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Wilfrid Pettigrew

### Died

7 February, 1969 (aged 58)Forest Hill, Lewisham Borough of London, Middlesex, England

## Relationship information

### Family members

* Keziah Pettigrew (née Goshawk) (wife)
	+ Stefan Pettigrew (son)
	+ Joan Pettigrew (née Soley) (daughter-in-law)
		- Peter Pettigrew (grandson)

## Affiliation

### Loyalty

* Pettigrew family

**Wilfrid Pettigrew** (23 March, 1910 - 7 February, 1969) was an English pure-blood wizard who attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from 1 September, 1921 to June 1928. He was a member of Slytherin House and a member of the Pettigrew family. He was a long-time employee and driver of the Knight Bus.

He married Keziah Goshawk in 1929, and they had one child together, Stefan Pettigrew. Wilfrid passed away at the age of 58 in Forest Hill, Lewisham, London, England. His son, Stefan Pettigrew, would later marry a witch named Joan Soley and become the father to Peter Pettigrew.

## Biography

### Early life

Wilfrid Pettigrew was born on 23 March, 1910, in Forest Hill, south east London. His father was a half-blood wizard and his mother was a witch. Forest Hill is a district of the London Borough of Lewisham in south east London, England, on the South Circular Road. Until the mid-19th century the name Forest Hill, originally simply "The Forest," referred to the woodland which once covered the area and which was a relict part of the Great North Wood.

#### Hogwarts years

Wilfrid Pettigrew received his Hogwarts letter in the summer of 1921. That same summer, he visited Diagon Alley, located in London, and purchased a wand made of spruce and dragon heartstring from Ollivander's Wand Shop. On 1 September, 1921, he boarded the train for Hogwarts and was sorted into Slytherin House that same night. He shared a dormitory with a boy called Barnaby Fawley.

#### Marriage

He married Keziah Goshawk on 30 March, 1929, and they had one child together, Stefan Pettigrew, on 19 September, 1932. His son, Stefan Pettigrew, would later marry a witch named Joan Soley and become the father to Peter Pettigrew.

Wilfrid Pettigrew was employed for a long time as a driver of the Knight Bus.

#### Death

Wilfrid passed away at the age of 59 in Forest Hill, Lewisham, London, England.

## Etymology

The name Wilfrid means "he who wants peace."

The name "Pettigrew" could be derived from the French word "petit" ("small") and the English word "grew," hence "grew small."
Mavis Purcell

**Mavis Purcell** (born 12 August, 1981) was born in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, a member of the Purcell family. She was a half-blood witch. She was Sorted into Slytherin House on 1 September, 1992.

## Biography

#### Early life (1980s)

Mavis was born in Peterborough, to a pureblood wizard, Mr. Purcell, and a half-blood witch, Mrs. Purcell. She was an only child. Peterborough is a cathedral city in Cambridgeshire, England. Historically part of Northamptonshire, it is 75 miles (121 km) north of London, on the River Nene which flows into the North Sea 30 miles (48 km) to the north-east.

#### Hogwarts years (1990s)

Mavis received her Hogwarts letter in the summer of 1992. Sometime before attending, she purchased a wand made of rowan wood and unicorn hair.

She was Sorted into Slytherin House on 1 September 1992. She shared a dormitory with Clotilda Avery, Theresa Higgs, and Flora and Hestia Carrow.

## Etymology

*Mavis*, meaning "the song thrush," a well-known bird common in most parts of Europe, c. 1400, mavys, from Old French *mauvis*, of unknown origin; related to Spanish *malvis*, Italian *malviccio*. Breton milfid is a French loan word. Also used as a fem. proper name.

* It haunts gardens and woods near streams and meadows. Its song is sweet and has considerable compass; it can be made to repeat musical airs, and in some instances to articulate words. This name, still common in Scotland, is now rare in England.

The name Purcell is widespread in both Ireland and England and is of Norman descent, a metonymic occupational name for a swineherd, deriving from the Old French "pourcel," meaning piglet.
Wilma Dawlish

## Wilma Moon (née Dawlish)

**Wilma Moon** (née **Dawlish**) (12 March, 1894 - 10 October, 1985) was an English pure-blood witch who attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from 1 September, 1905 to June 1912. She was born in Wimbourne, Dorset, England and from birth was a member of the Dawlish family.

She married Phineas Moon in 1920, and they had one child together, Theodore Moon, in 1921. Wilma Moon passed away at the age of 91 in the Primrose Hill district of London, England.

## Biography

### Early life (1894-1912)

Wilma Dawlish was born on 12 March, 1894, in Wimbourne, Dorset, England. It is one of the many villages throughout Britain where witches and wizards settled in numbers after the International Statute of Secrecy to rely on each other for mutual support, living alongside a Muggle population. It is also the hometown of the Wimbourne Wasps Quidditch team.

#### Hogwarts years (1905-1912)

She received her Hogwarts letter in the summer of 1905. That same summer, she visited Diagon Alley, located in London, and purchased a wand made of elm and unicorn hair from Ollivander's Wand Shop. On 1 September, 1905, she boarded the train for Hogwarts and was sorted into Slytherin House that same night. She shared a dormitory with Phillis Belby and Eula Thatcher.

In her third year of school, Wilma decided to join the Hogwarts Latin Society. The Latin Society was a recreational club at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for students interested in studying Latin. Students would meet weekly and the club also functioned as a tutoring system for younger students. Students automatically become members of this club when they achieve an Exceeds Expectations or higher on their Latin language O.W.L.

