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"I remember my grandfather had an Axminster that could seat twelve - but that was before carpets were banned, of course."
Bartemius Crouch Senior[src]

A grandfather of Bartemius Crouch Senior owned an Axminster capable of seating twelve people prior to the ban on the use of flying carpets in Great Britain and Ireland.[3]

Behind the scenes[]

  • He may have been the father of Caspar Crouch, and therefore the paternal grandfather of Barty Snr, although this has not been confirmed.

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Notes and references[]

  1. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 36 (The Parting of the Ways) - Dumbledore refers to Bartemius Crouch Jnr as "the last remaining member of a pure-blood family as old as any". meaning that all other members of the family were dead by 1995.
  2. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 36 (The Parting of the Ways) - Albus Dumbledore: Your dementor has just destroyed the last remaining member of a pure-blood family as old as any - and see what that man chose to make of his life!
  3. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 7 (Bagman and Crouch) - Barty Crouch Snr: I remember my grandfather had an Axminster that could seat twelve - but that was before carpets were banned, of course.
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