Dumbledore's names

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No: HPFGUIDX 104832

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Jocelyn Grunow <aandj at l...> wrote:
> on 7/7/2004 2:36 PM, justcarol67 at justcarol67 at y... wrote:
> 
> > For what it's worth, we learn in OoP that Percy is Percy Ignatius
> > Weasley, so Percy isn't short for Percival. The names have separate
> > histories and derivations (though admittedly the Weasleys might not
> > know that).
> 
> Surely there must be a history major here who know more than I do about the
> Percy family in Tudor times?  About all I can remember is that at some point
> they were condemned as traitors.
> 

They were. A long line of troublemakers involved in plots and treason
for about 400 years. The last time was the Gunpowder Plot, I think.

And their traditional enemies were the Nevilles.

I did a post on it about a year ago (when I was fresh and innocent)- 60583.

Kneasy