### Later life (1912-1985)

Wilma attended the wedding of her friend Eula Thatcher to the Minister for Magic, Archer Evermonde, who was elected in 1912. She then began working in the accounting department of Telescopeworks as a secretary.

She then married Phineas Moon, the youngest child of Sigmund Moon and Florence Moon (née Nettle) in the year 1920. The Moon family was a prominent family owing to their large and successful business, Telescopeworks, which Wilma had worked at for several years.

Phineas and Wilma had one child together, Theodore Moon, in 1921.

She was widowed in 1969 when her husband, Phineas Moon, passed away.

#### Death (1985)

Wilma Moon passed away at the age of 91 in the Primrose Hill district of London, England. She was survived by her son Theodore, his wife Wilfrida, a grandson, Albert Moon, and a great-granddaughter and great-grandson, Lily and Dennis Moon.

## Etymology

The name Wilma is the short form of the name *Wilhelmina*. In turn, Wilhelmina is the German and Dutch feminine form of the name Wilhelm, which derives from the Germanic name *Willahelm* meaning "will helmet", composed of the elements *wil* "will, desire" and *helm* "helmet, protection".

"Dawlish" is the name of a seaside town in Devon. Its name comes from a nearby stream, once called "*Deawlisc*", meaning "devil water".
Pride of Portree

**Pride of Portree** are a Quidditch team that play in the British and Irish Quidditch League. Formed in 1292, the team is based in the small town of Portree, which is located on the Isle of Skye, an island of the Inner Hebrides.

Fans of the Pride of Portree commonly refer to the team as the "Prides", and their playing robes are purple with a gold star emblazoned on the chest. Pride of Portree have won the League Cup at least twice.

## History

### Pre-history

The Norse held sway throughout the Hebrides from the 9th century until after the Treaty of Perth in 1266, when military conflict ended between Magnus VI of Norway and Alexander III of Scotland over possession of the Hebrides and the Isle of Man.

### Early history

The Pride of Portree Quidditch Team was founded by wizards in the year 1292 in the settlement of Portree on the Isle of Skye. Little is known of their early success.

#### 17th Century

The British and Irish Quidditch League was established in 1674. Due to the need to maintain anti-Muggle security, the professional League was formed of the thirteen best teams at the time, and all others were asked to disband. The Pride of Portree joined this league in 1674.

### Later history

Isobel Davies, known professionally by her maiden name, Isobel Campbell, began flying for Pride of Portree in 1984. She played the position of Chaser.

## Supporters

* Alexandra Davies supported this Quidditch team, as did her brother, Roger Davies, who was the captain of the Ravenclaw Quidditch Team.
Eleanor Rabnott

### Died

4 November, 1472 (aged 8)King's Lynn, (then known as Bishop's Lynn), Norfolk, East England

## Relationship information

### Family members

* Edward Rabnott (brother)
* Mary Gamp (née Rabnott) (sister)
* Catherine Podmore (née Rabnott) (sister)
* Margaret Rabnott (sister)

**Eleanor Rabnott** (1 August, 1464 - 4 November, 1472) was an early member of the Rabnott family who lived during the 15th Century. She was the sister of Edward Rabnott, a scholar, who researched the various uses of magic. She died young, at the age of eight in what is now King's Lynn, Norfolk, England.

## Biography

### Early life

Eleanor Rabnott was born into the pure-blood Rabnott family in the year 1464. Not much is known of her childhood. She was baptised in what is now King's Lynn, Norfolk, then known as Bishop's Lynn, in September 1464. She had a brother, Edward, and three sisters, one of which was Mary Gamp (née Rabnott), who would later become the wife of Gawain Gamp.

Another one of her sisters was Catherine Podmore (née Rabnott), who would go on to marry Amalric Podmore.

### Death

Eleanor Rabnott died in the year 1472. She was eight years old at the time of her premature death. She was buried in the churchyard in what is now King's Lynn, Norfolk.

## Etymology

From the Old French form of the Occitan name *Aliénor*. Among the name's earliest bearers was the influential Eleanor of Aquitaine (12th century), who was the queen of Louis VII, the king of France, and later Henry II, the king of England. She was named *Aenor* after her mother, and was called by the Occitan phrase *alia Aenor* "the other AENOR" in order to distinguish her from her mother. However, there appear to be examples of bearers prior to Eleanor of Aquitaine. It is not clear whether they were in fact Aenors who were retroactively recorded as having the name Eleanor, or whether there is an alternative explanation for the name's origin.
The popularity of the name *Eleanor* in England during the Middle Ages was due to the fame of Eleanor of Aquitaine, as well as two queens of the following century: Eleanor of Provence, the wife of Henry III, and Eleanor of Castile, the wife of Edward I.
Melinda Bobbin

**Melinda Bobbin**(born 14 December, 1978) was an English pure-blood witch, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bobbin. She was born in Maidstone, Kent, England. She received her Hogwarts letter in the summer of 1990, and was Sorted into Ravenclaw House on 1 September 1990.

Horace Slughorn described her as "charming" and made her a member of the Slug Club in 1996. Her family owned a large chain of apothecaries.

## Biography

### Early life (1978-1990)

Melinda was born in Maidstone. Maidstone is a town in Kent, England, of which it is the county town. Maidstone is historically important and lies 32 miles east-south-east of London. The River Medway runs through the centre of the town, linking it with Rochester and the Thames Estuary.

