On the 28th April 1647, Isobel Kemp was banished from the town of Aberdeen for “hir bad and abbominable conversation”. She was banished on “payne of drouning” and anyone harbouring her would be fined or lose their pension.
Imagine if your patter was that bad…
Twitter user @Meldrum04 shared some additional info on Isobel from an Aberdeen history book. Turns out she was a tapster, someone who sells ale door to door. She was married but had been found cavorting with another man, which is probably what “conversation” means here.
References
Stuart, J. (ed.) (1872) Extracts from the Council register of the burgh of Aberdeen. Scottish Burgh Records Society, Edinburgh, pg.84.