She was executed on 13 October 1662 by strangling and burning at Lamblaires near Cruick Mill. The article names her as one of the eleven executed, and the other names are given in the record of the main trials. The name is spelled Grieve, Garvie or Greive in different sources.
Witchcraft
Christian Grieve, Acquitted and Then Reconvicted
Crook of Devon
July to October 1662
- Evidence
- Contemporary written record
- Access
- Access unrecorded
- Location
- 56.184, -3.558 (Sited to the village)
Sources: Women of Scotland, The eleven victims of the Crook of Devon witch trials in 1662 [other]; Hallyburton and Gordon, 'Feart Maidens': the witches of Perthshire, Tayside and Fife Archaeological Journal 27 [other]
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