Her parents owned a chain of apothecaries, with locations in Diagon Alley, Hogsmeade, and York.

### Hogwarts years (1990-1997)

Melinda received her Hogwarts letter in the summer of 1990. She purchased a wand at Ollivander's that summer, made of cedar and unicorn hair. She boarded the Hogwarts Express on 1 September 1990, and was sorted into Ravenclaw House that night. She shared a dormitory with Cho Chang and Marietta Edgecombe.

In Melinda's seventh year at school, Horace Slughorn described her as "charming" and made her a member of the Slug Club.

## Etymology

A "bobbin" is a spool or reel that holds thread or yarn for spinning, weaving, knitting, sewing, or making lace.

Combination of *Mel* with the popular name suffix *inda*.
Regulus Black's bedroom

## Location information

### Location

Fourth floor of 12 Grimmauld Place, London Borough of Islington, London, Great Britain

### Affiliation

* Black family

"*The Slytherin colours of emerald and silver were everywhere, draping the bed, the walls and the windows. The Black family crest was painstakingly painted over the bed, along with its motto* Toujours Pur*. Beneath this was a collection of yellow newspaper cuttings, all stuck together to make a ragged collage.*"
—Description
Regulus Black once owned a **bedroom** which was located in his family home, 12 Grimmauld Place, in London. It is situated on the fourth floor, along with Regulus's brother Sirius's bedroom.

## History

### Early history

As 12 Grimmauld Place has been inhabited by the Black family for many generations, it is presumed that the room was used by another member of the Black family prior to Regulus's childhood, possibly as a bedroom.

After the death of Regulus, it is likely that the room was left untouched as a sign of respect for the deceased Death Eater. In 1997, the room was described as dusty and untouched, indicating that it has not been inhabited for many years.

### Second Wizarding War

During the height of the Second Wizarding War, the room was searched along with the entire house by Severus Snape. It appears he found nothing of value there.

12 Grimmauld Place was used as a hideout by Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger in the same year. They were fulfilling the mission Albus Dumbledore had given them, to find and destroy all of Tom Riddle's Horcruxes, and were investigating the only lead they had, the initials R.A.B. which were hidden in a fake locket Horcrux.

While staying at the Black residence, Harry noticed that R.A.B. stood for Regulus Arcturus Black and searched his bedroom for the real locket Horcrux along with Ron and Hermione, however, they found nothing and soon learned that the locket had been stolen by Mundungus Fletcher.

## Description

The room is described as slightly smaller than Sirius's. A sign is hung above the threshold which reads: *Do Not Enter Without the Express Permission of Regulus Arcturus Black*. The walls, windows and bed are draped with Slytherin's trademark colours: emerald and silver. The Black family crest is painted over the bed along with the family motto: *Toujours Pur*, which is French for 'Always Pure'.

An old Slytherin Quidditch team photograph adorns one of the walls, featuring Regulus, the Seeker, sitting in the middle of the a crowd of Slytherin students. When Regulus was a strong supporter of Voldemort, he collected newspaper cuttings about his idol and stuck them together to form a ragged collage.

Over time the room grew dusty and the newspaper cuttings turned yellow. When the room was searched by Snape, the drawers of a desk had been taken out and the contents had littered the floor. It is unknown if this mess was ever cleaned up.
Ellen Rigby

**Ellen Rigby** (born 19 Jun 1982) was from Liverpool, Merseyside, England. She was a half-blood witch, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rigby. She had a little sister called Mandy. She attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from 1993 to 2000. She was a member of Gryffindor House.

## Biography

#### Early life (1980s)

Ellen was born on 19 June, 1982, in Liverpool, Merseyside. Her father, Mr. Rigby, was a half-blood Ministry man, and her mother, Mrs. Rigby, a muggle-born witch, stayed at home. Liverpool is on the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary, and historically lay within the ancient hundred of West Derby in the southwest of the county of Lancashire. Natives and residents of the city of Liverpool are referred to formally as Liverpudlians, but most often as Scousers, a reference to "scouse", a form of stew. The word "Scouse" has also become synonymous with the Liverpool accent and dialect.

Ellen had a little sister, Mandy, born on 23 February, 1984. The sisters grew up together and were very close.

#### Hogwarts years (1990s)

Ellen received her Hogwarts letter in the summer of 1993. She purchased a wand at Ollivander's that summer, made of pine and unicorn hair. She boarded the Hogwarts Express on 1 September 1993, where Dementors attacked the train, looking for a recently-escaped Azkaban prisoner, Sirius Black. She was then sorted into Gryffindor House that night.

Ellen excelled in Defence Against the Dark Arts, which became her favourite subject. She shared a dormitory with Demelza Robins, Romilda Vane, Alice Tolipan, and Lottie Fawley.

She was among the students who stayed to fight in the Battle of Hogwarts on 2 May, 1998, despite being underage at the time. She survived the battle, demonstrating her skill in duelling, and lived to see Harry Potter defeat the Dark Lord Voldemort.

## Etymology

Originally a variant form of Helen, "Ellen" is now also commonly used as a variant of Eleanor. Both names, however, are ultimately derived from the same Grrek root *ēlē* (meaning light, torch, bright).

