In the winter of 1637, the burgh of Banff became the site of a legal inquiry involving a woman named Jonet Jack. Recorded under the archival classification C/LA/3340, her case emerged within a period of heightened judicial scrutiny regarding witchcraft in Scotland. On the 24th of January, the legal proceedings initiated against Jonet formally began, marking the commencement of the official record of her involvement with the local justice system.
Following this initial step, the records identify a subsequent trial, cataloged as T/LA/2131. While the specific testimonies and the nature of the allegations brought against Jonet remain contained within these archival files, the trajectory of her case reflects the standard judicial processes of early seventeenth-century Scotland. Through these documentation markers, the historical record preserves the timeline of Jonet’s encounter with the Banff authorities, anchoring her experience within the broader context of the Scottish witch trials.