Beatrix Watsone

[1] Watsone was accused by four women and five men of maleficium, neighbourhood disputes and performing white magic.

[3] During that year there were a large number of witch trials and witchhunts in Scotland, as witchcraft was considered a criminal offence whose punishment was death.

[4] Her particular case was first heard by the Corstorphine Parish Church Kirk Session, who interviewed the witnesses and Watsone, as the accused.

[2] They requested the laird of Corstorphine, Sir George Forrester to have Watsone arrested and put in prison.

[2][7] Watsone was one of thirteen accused witches, memorialised in an exhibition in 2023 'Witches in Words, not Deeds, created by Carolyn Sutton, MLIS, AA.