In March 1633, the judicial records of Stirling document the legal proceedings brought against Jonet Mathie. Her case, indexed under the archival reference C/LA/3300, marks a specific moment in the administrative response to allegations of witchcraft within the burgh. On the 19th of that month, the formal mechanisms of the Scottish criminal justice system were engaged to address the accusations levelled against her, initiating a trial process recorded under T/LA/2089.
The surviving documentation highlights the intersection of Jonet’s life with the ecclesiastical and civil authorities of the period. As a resident of Stirling, Jonet became the subject of a legal inquiry that reflected the prevailing anxieties and statutes governing early modern Scottish society. The records of her trial serve as a testament to the structured, albeit often severe, manner in which such serious allegations were processed by local courts during the seventeenth century.