The Witch-Cult in Western Europe/Appendix III

by Margaret Alice Murray

 

APPENDIX III

 

A. NAMES OF WITCHES IN COVENS

1
1440. Machecoul
[Three were executed; of four equally guilty two fled, and two had died previously.]
1.	Antonio Prelati	8.	Henri Griart [executed]
2.	Bertrand Poulein	9.	Jean Rossignol [dead]
3.	Etienne Corrillaut [executed]	10.	Lenano Ceva
4.	Etiennette Blanchu	11.	Perrine Martin
5.	Eustache Blanchet	12.	Robin Romulart [dead]
6.	Gilles de Rais [executed]	13.	Roger de Bricqueville [fled]
7.	Gilles de Sillé [fled]
2
1582. Essex. St. Osyth
1.	Ales Hunt	8.	Elizabeth Ewstace
2.	Ales Manfield	9.	Joan Pechey
3.	Ales Newman	10.	Joan Robinson
4.	Annis Glascocke	11.	Margaret Grevell
5.	Annys Heade	12.	Margery Sammon
6.	Cysley Celles	13.	Ursley Kemp
7.	Elizabeth Bennet
3
1590. North Berwick
[Those marked with a star are the nine who took part in the great attempt on James VI's life. Of these four were tried and executed. Of the rest of the Covens, Christian Tod, Donald Robson, and Robert Grierson were executed as witches in 1594, and Beigis Tod in 1608. The others appear to have escaped altogether.]
*1, 2.	Agnes Sampson and her	33.	John Couper
	daughter	*34.	John Fian [officer]
3.	Agnes Stratton	35.	John Gordon [Gray-meill]
4.	Alexander Quhytelaw	36.	John McGill
5.	Annie Richardson	37.	Kaet Gray
*6.	Barbara Napier	38.	Kait Wallace
7.	Beigis Tod	39.	Malie Geddie
8.	Bessie Broune	40.	Margrett Aitchison
9.	Bessie Gwlene [Cowan]	41.	Meg Begton
10.	Bessie Robson	42.	Meg Dunn
11.	Bessie Thomson	43.	Meg Stillcart
12.	Bessie Wright	*44.	Margret Thomsoun
13.	Catherine Campbell	45.	Marion Bailzie
14.	Catherine Duncan	46.	Marion Congilton
15.	Catherene McGill	47, 48.	Marion Linkup and her
16.	Christian Carrington		sister
17.	Christian Tod	49.	Marion Nicholson
*18.	Donald Robson	50.	Marion Paterson
19.	Duncan Buchanan	51.	Marion Scheill [Shaw]
*20.	Euphemia McCalyan	52.	Marion … [Irish Marion]
21.	Geillis Duncan	53.	Masie Aitchison
22.	Gilbert McGill	54.	Michael Clark
23.	Helen Lauder	55.	Richard Graham
24.	Helen Quhyte	*56.	Robert Grierson
25.	Issobell Gylour [Gylloun]	57, 58.	Thomas Burnhill and his
26.	Issobell Lauder		wife
27.	Jannet Blandilands	59, 60.	… Stobbeis [2 women]
28.	Jonnet Campbell	61.	Archie Henillis' wife
29.	Jonet Gaw [Gall]	*62.	George Mott's wife
30.	Jonet Logan	63.	John Ramsay's wife
31.	Jonet Nicholson	64.	Nicoll Murray's wife
*32.	Jonet Stratton
4
1597. Aberdeen
1
[The following were executed.]
1.	Andro Man	8.	Jonet Wishert
2.	Christen Reid	9.	Katherine Gerard
3.	Issobell Oige	10.	Margrat Bean
4.	Issobell Richie	11.	Margrat Og
5.	Helen Rogie	12.	Marion Grant
6.	Jonet Grant	13.	Thomas Leyis [officer]
7.	Jonet Spaldarg
2
