The case of Marioun Tailyeor, documented in the year 1611, remains a concise but significant entry within the corpus of early modern Scottish witchcraft records. Identified in the archival materials under case reference C/EGD/150, Marioun was a married woman whose origins were recorded as being from Tarye and Bryhainye. While the specific nature of the allegations brought against her remains unstated in the extant trial documentation, her legal proceedings are catalogued under T/JO/2190, marking her place within the formal judicial processes of the period.
Beyond her own trial, the archival footprint of Marioun extends into the broader social and legal climate of the early seventeenth century. Her name is explicitly referenced in the testimonies of other trials, most notably appearing in the records associated with an individual identified only as "Unknown Bornlie." These cross-references suggest that Marioun was a figure of consequence within the local network of accusations that characterized the era, linking her experience to a wider web of legal scrutiny that defined the administration of justice in post-Reformation Scotland.