In July 1662, Marjory Scott, an indweller of the coastal burgh of Largs in Ayrshire, became entangled in the volatile judicial machinery of the Scottish witch trials. Occupying a middling socioeconomic status within her community, Marjory was brought before the authorities during a period of intense legal scrutiny regarding the practice of maleficium and diabolical pacts. The records indicate that her case, indexed as C/EGD/1682, proceeded rapidly through the initial stages of investigation, culminating in an appearance before the court on July 28, 1662.
As part of the formal legal proceedings, a confession was extracted from Marjory earlier that same month. While the specific content of her testimony remains unrecorded in the surviving documentation, the existence of this confession marked a critical juncture in her trial. Following the documented submission of her account to the authorities, the matter transitioned to the trial phase under reference T/JO/1004. Although the specific outcome of the trial proceedings has not survived in the archives, her case remains a notable instance of an indweller’s involvement in the seventeenth-century judicial pursuit of witchcraft in the west of Scotland.