This week's poser, taken from the minutes of the barony court of Cockburnspath, 25 July 1651, asked you what Janet was accused of.
Answer: Janet was accused of blooding Marion Lyll spouse to James Keron the head w[i]t[h] the girthes of an horss.
Transcription
Q[uhi]lk day anent the bill given ^ on Jonet quhytheid inn be Marion Lyll spouse to
James Ker for blooding hir on the head w[i]t[h] the girthes of an horss
the buckill[is] th[e]rof The said Jonet compeirand confessand the same
and the said Marion Lyll compeirand & giving hir great oath
that she gave no cause to the said Jonet quhytheid to Blood hir
in any part of hir body Therfor the s[ai]d bailzie Ordains the said
Jonet to be in the bloodwyte & lykwise in the blood and ordains
hir to pay for bloodwyte twenty fyve pound scot[is] and for the
blood fyftie pound more forsaid within six dayes Wnder the
pain of poynding.
The rest of the case states that if Janet 'brag, straik or scauld' [hit, strike or scold] Marion Lyall or James Kerr again, she’ll be required to pay £50 'unforgiven'.
Glossary
quhytheid, Whitehead
blooding, causing blood to flow from
girthes, bands put round the body of a horse to secure the saddle
bloodwyte, the judical penalty (a sum of money in compensation) for an offence involving blood-letting
poynding, sometimes poinding, the seizing and selling of the goods of a debtor
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