On July 11, 1649, Elizabeth Hamiltoun, a resident of North Berwick in the county of Haddington, became the subject of a formal legal proceeding concerning the charge of witchcraft. Her case is inextricably linked to the broader judicial activities of that period, as her name appears in the records alongside another accused woman, Syvilla Wyllie. While the extant documentation concerning the specific nature of the allegations remains sparse, the records confirm that Elizabeth was formally processed within the Haddington jurisdiction during a time of heightened scrutiny regarding sorcery.
On the same day that the case was registered, a confession was formally recorded for Elizabeth. Despite this entry in the judicial archives, subsequent details regarding the specific content of her admission, the proceedings of her trial, or the final outcome of her case have not survived. The historical record for her remains limited to these procedural markers, preserving her name in the legal annals of 1649 as one of the many individuals caught within the machinery of the Scottish witch trials.