In October 1631, the ecclesiastical authorities of the Strathbogie presbytery turned their attention toward Issobell Traye, a married woman residing in the parish of Inverkeithny. Though administratively situated within the Turriff presbytery, the proceedings concerning her case were recorded as part of the wider judicial and religious oversight active in the region during the early seventeenth century. While the specific nature of the allegations brought against her remains confined to the administrative registers—catalogued under reference C/EGD/2252—the intervention of the presbytery highlights the period’s rigorous focus on moral and spiritual discipline within the community.
The surviving documentation provides a concise, formal account of Issobell’s involvement in this legal process. Her case serves as a singular entry in the extensive records of the Scottish witch trials, reflecting the intersection of local domestic life and the formal structures of the kirk during a time of intense theological scrutiny. Although the historical record is brief, it marks the point at which Issobell was formally drawn into the ecclesiastical machinery of the era, standing as a recorded participant in the complex social and judicial landscape of seventeenth-century Aberdeenshire.