The placename "Rigby" means "the homestead or village on the ridge", originally "the farm on the ridge", derived from the Old Norse elements "*hryggr*", ridge, back, and "*by, byr*", farm, homestead, and later, village.
Rev. Roman Travers

**Rev. Roman Travers** (19 Jun 1713 - 18 Jan 1767) was an English pure-blood squib who lived in the 17th century. In the muggle world, he was known as The Hon. Roman Travers, until he was formally disowned by his father, Solomon, upon realising that he could not stop Roman from inheriting the title of "Baron of Yarmouth" even though he was a squib. He was the son of Solomon Travers, 4th Baron of Yarmouth, and Alexandria Travers (née Greengrass), Baroness Yarmouth, and until his disownment, he was their eldest son and heir.

After he was disowned at the age of seventeen, he received a sum of money from his aunt Adeliza Greengrass, who took pity on him, and he was able to study at the local grammar school and college before attending Oxford University in the 1730s. He studied theology and became a Reverend.

## Biography

Roman was the second oldest of eight siblings. He was born on 19 June, 1713, in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England. At the time, he had an older sister, Augusta. He had seven siblings in total. They were:

* Augusta Travers (13 Jul 1712 - 19 Feb 1801)
* Eudora Travers (2 Dec 1714 - 4 Dec 1789)
* Eulalia Travers (1 Jul 1716 - 30 Jan 1725), died young
* Angelica Travers (13 Nov 1717 - 9 Jun 1800)
* Solomon Travers II, 5th Baron of Yarmouth (2 Jan 1719 - 13 Apr 1802)
* Rosalind "the Blind" Travers (2 Feb 1720 - 5 May 1752)
* Marcello Travers (16 Jul 1721 - 9 Apr 1741)

Roman failed to receive his Hogwarts letter, and he never performed magic. He was disowned at the age of seventeen, after his father, Solomon I, realised that while he could not become the head of the Travers family in the magical world, he could still inherit the muggle titles, as he was still technically the eldest son. After he was disowned, he went on to university, as he had been attending school in the village of Yarmouth in that time.

He wanted to be a theologian. The concept of muggle religion interested him, and as the wizarding world had become quite Christian over the last couple of centuries (pre- the King James Bible) there was still the question of magic (which he had seen and knew existed) and whether performing it was a sin, and sourced by The Devil. Roman wanted to study it, and he did at Oxford University in the 1730s.

He became an ordained priest in Yarmouth and stayed there until his death. He died on 18 January, 1767, at the age of 53. He died unmarried and without issue.

## Etymology

"Roman" is a male first name. It has distant origins dating back to the Roman Empire and the Latin language. It comes from the Latin word "*romanus*", which means "of Rome".

Travers is derived from the meaning "traverse". It is also a movement performed in dressage, in which the horse moves parallel to the side of the arena, with its shoulders carried closer to the wall than its hindquarters and its body curved toward the centre.
Tobias Goodwin

**Tobias Goodwin** (born 26 April, 1925) was a half-blood wizard who attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from 1 September, 1936 to June of 1943. He was the Captain of the Gryffindor Quidditch Team starting in the autumn of 1940 until he graduated in June 1943. He played the position of Chaser.

## Biography

### Early life

Tobias Goodwin was born on 26 April, 1925, the son of a muggle and a half-blood witch. He was born in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England. Grimsby, also Great Grimsby, was a large coastal English seaport and administrative centre in North East Lincolnshire, on the South Bank of the Humber Estuary, close to where it reaches the North Sea. It ran the largest fishing fleet in the world by the mid-20th century. His father was a fisherman.

#### Hogwarts years

Tobias Goodwin received his Hogwarts letter in the summer of 1936. Sometime before he left for school, he purchased a wand made of spruce and dragon heartstring from Ollivander's Wand Shop in Diagon Alley, London. He boarded the Hogwarts Express on 1 September, 1936, and later that night, he was sorted into Gryffindor.

In his second year of school, Tobias tried out for the Gryffindor Quidditch team. He didn't make it that year, but the next year he tried out again, and made the team. The position that he played was Chaser.

In his fifth year of school, Tobias was made the captain of an unusually young Gryffindor Quidditch team, comprised of mainly fifth and fourth years. The first team he captained was made up of Mick Rigby and Gordon MacCallum, his fellow Chasers, Gilchrist Bellchant and Archie Dodge, Beaters, Ivor McKinnon, the Keeper, and Dominic Gudgeon, the Seeker. Also on the team was Ansel Hume, who was a substitute.

In Tobias's seventh year of school, the Chamber of Secrets was opened by Tom Riddle, which resulted in the petrification of four muggle-borns, and the death of a third year Ravenclaw student, Myrtle Warren. Another third year student was framed for her death, Rubeus Hagrid, as well as an illegal acromantula he'd been hiding in the school, which was passed off as the monster.

#### Later life

Tobias never married and never had children. He enjoyed his later life as an eternal bachelor.

## Etymology

Greek form of *TOBIAH*. This is the name of the hero of the apocryphal Book of Tobit, which appears in many English versions of the Old Testament. It relates how Tobit's son Tobias, with the help of the angel Raphael, is able to drive away a demon who has plagued Sarah, who subsequently becomes his wife. This story was popular in the Middle Ages, and the name came into occasional use in parts of Europe at that time. In England it became common after the Protestant Reformation.

