In the autumn of 1628, the legal apparatus of early modern Scotland turned its attention toward Marion nein Gillimichaell, a resident of the parish of Edderton in Ross. On 18 November of that year, formal proceedings were initiated against her, marking her entry into the official records of the Scottish witch trials. The surviving documentation, filed under the reference C/EGD/1051, provides a stark outline of a process that would ultimately culminate in a trial held under the jurisdiction of the Justiciary Court, as noted in the records of T/LA/599.
While the specific nature of the accusations brought against Marion remains unstated in the extant papers, the gravity of the legal machinery employed suggests that she was subjected to the full scrutiny of the Scottish courts of the period. As a woman living in the northern reaches of the realm, her transition from the local community of Edderton to the formal courtroom setting reflects the intersection of parish-level anxieties and the centralized legal oversight that characterized the witch-hunting era. Through these brief entries, Marion remains a silent figure in the archive, defined by the administrative actions taken against her in the closing months of 1628.