On 25 April 1627, the judicial machinery of early seventeenth-century Aberdeen turned its attention toward Agnes Watt, a resident of the coastal community of Futtie. Her appearance in the historical record is captured within case file C/EGD/996, a document that formalised the transition of her status from a member of the local maritime populace to a subject of legal scrutiny under the statutes governing witchcraft in Scotland. The records surrounding this case reflect the rigorous administrative procedures of the period, documenting her journey through the ecclesiastical and secular oversight that defined the witch trials of the era.
Following the initial registration of her case, Agnes was processed through the trial system under reference T/LA/469. While the brevity of these records leaves the specific nature of the allegations against her obscured, the documentation confirms that she was subject to the full gravity of the Scottish judicial process during the peak decades of state-sanctioned witch-hunting. As an inhabitant of Futtie—a small, distinct area at the mouth of the River Dee—Agnes’s experience serves as a testament to the local reach of the authorities who sought to investigate and regulate the spiritual and social stability of the realm through the prosecution of alleged maleficium.