In the spring of 1613, Jonnet Henrie, a married woman residing in the settlement of Scaitraw within the county of Haddington, found herself drawn into the formal machinery of the Scottish legal system. On the 7th of April, her name was officially entered into the judicial records under case reference C/EGD/855. At a time when local authorities and ecclesiastical bodies were increasingly rigorous in their pursuit of those suspected of supernatural transgression, the legal proceedings initiated against Jonnet marked a significant and perilous transition in her life.
Following her initial appearance in the records, her case proceeded toward a formal trial under the reference T/LA/213. While the specific nature of the accusations brought against her remains obscured by the brevity of the surviving documentation, the movement of her case from registration to trial reflects the gravity with which the community and the courts approached such allegations during this period. For Jonnet, the transition from her home in Scaitraw to the courtroom was a pivotal moment, framing her existence within the broader, often tumultuous context of the early modern Scottish witch trials.