In May 1662, Jonet Gilivory, an indweller of the parish of Methven in Perthshire, found herself drawn into the judicial machinery of the Scottish witch trials. Occupying a socioeconomic position described as "middling," Jonet was a woman of settled standing within her community. Her legal proceedings began on the 19th of May, marked under case file C/EGD/1554, a period during which the intensity of such inquiries across the region was reaching a noted height.
The historical record confirms that during that same month, Jonet provided a confession to the authorities. While the specific nature of the testimony she gave or the charges brought against her remain obscured by the loss of the detailed trial notes (T/JO/956), the existence of a recorded confession serves as a stark administrative testament to the judicial process she underwent. Following her statement in May, her involvement in the court system concluded, leaving her documented history as a brief but significant intersection between an individual life and the rigorous legal scrutiny of seventeenth-century Scotland.