In the spring of 1591, Rychard Grahame, a resident of Haddington, became entangled in the judicial machinery of the Scottish witch trials. His ordeal began on May 9, 1591, the date inscribed upon his formal confession. While the specific content of that testimony remains obscured by the passage of time, the legal process against him proceeded with grim momentum over the following months, eventually leading to his transfer to Edinburgh for trial under case reference C/LA/2911.
The judicial proceedings culminated in the early months of 1592, with court records T/LA/1115 and T/LA/985 marking the final stages of his prosecution. On February 24, 1592, the legal process reached its conclusion. Rychard was found guilty within the capital, and the records confirm that the sentence of execution was carried out, marking the end of his life and his involvement in the tumultuous legal landscape of late sixteenth-century Scotland.