In June 1662, Jonet Nein Ean Cheill, a resident of Buntoit in the parish of Kiltarlity and Convinth, became the subject of legal proceedings concerning the charge of witchcraft. Her case, documented within the records of the Privy Council of Scotland under the designation C/EGD/1571, highlights the administrative attention directed toward such accusations in the mid-seventeenth century. While the specific geography of her home is noted as the parish of Conveth—likely an alternative reference to the parish of Kiltarlity and Glen Convinth in Inverness—the records place her firmly within the social and legal landscape of the Highlands during this era.
The legal process moved with relative swiftness; following the initial case registration, a confession was secured from Jonet later that same month. While the specific details regarding the substance of her admission or the subsequent trial proceedings (T/JO/971) have not survived in the extant documentation, the existence of this confession remains a pivotal part of the record. This brief account reflects the procedural reality for many accused persons in early modern Scotland, where the intersection of local suspicion and the formal mechanisms of the state culminated in the documented judicial engagement with Jonet.