From a surname which was derived from the given name GODWINE, meaning "friend of god". Derived from the Scots guidwe'en meaning, literally, "good child". A Scottish expression meaning a good-hearted, or good-souled person, especially one who is young at heart.
Sirius Black's bedroom

## Location information

### Location

Fourth floor of 12 Grimmauld Place, London borough of Islington, London, Great Britain

### Permanent residents

* Sirius Black

**Sirius Black's bedroom** is at the fourth floor landing of 12 Grimmauld Place, located in the London borough of Islington. This bedroom was inhabited by Sirius Black during his stays at 12 Grimmauld Place.

## History

Sirius Black's bedroom used to belong to his father, Orion, when Orion Black was just a boy. Before that it had been his grandfather Arcturus's childhood bedroom.

## Description

On the door there is a nameplate that says ***Sirius***. His room is spacious with a large bed that has a carved headboard, a tall window with long velvet curtains, and a candle chandelier. The walls of the room were covered with so many pictures that it is barely possible to see the wallpaper. Many of the pictures had a Permanent Sticking Charm on them so his family could not take them down. His room was decorated with Gryffindor banners and colours to show his difference from his family.

He had pictures of muggle motorcycles and bikini-clad Muggle girls. There was also a picture of the four Marauders: himself, Moony, Prongs, and Wormtail.

## Possessions

* Sirius kept a letter from Lily Potter about Harry, James, Peter Pettigrew, Albus Dumbledore and Bathilda Bagshot. With it was a picture of Harry on a toy broomstick with James and Lily. The second page of the letter, which bore Lily's signature, and the part of the photograph with Lily in it was taken by Severus Snape, and the remaining parts were found and kept by Harry Potter.
* He also had many books and papers which Harry found strewn about the room when he first entered.
* Several pictures of motorcycles and Muggle women in bikinis were noted to be on the walls.
Sigmund Bourdillon

**Sigmund Bourdillon** (born 15 July, 1940) was a half-blood English wizard who attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from 1 September, 1951 to June of 1958. He was a member of Hufflepuff House and lived in Runcorn, Cheshire. He married Emily Rutter in 1980, and had two sons with her, Evander and Philip.

He flew on the Hufflepuff Quidditch team when he was in school. He is a former manager of the Appleby Arrows.

## Biography

### Early life

Sigmund Bourdillon was born on 15 July, 1940, in Runcorn, Cheshire, England. Runcorn is a muggle industrial town and cargo port in the Borough of Halton in Cheshire, England. The town was once highly polluted. Its location is in the southeast of the Liverpool City Region on the southern bank of the River Mersey where the estuary narrows to form the Runcorn Gap. To the north across the River Mersey is Widnes, with Warrington 7 miles (11 km) to the northeast and Liverpool 11 miles (18 km) to the northwest.

#### Hogwarts years

He received his Hogwarts letter in the summer of 1951. That same summer, he visited Diagon Alley, located in London, and purchased a wand made of beech and dragon heartstring from Ollivander's Wand Shop. On 1 September, 1951, he boarded the train for Hogwarts and was sorted into Hufflepuff House that same night.

In his fourth year of school, Sigmund tried out for the Hufflepuff Quidditch team, and made the cut. He played the position of Chaser, and that year they unfortunately lost the Quidditch Cup.

They soon gained a winning streak however, which lasted three years.

### Later life

At some point, Sigmund Bourdillon decided to go into Quidditch management. Although he never played professionally, he signed onto the Appleby Arrows team in the 1970s.

He married Emily Rutter in 1980, and they had two children together, Evan and Philip. Evan followed his footsteps into playing Quidditch for Hufflepuff when it came time for him to go to school.

He resigned from his post as manager of the Appleby Arrows in 1988.

## Etymology

Sigmundis a Germanic given name with roots in proto-Germanic *\*segaz* and *\*mundō*, giving a rough translation of "protection through victory".

The surname Bourdillon comes from Frankish *bord* meaning "board, plank". This name belonged to a person who lived in a house made of planks.
Witheridge

**Witheridge** is a village and civil parish in the North Devon district of Devon, England. Its name may be derived from the Old English for "Weather Ridge", which would fit with the village's somewhat exposed situation. Situated almost equidistant from Dartmoor and Exmoor, the village has earned the nickname *the Gateway to the Two Moors Way*.

It was the home of the Marchbanks family, and the birthplace of Fred Marchbanks and his sister Darcy Cattermole (née Marchbanks).

## History

### 19th Century

Witheridge was home to the Marchbanks family. Aberforth Marchbanks moved his family there in 1894, and the family lived in a small cottage among many muggles.

### 20th Century

Witheridge was the birthplace of Fred Marchbanks and his sister Darcy Cattermole (née Marchbanks).

## Etymology

Its name may be derived from the Old English for "Weather Ridge".
Tisbury

**Tisbury** is a large village and civil parish approximately 13 miles (21 km) west of Salisbury in the English county of Wiltshire. It is a centre for communities around the upper River Nadder and Vale of Wardour. The parish includes the hamlets of Upper Chicksgrove and Wardour.

Tisbury is the largest settlement within the Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (larger nearby settlements such as Salisbury and Shaftesbury are just outside it).

It is the location of Black Manor, a large "handsome manor house" surrounded by elaborate gardens, including a fountain. Black Manor was home to the infamous Noble and Most Ancient House of Black, once upon a time.

## History

There are known early references between 710 and 716 to Wintra, Abbot of Tisbury, and in 759 monks of Tisbury are mentioned in a grant of land to Abbot Ecgnold and his familia (community) at Tisbury Minster. The monastery may have been founded as early as 705 and may have been sited near an old cemetery discovered north of Church Street.

