In June 1662, Agnes McGillivorich, a married woman residing in the burgh of Nairn, became the subject of legal proceedings concerning the charge of witchcraft. Her case, documented under the reference C/EGD/1560, moved swiftly through the judicial process during a period when the Scottish courts were deeply preoccupied with the prosecution of such matters. The records indicate that the legal scrutiny surrounding Agnes culminated in a formal trial, recorded in the archives as T/JO/964.
Following her apprehension, Agnes provided a confession that was officially transcribed by the authorities in June 1662. While the surviving documents do not elaborate on the specific testimony or the particular allegations brought against her, the presence of a recorded confession was a critical component in the judicial architecture of seventeenth-century Scotland. These proceedings remain a formal part of the historical record, marking the intersection of Agnes’s life in Nairn with the rigorous legal and ecclesiastical systems that governed the Scottish witch trials.