In 1662, Gilleis Hutton was recorded as a resident of the Crook of Devon, a small settlement within the parish of Fossoway and Tullibole in Perthshire. Her legal proceedings, cataloged under case reference C/EGD/1709, occurred during a period of intense judicial focus on witchcraft within the region. As with many individuals brought before the courts during this era, the archival trace of Gilleis remains sparse, yet it situates her firmly within the social and ecclesiastical tensions that characterized seventeenth-century Scottish life.
The records for Gilleis confirm her identity as a female subject caught within the machinery of the Scottish witch trials. While the specific nature of the allegations brought against her remains obscured by the limitations of the extant documentation, her inclusion in these judicial records highlights the vulnerability of women in the Crook of Devon to such formal investigations. Gilleis stands as a representative figure of the many individuals whose lives were intersected by the legal and religious anxieties of the time, leaving behind a documented presence that continues to serve as an essential marker in the study of early modern Perthshire history.