In the spring of 1662, the legal machinery of early modern Scotland turned toward the parish of Findo Gask in Perthshire, specifically targeting a woman identified as Jonet Robe. A resident of the Woodhead of Findogask, Jonet was formally brought under the scrutiny of the judicial system on the 7th of May. The records pertaining to her case, cataloged under the reference C/EGD/1519, mark the beginning of a process that would inevitably place her at the center of a local investigation concerning the crime of witchcraft.
While the subsequent proceedings of her trial—recorded under T/JO/933—have not preserved the specific testimonies, depositions, or outcomes associated with her case, the archival remains attest to the gravity of her position within the seventeenth-century Scottish legal framework. The transition of Jonet from the Woodhead of Findogask to the formal environment of a trial reflects the period’s heightened focus on such accusations. For Jonet, this encounter with the authorities represents a fragment of history defined by the institutional response to perceived spiritual threats, leaving her ultimate fate obscured by the passage of time.