Quidditch Through the Ages

[Catlady]

In 1269, Chief of the Wizards' Council Barberus Bragge (sounds like a
Slytherin name to me) fined Modesty Rabnott ten Galleons (allegedly
equivalent to some 6666 Galleons today, which is allegedly worth some
$33000 today) for rescuing the poor Golden Sniglet birdie from a
Quidditch game. In her letter to her  sister Prudence, Modesty wrote:
"Chief Bragge would have lost my vote if I'd had one." Someone suggested
that this indicates that females didn't have the vote in 1269, altho'
Elfrida Clagg (apparently female from the name) was Chief of the
Wizards' Council in 'the middle of the next century'. I propose that
there wasn't a gender distinction in voting, but there was a property
requirement, and Modesty didn't have enough property/wealth to be a
voter. There is a long history of property requirements for voting.

Does anyone think that the Malfoy family has a traditional fan or
ownership relationship with any of the pro Quidditch teams, and which
one? Suppose Draco didn't inherit a family tradition of rooting for some
particular team, would he be a supporter of a team or merely a fan of
some good player(s)? If a fan of a team, which team? I thought maybe
Falmouth Falcons, because of their reputation for playing dirty and
because their name can be spoonerized Malfouth. Maybe Montrose Magpies
because they are the winning-est team and start with M.

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