Isobell shyrie
# Isobell shyrie

## Isobell Shyrie

Isobell Shyrie (died c. 1662) was a woman accused of and executed for witchcraft in Forfar, Scotland.

## Biography

Shyrie was one of 12 women arrested and imprisoned at the Forfar Tolboth in December 1662 along with Helen Guthrie, the last woman to be executed for witchcraft in Forfar. Shyrie's arrest followed an accusation that she had cursed an official, George Wood. Judicial execution of Shyrie was carried out in December 1662, during the hysteria of the Great Scottish Witch Hunt of 1661–62.

## See Also

* Witch trails in early modern Scotland
