CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. The Editors vii
4. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ix
5. ABBREVIATIONS xi
6. INTRODUCTION 1
7. EDITORIAL CONVENTIONS 15
8. 1. Forfarshire Witches, 1568 17
9. 2. Sir William Stewart, Edinburgh, 1569 24
10. 3. Janet Boyman, Edinburgh, 1572 36
11. 3. Janet Boyman, Edinburgh, 1572 50
12. 5. Isobel Watson, Perthshire, 1590 55
13. 6. Marion McNab, Perthshire, 1590 65
14. 7. Dundee Witch, c.1591 72
15. 8. Barbara Napier, Edinburgh, 1591 76
16. 9. Earl of Bothwell, Edinburgh, 1593 93
17. 10. Margaret Crawford, Stirlingshire, 1596 105
18. 11. William Murray, Leith, 1599 109
19. 12. Janet Irvine, Orkney, 1616 112
20. 13. Christian Watson, Falkirk, 1622–1623 118
21. 14. Alexander Drummond, Auchterarder, 1628–1629 127
22. 15. Peebles Witches, 1629 184
23. 16. Michael Erskine, Newbattle, 1629–1630 192
24. 17. Stirling Witches, 1633 196
25. 18. Elizabeth Bathgate, Eyemouth, 1633–1634 219
26. 19. Barbara Bowndie, Orkney, 1643–1645 251
27. 20. Helen Clark, Newhaven, 1643–1645 265
28. 21. Marion Pardoun, Shetland, 1644 283
29. 22. Jean Craig, Tranent, 1649 296
30. 23. Inverkeithing Witches, 1649 325
31. 24. Janet Sawyer, Ayr, 1651–1652, 1658 330
32. 25. Margaret Beveridge and John Corse, Dysart, 1657–1658 348
33. 26. Three Lists of Witches, 1658–1659 355
34. 27. Alloa and Related Witches, Clackmannanshire, 1658–1661 370
35. 28. Dalkeith Witches, 1661 472
36. 29. John Kincaid, Haddingtonshire, 1662 497
37. 30. Magnus Laurenson, Shetland, 1674–1677 499
38. 31. Paisley Witches, 1677 504
39. 32. Haddingtonshire Witches, 1678 529
40. 33. Anna Wood, Linlithgowshire, 1694 557
41. 34. Janet Drysdale, Linlithgowshire, 1696 561
42. 35. Bargarran Witches, Renfrewshire, 1697 567
43. 36. Jean Brown, Wigtownshire, 1706 636
44. 37. Ratter Family, Shetland, 1708 651
45. 38. Margaret Watson, Shetland, 1724–1725 660
46. 38. Margaret Watson, Shetland, 1724–1725 665
47. INDEX OF PLACES 703
48. INDEX OF THEMES 711