Euphame MacCalzean

Euphame MacCalzean (born before 1558, died 25 June 1591 in Edinburgh)[1] was a victim of the North Berwick witch trials of 1590–1591.

During an outbreak of plague, on Christmas Day 1585, the council had moved the quarantined and infected people from the Borough Muir, or modern Meadows, to her property at "Quhytehous", or Whitehouse, without permission or compensation.

[2] The cause of the events that led to the North Berwick Witch Trials was the behavior of a maid named Geillis Duncan.

Duncan confessed, possibly under duress, to witchcraft and she implicated others including John Cane and Euphame MacCalzean.

It was alleged that they had killed the Earl of Angus by witchcraft,[7] and planned to murder the first king of England and Scotland, James VI.

[3] MacCalzean was said to have attended an assembly of witches at Acheson's Haven where an image of James VI was given to the devil for the destruction of the king.