On June 2, 1618, the judicial machinery of early modern Scotland turned its attention toward Margaret Kennedy, a resident of the royal burgh of Linlithgow. Recorded under case number C/EGD/892, Margaret was formally brought before the authorities to answer for allegations of witchcraft, a period during which the legal frameworks of the Scottish Kirk and the state were increasingly mobilized to root out perceived maleficium within local communities.
Following her initial examination, Margaret was subjected to the formal legal proceedings of a trial, documented under reference T/LA/242. While the specific nature of the accusations brought against her remains confined to these archival designations, the trajectory of her case reflects the standard administrative rigor applied to such charges in the early seventeenth century. Through these records, Margaret remains a distinct figure within the broader history of the Linlithgow witch trials, marking a significant entry in the official documentation of the era’s judicial pursuit of those suspected of supernatural transgression.