On January 25, 1632, legal proceedings were initiated against Aleson Woddro, a married woman residing in the settlement of Clochnoure, situated within the parish of Inverkip in Renfrewshire. Recorded in the judicial registers under reference C/LA/3254, the case against Aleson marks a significant point in the localized history of witch trials in early seventeenth-century Scotland. At this stage of the administrative process, she was formally identified as the subject of an investigation, a status that would eventually lead to the legal scrutiny documented under trial record T/LA/1880.
The documentation surrounding Aleson provides a precise snapshot of the judicial mechanisms of the time, placing her within the broader context of the Scottish witch-hunting campaigns that intensified during the early 1630s. While the specific nature of the allegations brought against Aleson remains confined to the procedural framework of the court’s archives, the record serves as a stark testament to the intersection of communal suspicion and formal legal intervention in the Renfrew area. Through these extant fragments, Aleson remains a defined figure in the historical landscape of Inverkip, representing one of the many individuals processed by the authorities during this period of intense social and judicial activity.