In July 1662, Marjorie Richie, a resident of the parish of Inverarity in Forfar, became the subject of legal scrutiny under the statutes governing witchcraft in seventeenth-century Scotland. The administrative records from this period—a time when the parishes of Inverarity and Meathie were united—form the basis of our understanding of her case. On July 28, 1662, formal proceedings were initiated under case reference C/EGD/1679.
The historical documentation regarding Marjorie reveals that her involvement with the judiciary included a recorded confession, which was obtained during the same month as the initiation of her case. While the subsequent trial proceedings, indexed under T/JO/950, remain devoid of specific narrative details regarding the courtroom testimony or the final judicial outcome, the existence of a signed confession marks a definitive stage in the legal process of the era. These scant entries offer a glimpse into the localized ecclesiastical and civil oversight of the period, documenting Marjorie’s position within the formal records of the Scottish witch trials.