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Agnes Finnie, witchEdinburgh widow who was tried, convicted and executed for witchcraft.
Agnes SampsonScottish midwife, cunning woman and healer; central figure in the North Berwick witch trials.
Alison Pearson, witchScottish woman found guilty of sorcery, witchcraft and invoking the spirits of the Devil in 1588, then strangled and burned.
Allison BalfourThe 1594 trial of alleged witch Allison Balfour is one of the most frequently cited Scottish witchcraft cases.
Barbara Napier, witchWoman accused of witchcraft and conspiracy to murder during the North Berwick witch trials.
Beatrix LeslieScottish midwife executed in 1661 for using witchcraft to cause the collapse of a coal pit, killing two girls.
Bute witchesSix Scottish women accused of witchcraft on Bute during the Great Scottish Witch Hunt of 1661–1662.
Elspeth ReochScottish woman who confessed to witchcraft and deceiving islanders by pretending she was mute.
Euphame MacCalzeanWealthy Scottish heiress and member of the gentry convicted of witchcraft. A key figure in the North Berwick witchcraft trials of 1590–1591.
Geillis Duncan, witchYoung Scottish maidservant suspected of witchcraft by her employer in November 1590. After being tortured, the initial testimony she gave led to the start of the North Berwick witch trials.
Isobel GowdieScottish woman accused of witchcraft in 1662 and probably executed, whose detailed testimony provides one of the most comprehensive insights into European witchcraft folklore at the end of the era of witch-hunts.
Isobel Young, witchScottish woman tried, convicted and executed for witchcraft in 1629. Her case gives an almost unrivalled glimpse into 17th-century proceedings in witch trials.
Janet HorneAlleged name of the last person to be executed for witchcraft in the British Isles, in 1727.
Janet Kennedy, visionaryJanet or Jonet Kennedy from Redden or Reydon was a Scottish visionary involved in the North Berwick witch trials of 1590–1593.
Jean Maxwell, sorceressScottish cunning woman convicted of pretending to practise witchcraft
Jean WeirScottish woman tried for witchcraft and incest, executed on 12 April 1670.
Jonet Rendall, witchOrcadian woman executed for witchcraft in 1629.
Lilias Adie, witchElderly Torryburn woman who died after confessing to witchcraft; her face was reconstructed from photos of her skull.
Margaret Aitken, the great witch of Balwearie Pivotal figure in the great Scottish witchcraft panic of 1597.
Margaret Henderson, Lady PittadroMember of the Scottish elite who was accused then incarcerated for witchcraft in 1649, but died before her case went to trial.
Paisley witchesAlso known as the Bargarran witches or the Renfrewshire witches, were tried in Paisley, Renfrewshire, central Scotland, in 1697.
Pittenweem witchesFive Scottish women accused of witchcraft in the small fishing village of Pittenweem in Fife on the east coast of Scotland in 1704.
Scottish woman accused of witchcraft in 1662 and probably executed, whose detailed testimony provides one of the most comprehensive insights into European witchcraft folklore at the end of the era of witch-hunts.
Five Scottish women accused of witchcraft in the small fishing village of Pittenweem in Fife on the east coast of Scotland in 1704.
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Scottish woman found guilty and executed for witchcraft and associating with fairies.