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Margaret Bane also called Clerk (1542 – 25 March 1597), was a Scottish midwife and prominent victim of The Great Scottish Witch Hunt of 1597.
Margaret Bane lived in Kincardine O'Neil, Aberdeen, Scotland with her husband.[1] Together they had two children, a son Duncan Gardyn and a daughter Helen Rogie. Both children lived in Aberdeen alongside their parents.[2] Bane made her career being a midwife and was well-respected for her skills. She had a clientele stretching from the peasantry to members of the nobility.[3] She was accused of witchcraft in 1567, but managed to avoid a trial until 1597.[2] She was executed that same year.
- ^ "Margerat Bane". Survey of Scottish Witchcraft Database. Accessed 11 December 2020. http://witches.shca.ed.ac.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.accusedrecord.
- ^ a b "Margerat Bane". Survey of Scottish Witchcraft Database. Accessed 11 December 2020. http://witches.shca.ed.ac.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.accusedrecord.
- ^ Elizabeth Ewan, Sue Innes & Sian Reynolds, The Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Women: From the Earliest Times to 2004