In the spring of 1661, the judicial records of Haddington register the case of Jeane Deanes, a resident of the small settlement of Godspeid. On May 30, 1661, Jeane was formally brought before the authorities to answer to charges of witchcraft. This period was marked by an intensified scrutiny of suspected diabolical activity across Scotland, and the entry catalogued under C/EGD/1347 serves as the primary archival tether for her legal journey through the ecclesiastical and secular courts of the time.
Following the initial registration of the case, Jeane faced the protracted and rigorous process of a formal trial. The surviving documentation, preserved under references T/JO/1042 and T/LA/1034, indicates that her case progressed through multiple procedural stages. These entries denote the serious nature of the proceedings, reflecting the established legal framework used to examine allegations of maleficium and covenanting during the seventeenth century. While these records confirm the occurrence of her trial, they remain concise, serving as a solemn testament to the legal apparatus that dictated the lives and fates of those caught within the mechanisms of the Scottish witch hunts.