The Saxon settlement came into the possession of Shaftesbury Abbey, across the county border, in Dorset. The administration centre was the monastic grange, still called Abbey Grange Place Farm. Its thatched tithe barn – one of its timbers dated by dendrochronology to 1279 – and a Grade I listed building, bears the largest thatched roof in England. It is now used as a multi-purpose gallery and arts centre, managed by Messums Wiltshire. The old Black Manor lies approximately 2.5 miles (4.0 km) to the southwest of Tisbury.

Some idea of the population of the area in the 14th century is given by the number assessed as being liable to the poll tax of 1377: every lay person over the age of 14 years who was not a beggar had to pay a groat (4d) to the Crown. The number of taxpayers in Hatch, East and West (in Tisbury) was 152, and in Tisbury there were 281.
The village's 13th-century prosperity came from the quarries that produced stone for the building of Salisbury Cathedral, and from the wool that supported a local cloth industry. The village suffered a serious setback with the Black Death in the mid-14th century but slowly recovered. To the southwest of the village centre are the remains of the village of Wyck, a deserted medieval village abandoned some time in the 14th century.

## Notable People

Several lords of the Noble and Most Ancient House of Black were born in Tisbury. They are:

* Aquilinus Black, 19 Apr 1630 - 11 Nov 1700
* Cepheus Black II, 14 Sep 1657 - 11 Apr 1719
* Ophiuchus Black, 9 Mar 1714 - 28 Feb 1775
* Betelgeuse Black, 14 Nov 1740 - 19 Jun 1799
* Cygnus Black I, 3 Jun 1770 - 24 Dec 1853
* Cygnus Black II, 13 Jan 1810 - 7 Jul 1859

As well as Phineas Nigellus Black, who became the most-hated Headmaster of Hogwarts known to date.

* Phineas Nigellus Black, 18 Oct 1847 - 10 Jun 1925
Crimble family

**Crimble** is the surname of a wizarding family that lived in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. Members of this family are typically half-blood and sorted into Hufflepuff. Recent members that have attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry include Edalbert Crimble, who attended from 1935 to 1942.

## History

### Recent History

Edalbert Crimble, a member of this family, was present on 24 December, 1991 at No. 12 Grimmauld Place, London, following the suicide of Orion Black.

Edalbert Crimble was an investigative member of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement at the Ministry of Magic, but he was soon thrown out by Walburga following the end of his very brief investigation, and made a comment in the Daily Prophet about Walburga's hysteria.

## Known Members

* **Edalbert Crimble** (b. 1924) was a half-blood wizard who worked at the Ministry of Magic as an investigative member of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement. He attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from 1935 to 1942 and was a member of Hufflepuff House.
* **Marcy Flume** (née **Crimble**) (b. 1925) was a half-blood witch and the wife of Ambrosius Flume. She attended Hogwarts from 1936 to 1943 and was a co-owner of Honeydukes, a sweetshop in Hogsmeade, Scotland.
* **Shirley Crimble** (b. 1926) was the sister of Edalbert and Marcy Crimble. She attended Hogwarts from 1937 to 1944.

## Etymology

Crimble is a name whose history dates far back into the mists of early British times to the days of the Anglo-Saxon tribes. It is a name for a person with an abnormal curvature of the spine. The surname Crimble is derived from the Old English word *crump,* which means *bent* or *crooked.*

The surname Crimble was first found in Herefordshire, where "Thomas Crump was mayor of Hereford in 1610. The Crumps are also established in Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, and Monmouthshire, and further reference to them will be found under one or more of those counties."
Tinworth

**Tinworth** is a village in Cornwall, England, near the coast.
It is a half-magical dwelling, with a wizarding community established in secret alongside the Muggle one soon after the signature of the International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy in the 17th century. According to historian Bathilda Bagshot, Tinworth was one of a handful of villages that were "notable homes to knots of wizarding families who lived alongside tolerant and sometimes Confunded Muggles."

Bridget Wenlock lived in this village, and it is here that she devised the theorem that established the magical properties of the number seven. During her lifetime, she was a common sight throughout the town, as her paranoid and absentmindedness often led her to seek out notes she had written in invisible ink and then misplaced.

Shell Cottage, the home of Bill Weasley and Fleur Delacour after their marriage in 1997, is located in the outskirts of Tinworth. It is located near the ocean and is a "beautiful place," according to Harry Potter.

## Etymology

The name Tinworth may be in reference to the fact that Cornwall is historically known for its tin mines.
Merope Black

"*I have chosen you.*"
—The epitaph that commemorated Merope on the grounds of Blackmere House
**Merope Black** (**1 May**, **1832** - **17 August**, **1841**) was an early member of the House of Black: the daughter of Licorus Black and Sophronia Black (née Rowle), she was the granddaughter of Cetus Black IV and Alodia Black (née Prewett). Her paternal great-grandfather was Betelgeuse Black, and her paternal great-grandmother was Adeliza Black (née Rosier).

She was raised on one of the Black family estates in Ilminster, Somerset, England, and died young of unknown causes. She had a younger sister, Mirabelle. She was buried in Castle Gate, Cornwall, on the grounds of Blackmere House inside a cemetery that is now disused.

## Biography

### Early life

Merope Black was born on 1 May, 1832, in Ilminster, Somerset, England. She was born into the Noble and Most Ancient House of Black, an old wizarding family who looked down on any except other "respectable" pure-blood wizards and believed in pure-blood supremacy. She was the second daughter of Licorus Black, a junior member of the house, being far removed in the line of succession, and his wife Sophronia Black (née Rowle).

