In February 1623, legal proceedings were initiated against Elizabeth Broun, a resident of Inverkeithing in Fife. The historical documentation regarding her case, filed under reference C/EGD/929, provides limited but distinct details concerning her circumstances during this period. Central to the record of her movements is the note that Elizabeth was harboured for a duration of one month by Lady Pittadrow. This association suggests a connection to the local landed gentry, though the nature of the relationship or the specific motivations behind this period of residence remain confined to the archival record.
The legal trail surrounding Elizabeth extends beyond this initial entry, as she appears in further documentation under trial references T/LA/1542 and T/LA/369. Her involvement in the judicial system of the seventeenth century was not an isolated event; she is notably named again in later records from 1649, indicating that her encounter with the authorities was part of a protracted experience. Through these scattered fragments of the judicial process, Elizabeth remains a persistent figure in the regional records of the era, marking the intersection of communal life and the legal scrutiny of the seventeenth-century Scottish witch trials.