In June 1662, Jonet Nein Rory Buy, a resident of Buntoit in the parish of Kiltarlity and Convinth, became the subject of legal proceedings regarding allegations of witchcraft. The records indicate that Jonet was brought before the authorities during a period of intense scrutiny concerning such charges, and by the 26th of that month, her case had been formally registered within the judicial system. The proceedings, documented under the reference C/EGD/1578, provide scant detail regarding the specific grievances brought against her by her neighbors or the kirk session.
Following the initial registration of the case, Jonet provided a confession to the authorities, which was formally recorded in June 1662. While the surviving documentation regarding her subsequent trial—catalogued under T/JO/975—does not retain the narrative details of the court’s deliberations or the specific evidence presented against her, the presence of this confession confirms that she was actively involved in the legal process. These sparse records remain the only extant account of Jonet’s experience within the seventeenth-century Scottish justice system, marking her as one of many individuals caught in the legal complexities of the era.