In the spring of 1613, the legal machinery of early seventeenth-century Scotland turned toward Marjorie Lyell, a resident of Roxburgh. Her case, documented under the reference C/EGD/865, reached a critical juncture on the 8th of April of that year. While the specific nature of the allegations brought against her remains unrecorded in the surviving parchment, her entanglement with the judicial system culminated in the formal proceedings of trial T/JO/782.
Historical evidence suggests that Marjorie may have been the same individual as a woman identified as Meg Lyell, whose name appears earlier in the ecclesiastical records of the Jedburgh presbytery in 1608. The transition from presbyterial scrutiny to a formal trial in 1613 reflects the complex interplay between local church discipline and the state-sanctioned witch trials of the period. Though the ultimate outcome of these proceedings for Marjorie is not explicitly stated within the available archives, her name stands as a point of intersection between the regional religious authorities and the broader legal frameworks of the era.