[The following took a leading part in the ceremonies and were tried; seven were banished; no record as to the fate of the rest.]
1.	Agnes Wobster	8.	Helen Fraser
2.	Beatrice Robbie [banished]	9.	John Leyis [banished]
3.	Bessie Thom	10.	Jonet Davidson [banished]
4.	Christen Mitchell	11.	Jonet Leyis [banished]
5.	Ellen Gray	12.	Jonet Lucas [banished]
6.	Elspet Leyis [banished]	13.	Violet Leyis [banished]
7.	Issobel Coky
5
1613. Lancashire
[Ten were executed; Elizabeth Demdike died in prison; Jennet Preston was acquitted, but was executed later. I suggest Jennet Hargreaves as the thirteenth, for she was the only one who was first at Malking Tower and afterwards in prison.]
1.	Alice Nutter	8.	James Device
2.	Alizon Device	9.	Jane Bulcock
3.	Anne Redferne	10.	Jennet Hargreaves
4.	Anne Whittle	11.	Jennet Preston
5.	Elizabeth Demdike [officer]	12.	John Bulcock
6.	Elizabeth Device	13.	Katherine Hewit
7.	Isobel Robey
6
1617. Guernsey
1.	Collas Becquet	6.	The woman Hardie
2.	Collette du Mont [officer]	7.	A woman she did not know
3.	Isabel Becquet	8-13.	Six others there she did
4.	Marie Becquet		not know
5.	The woman Fallaise
7
1644. Queensferry
[Seven were executed.]
1.	Catherine Logie	8.	Janet Mowbray
2.	Catherine Thomson	9.	Margaret Brown
3.	Elspet Cant	10.	Margaret Dauline
4.	Helen Hill	11.	Marion Dauline
5.	Helen Thomson	12.	Marion Little
6.	Isobel Young	13.	Marion Stein
7.	Janet Lowrie
8
1649. Herts. St. Albans
1.	Anne Smith	8.	Judeth Salmon
2.	John Lamen Sʳ.	9.	Mary Bychance
3.	John Lamen Jʳ.	10.	Mary Lamen, Sʳ
4.	John [? Joan] Lamen	11.	Mary Lamen, Jʳ
5.	John Palmer	12.	Sarah Smith
6.	John Salmon, Sʳ	13.	Widow Palmer
7.	Joseph Salmon
9
1658. Alloa
1.	Barbara Erskin	8.	Jonet Reid
2.	Bessie Paton	9.	Kathren Black
3.	Elspet Black	10.	Kathren Renny
4.	James Hudston	11.	Margret Demperstoun
5.	James Kirk	12.	Margret Duchall
6.	Jonet Millar	13.	Margret Tailzeour
7.	Jonet Paterson
10
1661. Forfar
[The two Covens were led, one by Helen Guthrie, the other by Helen Cothills. I have put in the first Coven the names which occur most frequently together.]
1
1.	Agnes Sparke	8.	Isobel Shyrie
2.	Andrew Watson	9.	John Tailzeour
3.	Elspet Alexander	10.	Jonet Howit
4.	Elspet Bruce	11.	Jonet Stout
5.	Helen Alexander	12.	Katherene Portour
6.	Helen Guthrie [officer]	13.	Mary Rynd
7.	Isobel Dorward
2
1.	Bessie Croket	5.	Isobel Smith
2.	Christen Whyte	6.	Jonet Barrie
3.	George Ellies	7.	Katharene Wallace
4.	Helen Cothills [officer]	8.	Margaret Nicholl
9.	Marjorie Ritchie	12, 13.	Two unnamed women
10.	… Finlason		mentioned by Katharene
11.	… Hebrone		Portour.
11
1662. Auldearne
1.	Barbara Ronald	8.	Janet Burnet
2.	Bessie Hay	9.	John Taylor
3.	Bessie Wilson	10.	John Young [officer]
4.	Elspet Nishie	11.	Jean Marten [the Maiden]
5.	Issobell Gowdie	12.	Margery Brodie
