Watt is one of the few men in the local entries. The listings are brief but they place named Douglas people in front of Privy Council commissions, which was the route by which trials of this kind were authorised. The names are given as they appear in the database in modern spellings.
Witchcraft
Witch Cases at Douglas, 1629 and 1650
Douglas
24 March 1629; 25 March 1650
- Evidence
- Contemporary written record
- Access
- Access unrecorded
- Location
- 55.557, -3.848 (Sited to the village)
Sources: Survey of Scottish Witchcraft, case C/EGD/1111 (Beatrix Crichtoun) [other]; Survey of Scottish Witchcraft, case C/EGD/1826 (Archibald Watt) [other]
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