In January 1591, Agnes Straitton, a resident of Haddington, became the subject of a formal legal proceeding under the jurisdiction of the Scottish courts. Recorded in the judicial archives as case C/LA/2906, her interaction with the legal system occurred during a period of heightened sensitivity toward accusations of witchcraft within the burgh. The documentation preserved in the archives identifies her clearly by name and location, marking her entry into the formal court records that would culminate in her subsequent trial.
The judicial process for Agnes proceeded under trial reference T/LA/980. On the 27th of January, 1591, the proceedings against her were officially noted in the court registers. While the surviving records provide the administrative framework of her appearance before the authorities, they remain focused on the procedural milestones of the era’s legal apparatus. Agnes remains a figure defined by these brief but significant entries, which situate her firmly within the late sixteenth-century ecclesiastical and civil campaign against alleged witchcraft in East Lothian.