In July 1661, Agnes Hill, a married woman residing in Niddry within the parish of Liberton, Edinburgh, was formally accused of witchcraft. Her legal proceedings, documented under case file C/EGD/1593, unfolded during a period of heightened judicial scrutiny concerning supernatural crimes in Scotland. Agnes was not an isolated figure in these proceedings; she was explicitly named as an accomplice by Agnes Lawson, another individual caught within the same web of accusations, thereby linking her fate to a wider network of alleged practitioners.
Following the initiation of her case on July 30, 1661, the archival trail for Agnes points toward a swift and definitive resolution. While the specific trial notes (T/JO/1660) do not provide a detailed transcript of her testimony or defense, the records of the Kirk Session offer a stark administrative coda. An entry confirms that a group of individuals convicted of witchcraft were scheduled for execution on August 6, 1661. Although the record omits the names of those condemned, the proximity of this date to the commencement of her case suggests that Agnes was among those who faced this final judgment in the aftermath of her trial.