In 1630, Katherine Gilmore, a resident of Nidrie, near Edinburgh, was brought before the legal authorities to answer for allegations of witchcraft. The records of her case, catalogued under C/LA/2635, place her within the turbulent judicial landscape of seventeenth-century Scotland, a period during which the state and church actively pursued those suspected of maleficium. As an inhabitant of Nidrie, Katherine was subject to the jurisdiction of the local courts and the prevailing anxieties that fueled the prosecution of such cases across the Lothians.
The subsequent legal proceedings against Katherine are documented in the trial records under T/LA/21. While the specific nature of the evidence presented against her—such as the testimonies of neighbors or the identification of alleged diabolical marks—is not detailed in these surviving fragments, the formal record confirms that she underwent the structured process of a Scottish witchcraft trial. These documents reflect the administrative mechanisms of the era, recording the transition of Katherine from an accused individual in her local community to a defendant standing before the judiciary, marking a significant and life-altering point in the historical record of Nidrie.