6.	Issobell Nicoll	13.	Margret Wilson
7.	Janet Breadheid
12
1662. Kinross-shire. Crook of Devon
1.	Agnes Brugh	8.	Janet Brugh
2.	Agnes Murie	9.	Janet Paton (of Crook)
3.	Agnes Pittendreich	10.	Janet Paton (of Kilduff)
4.	Bessie Henderson	11.	Margaret Huggon
5.	Bessie Neil	12.	Margaret Litster
6.	Christian Grieve	13.	Robert Wilson
7.	Isabel Rutherford
13
1662. Hartford, Conn.
[Though the published records are incomplete, the number of names surviving suggests that a Coven existed here.]
1.	Andrew Sanford	7.	Rebecca Greensmith
2.	Elizabeth Seager	8.	William Ayres
3.	James Walkley	9.	Goodwife Ayres
4.	Judith Varlet	10.	Goodwife Grant
5.	Mary Sanford	11.	Goodwife Palmer
6.	Nathaniel Greensmith	12.	Goodwife Sanford
14
1662. Bute
1.	Agnes … in Gortenis	11.	Issobell NcNicoll
2.	Annie Heyman [the Maiden]	12.	Jonet McConachie
3.	Cirstine Ballantyne [the	13.	Jonet McNeill
	Maiden]	14.	Jonet McNickell
4.	Donald McCartour	15.	Jonet Isack
5.	Elspet Galie	16.	Jonet Morison
6.	Elspeth Gray	17.	Jonet Nicoll
7.	Elspet NcWilliam	18.	John Galy
8.	Elspeth Spence	19.	Kathrine Cristell
9.	Issobell More McKaw	20.	Kathrine Frissell
10.	Issobell NcNeill	21.	Kathrine McWilliam
22.	Kathrine Moore	28.	Margaret NcWilliam
23.	Kathrine Stewart	29.	Margaret Smith
24.	Margaret McNeill	30.	Marie McKaw
25.	Margaret McNickell	31.	Marie More NcCuill
26.	Margaret Ncilduy	32.	Marie Stewart
27.	Margaret NcLevin	33.	Patrick McKaw
[Besides eleven other incomplete names, of which five can be identified as being already mentioned above, leaving six to add to that number, i.e. thirty-nine in all.]
15
1664. Somerset
[In the first Coven I have put the names which occur most frequently together in the evidence.]
1
1.	Alice Duke	8.	Elizabeth Stile
2.	Alice Green	9.	Henry Walter
3.	Anne Bishop [officer]	10.	Jone Syms
4.	Catharine Green	11.	Mary Green
5.	Christian Green	12.	Mary Penny
6.	Dinah Warberton	13.	Mary Warberton
7.	Dorothy Warberton
2
1.	Christopher Ellen	8.	Rachel King
2.	James Bush	9.	Richard Dickes
3.	John Combes	10.	Richard Lannen
4.	John Vining	11.	Thomas Bolster
5.	Julian Cox	12.	Thomas Dunning
6.	Margaret agar [officer?]	13.	… Durnford
7.	Margaret Clarke
16
1673. Northumberland
1.	Anne Driden	8.	Margarett (whose surname she
2.	Anne Foster		knowes not)
3.	Anne Usher	9.	Michael Aynsley
4.	Elizabeth Pickering	10.	William Wright
5.	John Crauforth	11-13.	And three more, whose
6.	Lucy Thompson		names she knowes not
7.	Margaret Aynsley
17
1697. Renfrewshire. Bargarran
1.	Agnes Naismith	8.	John Reid
2.	Alexander Anderson	9.	Katherine Campbel
3.	James Lindsay	10.	Margaret Fulton
4.	Janet Rodgers	11.	Margaret Laing
5.	Janet Wagh	12.	Margaret Rodgers
6.	Jean Fulton [officer]	13.	Martha Semple
7.	John Lindsay