Her paternal grandparents were Cetus Black IV and Alodia Black (née Prewett), and her maternal grandparents were Thornicus Rowle and Eustacia Rowle (née Greengrass). She had a maternal aunt, Petrina, who was the wife of Martius Parkinson. She had two first cousins, Theseus Parkinson I and Cressida Parkinson, who were around her age.

Merope was very close to her sister Mirabelle when they were children; the two were educated together and had the same tutors. The girls enjoyed a varied education which was closely monitored by their parents. They studied reading, writing, Latin, foreign languages, history, geography, land surveying, military architecture, mathematics, music, dancing and gymnastics, as well as religion from the age of three.

#### Death

Merope Black died of unknown causes on 17 August, 1841, aged nine. She was buried in Blackmere Cemetery on the grounds of Blackmere House, also known as The Summer House.

## Etymology

Merope is the name of a star in the star cluster Pleiades, named for a daughter of Atlas and Pleione in Greek mythology. The Black family has been known to name their children after constellations or stars.
Philip Bourdillon

**Philip Bourdillon** (born 26 May, 1983) was an English pure-blood wizard who attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from 1 September, 1994 to June of 2001. He was born in Runcorn, Cheshire, England and was the younger son of Sigmund and Emily Bourdillon, the younger brother of Evander Bourdillon.

He was a member of Hufflepuff House at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. During his fourth year of school, when Lord Voldemort and his Death Eaters attacked the castle, he was presumably evacuated along with the other underage students via the Hog's Head passageway.

## Biography

### Early life

Philip Bourdillon was born on 26 May, 1983, in Runcorn, Cheshire, England. He was the younger son of Sigmund and Emily Bourdillon (née Rutter). At the time of his birth, he had an older brother, Evander Bourdillon. Runcorn, the place in which he grew up, is an industrial town and cargo port in the Borough of Halton in Cheshire, England.

His father was once the manager of the Appleby Arrows Quidditch Team. As such, it can be reasonably expected that Philip and his brother Evan grew up supporting the team.

#### Hogwarts years

He received his Hogwarts letter in the summer of 1994. That same summer, he visited Diagon Alley, located in London, and purchased a wand made of English Oak and unicorn hair from Ollivander's Wand Shop. On 1 September, 1994, he boarded the train for Hogwarts and was sorted into Hufflepuff House that same night.

During his fourth year of school, Lord Voldemort and his Death Eaters attacked the castle on 2 May, 1998. Philip was presumably evacuated along with the other underage students via the Hog's Head passageway in the Room of Requirement before the battle began. His brother, Evan, was among many of those who stayed to fight.

## Etymology

The name Philip comes from the Greek name *Φιλιππος (Philippos)* meaning "friend of horses", composed of the elements *φιλος (philos)* meaning "friend, lover" and *‘ιππος (hippos)* meaning "horse". This was the name of five kings of Macedon, including Philip II the father of Alexander the Great. The name appears in the New Testament belonging to two people who are regarded as saints. First, one of the twelve apostles, and second, an early figure in the Christian church known as Philip the Deacon.
The surname Bourdillon may be derived from an old family living in Languedoc in the south of France.
The Education Act of 1872

### Description

Responsible for creating Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry's Board of Governors

The **Education Act of 1872** was signed into law by the British Ministry of Magic, officially creating the Hogwarts Board of Governors at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The Act itself predates the many Education Acts that followed, including the Education Act of 1892, and the Education Act of 1918. The 1872 Education Act stands as the very first piece of legislation to deal specifically with the provision of education in Wizarding Britain.

## History

#### The 1872 Education Act

The 1872 Education Act stood as the very first piece of legislation to deal specifically with the provision of education in Wizarding Britain. Most importantly, it demonstrated a commitment to provision on a national scale.

The Education Act of 1872 allowed institutions such as Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry to carry on unchanged, but established a 'school board' to manage the school in areas where it was needed. The Hogwarts Board of Governors consisted of locally elected body which drew their funding from the local rate, determined by the number of pupils that were paying tuition.

## Known Contents

Not much is known about the contents of this act other than it was responsible for creating the Hogwarts Board of Governors.

## Successors

Important successors to the Education Act of 1872 included:

* **The Education Act of 1892**

And the:

* **The Education Act of 1918**
8 May

**8 May** is the 128th day of the year (129th in leap years). There are 237 days remaining until the end of the year.

## Events

### Hogwarts

#### 20th Century

* **1993:** The Hogwarts Quidditch Cup is cancelled following the attack on Hermione Granger and Penelope Clearwater by Slytherin's Basilisk. Albus Dumbledore is removed as Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry after Lucius Malfoy blackmails the Hogwarts Board of Governors into signing his Order of Suspension. Rubeus Hagrid is sent to Azkaban.

