In the spring of 1662, Margret Kirktoun, a resident of the parish of Langton in Berwickshire, found herself drawn into the judicial machinery of the Scottish witch trials. The surviving records indicate that the legal proceedings against her commenced on the 4th of March, 1662. Her case is catalogued within the legal archives as C/EGD/1459, marking a period of intense activity in local courts concerning allegations of maleficium and diabolical pacts that characterized the era.
Shortly before her formal trial—noted in the archives under reference T/JO/916—Margret provided a confession. This deposition was formally recorded during March 1662, serving as a critical component of the judicial process. While the specific details of her testimony and the nature of the accusations brought against her in Langton remain absent from the extant documentation, the existence of this confession confirms her direct engagement with the ecclesiastical and civil authorities of the time. The records offer no further insight into the final outcome of the proceedings, leaving Margret’s role in this historical event preserved solely through these formal administrative markers.