On November 20, 1649, the legal records of the Scottish witch trials formally registered the case of Aliesone Clench. While the specific nature of the allegations brought against her remains absent from the surviving documentation, the record notes her origins as being from "Clockpen"—an area identified by historians as likely being the parish of Cockpen, situated within the presbytery of Dalkeith. Her entry is briefly but significantly cross-referenced with a individual named Larner, who was identified as the person who brought her from her home parish to face the judicial process.
The brevity of the record C/EGD/2043 reflects the stark reality of the administrative machinery during this period of intense judicial activity. For Aliesone, the transition from Cockpen to the jurisdiction of the trial authorities marked a life-altering intervention by the local ecclesiastical and civil powers. Although the specific charges or the eventual outcome of her trial are not detailed within this surviving fragment, the documentation serves as a somber testament to the movement of individuals through the legal systems of seventeenth-century Scotland during the height of the witch-hunting era.