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Marie Lamont, also referred to as Mary Lawmont (1646-1662) was executed for witchcraft by burning outside Inverkip Church.

Life
Mary was accused of being a witch and freely admitted to this during her trial. She was tried after Sir Archibald Stewart applied to the Privy Council for a Royal Enquiry into the Inverkip Witch Hunts, and it was led by Sir Archibald Stewart and Rev John Hamilton who was the incumbent minister at Inverkip at the time.

Trial and confession
She said that she had become a witch at the age of 13 years, when under the influence of Catherine Scott she allegedly renounced her Christian faith, was baptised by the devil and renamed "Clowts". She was accused of shape shifting into a cat and stealing milk by magic. This involved drawing a tether made from the hair of many cows' tails over the mouth of a mug and speaking the words "In God's name, God send us milk, God send it, and meikle of it".

She also confessed to having sexual relations with the devil several times when he appeared to her as a brown dog. This had left marks on her right side when he had nipped her.