In the spring of 1591, the town of Haddington became the site of a legal proceeding concerning Anny Rycheson. Recorded within the judicial registers under case reference C/EGD/66, her encounter with the authorities began on the 8th of May, 1591. The archival documentation preserves this moment as a formal point of entry into the Scottish legal system, marking the commencement of an investigation that would eventually lead to a trial under the reference T/LA/938.
The records for Anny offer a stark window into the administrative framework of the late sixteenth-century witch trials. Beyond her residence in Haddington and the specific dates associated with her arrest and trial, the surviving documents delineate the bureaucratic path taken by the court. While the nature of the specific charges brought against Anny remains implicit in the broader context of the 1563 Witchcraft Act, the existence of these distinct records confirms her navigation through the rigorous, multifaceted legal processes of the era.