In September 1649, Margaret Temple, a resident of the parish of Pencaitland in Haddington, became the subject of a formal legal inquiry into the crime of witchcraft. Her case, documented under reference C/EGD/1660, proceeded through the rigorous judicial channels of the period, eventually moving toward a trial recorded under the archives of T/LA/1992.
The proceedings against Margaret culminated in the production of a formal confession, a central component of the Scottish witch trials of the mid-seventeenth century. While the specific content of her testimony remains tied to the legal documentation of the time, the existence of this recorded admission marks a definitive stage in the judicial process initiated against her in Haddington. Through these surviving records, the story of Margaret remains preserved as a significant case study within the broader historical framework of the 1563–1736 witch trials.