In the summer of 1649, Margaret Blaikburne, a resident of the coastal burgh of Inverkeithing in Fife, found herself drawn into the legal machinery of the Scottish witch trials. Her case, documented under the reference C/EGD/192, began on 11 July 1649. During this volatile period of social and religious upheaval, the formal accusation triggered a process that would ultimately lead to her appearance before a court of law.
Following her initial indictment, Margaret was brought to trial under the record T/LA/1554. While the brief historical record preserves little of the specific testimony or the nature of the allegations leveled against her in Inverkeithing, it stands as a testament to the administrative rigor applied to witchcraft cases in mid-seventeenth-century Scotland. Margaret’s experience remains a part of the broader legal archives of the period, marking her place in the judicial history of Fife.