In June 1662, Margret McKenzie, a resident of Greenock in Renfrew, became the subject of a legal proceeding that remains preserved within the ecclesiastical and judicial archives of the period. Identified in case record C/EGD/1559, Margret was brought under the scrutiny of the authorities during a time when the legal machinery of Scotland was increasingly focused on the prosecution of witchcraft. Although the specific allegations that led to her initial apprehension remain unrecorded, the gravity of the process is underscored by the swift progression of her case through the Renfrewshire judicial system.
By the middle of June 1662, the legal process reached a critical juncture when Margret provided a formal confession. While the trial notes archived under T/JO/965 offer no further insight into the courtroom proceedings or the subsequent outcome of the trial, the existence of this testimony marks the final documented stage of her involvement in the legal system. The records for Margret conclude here, leaving the formal account of her experience confined to the procedural framework of the mid-seventeenth-century Renfrew courts.