On August 30, 1634, the legal proceedings recorded under case reference C/EGD/2576 were initiated against Grissel Astrin, a woman residing in the burgh of Culross, Fife. Within the administrative framework of seventeenth-century Scotland, the entry serves as a formal marker of her entanglement with the judicial authorities of the time, documenting the specific date upon which the matter was formally noted in the records.
While historical documentation regarding the life of Grissel remains sparse beyond this administrative entry, the inclusion of her name in the judicial registers of Fife places her within the broader context of the Scottish witch trials. Although further investigation into secondary references—such as those noted in the work of MacDonald—was not completed for this research, the record stands as a definitive trace of Grissel’s presence before the ecclesiastical and secular courts that governed the social and moral order of Culross during this volatile period.