notes: This case was under a Privy council commission (see PC1/51 p. 136-9) along with most of the people tried at the same time. There were other Renfrewshire witchcraft suspects tried at different places and times. I am keeping this as a mixed/central local because the Privy Council maintained very strict control over the proceedings, even though they granted a commission. For details of the proceedings of Privy Council in this matter see the no named witches case c/la/3235.[14].
  • trial of Martha Sempell's place of detention is recorded as Renfrew[15].
  • trial of Martha Sempell's connects with is recorded as trial of Agnes Naismith[16].
  • trial of Martha Sempell's connects with is recorded as trial of John Reid[17].
  • trial of Martha Sempell's connects with is recorded as trial of Angus Forrester[18].
  • trial of Martha Sempell's connects with is recorded as trial of Katherine Flowers[19].
  • trial of Martha Sempell's connects with is recorded as trial of Margaret Shearer[20].
  • trial of Martha Sempell's connects with is recorded as trial of Margaret McKillope[21].
  • trial of Martha Sempell's connects with is recorded as trial of Margaret Ewing[22].
  • trial of Martha Sempell's connects with is recorded as trial of William Miller[23].
  • trial of Martha Sempell's connects with is recorded as The Trial of John Stewart[24].
  • trial of Martha Sempell's connects with is recorded as trial of Margaret Cunninghame[25].
  • trial of Martha Sempell's Survey of Scottish Witchcraft - Trial ID is recorded as T/LA/1213[26].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  24. [25] . witches.shca.ed.ac.uk. witches.shca.ed.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [26] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

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