In the early months of 1644, the legal machinery of the Scottish state focused its attention upon Agnes Bischope, a resident of Calder in the county of Linlithgow. At this time, the administration of justice regarding such matters fell under the jurisdiction of the Linlithgow presbytery, which oversaw the religious and social conduct of the parish. Agnes was brought before the authorities on the 31st of January, 1644, an era when concerns regarding witchcraft were deeply embedded within the ecclesiastical and civil discourse of the region.
The judicial process surrounding the accusation against Agnes was recorded under case file C/EGD/2318. Following her initial appearance, the matter progressed to a formal legal proceeding under the trial reference T/JO/516. While these records document the administrative steps taken by the authorities in Calder during this period, they serve as the singular remaining markers of her experience within the seventeenth-century Scottish legal system.