Agnes Anstruther, a resident of the county of Fife, found herself caught within the mechanisms of the Scottish judicial system during a period of intense scrutiny regarding witchcraft. Her involvement with the courts is documented across multiple entries, beginning with a case record dated 29 December 1603. The archival trail suggests that Agnes may be the same individual noted in a 1614 entry, indicating that her encounter with the authorities was not an isolated event, but part of a protracted period of legal interest spanning more than a decade.
The surviving documentation for Agnes highlights two distinct trial references, T/JO/1692 and T/JO/2218, which reflect the formal processes applied to those accused under the Witchcraft Act of 1563. These records serve as the primary markers of her experience within the early modern legal framework of Fife. While the specific charges brought against her remain obscured by the brevity of the registers, the presence of these multiple trial identifiers underscores the gravity of the proceedings Agnes faced as she moved through the judicial process.