### Births

#### 20th Century

* **1957:** Amelia Bones was born on this day to Mr. and Mrs. Bones in Cranbrook, Kent, England.
* **1961:** Selina Nott was born on this day to Mr. and Mrs. Nott in Hang East, North Yorkshire, England.
* **1969:** Felix Rosier, younger brother of Evan Rosier, was born on this day to Anselm and Anastasia Rosier (née Vulchanov) in Swindon, Wiltshire, England.
* **1980:** Gregory Goyle Jr. was born on this day to Gregory Goyle Sr. and Mrs. Goyle in Cleator Moor, Cumbria, England.
Bathsheba Orpington

## Bathsheba Fleamont (née Orpington)

**Bathsheba Fleamont** (née **Orpington**) (**24 August**, **1800** - **12 December**, **1854**) was a pure-blood English witch and later member of the Fleamont family. She was the mother of Ottoline Brown (née Fleamont), Anselm Fleamont, and Elowen Potter (née Fleamont), and the grandfather of Phineas Brown, Molly Prewett (née Brown), Philomene Fleamont, and Henry Potter. Her husband was Ormond Fleamont, a Scottish wizard.

She attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from 1811 to 1818 as a member of Gryffindor House and after her twenty-second year was a lifelong resident of Hogsmeade village.

## Biography

### Early life (1800-1811)

Bathsheba Fleamont (née Orpington) was born into the Orpington family on 24 August, 1800 in the village of Godric's Hollow, Somerset, England. Godric's Hollow is one of a number of villages where wizards settled in relatively large numbers after the ratification of the International Statute of Secrecy in 1689. Large number of witches and wizards grouped together to provide support for each other, after facing many years of persecution at the hands of Muggles, they found safety in numbers.

### Hogwarts years (1811-1818)

She received her Hogwarts letter in the summer of 1811. She began attending that September, and was sorted into Gryffindor House, like most of the members of her family had been before her.

She completed her education in 1818.

### Later life (1818-1854)

She met and married Ormond Fleamont, a Scottish wizard, who was local to Hogsmeade. She had moved there to find work after finishing her schooling at Hogwarts. They married in 1822. He was twenty-two. She was also twenty-two.

They had three children together, including Ottoline, Elowen, and Anselm Fleamont. Their daughter Ottoline would go on to marry Wendellin Brown, an English wizard of a bit more than modest means. But their other daughter, Elowen, would later marry Ophelius Potter, an English wizard who was very rich.

Their son, Anselm, coincidentally also married an English person, Mairwen Broadmoor. They, however, continued to live in Hogsmeade, while their daughters moved extremely far away to the south.

#### Death

Bathsheba died on 12 December, 1854, at the age of 54 in Hogsmeade village.

## Etymology

The name Bathsheba means "daughter of the oath" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament this is the name of a woman married to Uriah the Hittite. King David seduced her and made her pregnant, so he arranged to have her husband killed in battle and then married her. She was the mother of Solomon.
The Leaf Collector's Handbook

***The Leaf Collector's Handbook*** was a hand-book written by H.J. Barrie, a wizard. The book was first published in 1904. Altair Black owned a copy of this book as a child.

## Contents

The hand-book explains how to collect plants.

The first step of plant pressing begins with the collection of the sample. When collecting a sample it is important to first make sure that land you are collecting on allows for the removal of natural specimens. The next step after finding a suitable plant for collection is to assign it with a number for record keeping purposes. This number system is up to the individual collector, but usually involves the date of collection or the sequential number of that collection. Along with an assigned number, observations about the plant's location and live appearance should be noted in detail. These field notes will accompany the finished sample to provide supplementary information about the plant.

After cleaning the sample of any mud or dirt, the next step is to press the sample. Some samples may press better if they have been left to wilt for a few days. However plants should never be allowed to spoil or decompose before pressing, as this will impact the quality of the dried product. Plant presses are most commonly constructed with two flat smooth pieces of wood, and some type of compression mechanism. Compression may be accomplished with tightened nuts and bolts on the corners of the press, with tightened straps around the press, or by placing weights on top of the press. When placing in the press, plant samples should be sandwiched between a few layers of absorbent blotter. When arranging the plant in the press it is important to remember that the dried plant product will be fragile and inflexible, so position the plant exactly as you wish the final product to appear. Tighten the press and wait approximately a day to check up on the plant.
Odilia Wescott

**Odilia Wescott** (born 2 March, 1952) was a half-blood English witch who attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from 1 September, 1963 to June 1970. While at school, she was a Prefect. She later worked as a photographer for the Daily Prophet.

## Biography

### Early life

Odilia Wescott was born on 2 March, 1952, in Dunwich, Suffolk, England, to Mr. and Mrs. Wescott. She was a pure-blood witch and was an only child.

#### Hogwarts years

Odilia received her Hogwarts letter in the summer of 1963. Before attending, she probably purchased her wand, which is made out of maple and unicorn hair, at Ollivander's Wand Shop in Diagon Alley, though it is also possible she could have inherited it.

She was sorted into Gryffindor House on 1 September, 1963. She developed her passion for photography at school, though she had other interests, such as Gobstones.

In her fifth year, she was appointed to be a school prefect by Headmaster Albus Dumbledore. A prefect at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is a student who has been given extra authority and responsibilities by the Head of House and Headmaster. One male and one female student are chosen from each house in their fifth year to act as prefects. They would continue to be prefects in their sixth and seventh years until they leave school.

### Later life

Odilia Wescott left Hogwarts in June of 1970 and secured employment at the *Daily Prophet*. The *Daily Prophet* is a wizarding newspaper based in London, England. It is the primary source of news for British and Irish wizards. She began work as an intern but then was promoted to news photographer.

## Etymology

The name Odilia is derived from the Germanic element odal meaning "fatherland" or aud meaning "wealth, fortune". Saint Odilia (or Odila) was an 8th-century nun who is considered the patron saint of Alsace.