BURNET, Isobel 1User ID: D267. Isobel married Thomas FORBES of Clova, son of Alexander FORBES 2nd of Boyndlie and Unknown.1 (Thomas FORBES of Clova was born about 1570.) Marriage Notes: "Thomas Forbes of Clova, who is a witness (to a legal charter), was son of Alexander Forbes in Finask. He married Isobel, daughter to Thomas Burnet of Cluny, who is another witness. In 1597, the 'Gud wyfe' of Clova and her daughter, Elspet, were by their 'unfriendis delaitit of witchcraft.' They protested their innocence of a 'cryme maist diuillsche and damnable,' and procured an exemption from King James VI., dated at Holyrood, 14th April 1597 (Miscellany of Spalding Club, i., 163)." |