In the late autumn of 1649, a woman named Marioun Thyn was drawn into the rigorous judicial machinery of early modern Scotland. A resident of Roxburgh, Marioun’s case was processed during a period of intense ecclesiastical and civil scrutiny, leaving her at the intersection of local presbyterial authority—though whether within the jurisdiction of Earlston or Jedburgh remains uncertain. Her entry into the legal record is marked by two distinct dates: November 20, 1649, is cited in connection to her case, followed by a subsequent trial documented under reference T/LA/2084.
The proceedings against Marioun culminated in a formal confession, the contents of which were captured in the surviving legal documentation. By acknowledging the charges brought against her within this structured setting, Marioun became part of the extensive archival history of the witch trials that characterized this era in the Scottish Borders. Her experience, preserved under case number C/EGD/2054, reflects the formal mechanisms through which the seventeenth-century kirk and state sought to address accusations of witchcraft.