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The family originated in Borgo S. Sepolcro, of which the city enjoyed its first honors for a long time. Many members of it marked themselves in the arms; Bernardino, of Guido, of Francesco, fought in the Siena war under the insignia of Cosimo I, and Giovampaolo, son of Niccolò di Leonardo, who had been captain in the Bande Nere of Giovanni de 'Medici, died in that same war of a arquebus shot. Alessandro son of Giovampaolo was at the service of the Dukes of Urbino and Ferrara and of the Republic of Venice, then of the King of France and he also fell in battle. The same end met Niccolò another son of Giovampaolo, fighting in Hungary as commander of armor sent with other troops by the Grand Duke Ferdinando I to the rescue of the Emperor against the Turk. Hannibal, his brother, who had obtained his law, was the secretary of Cardinal Orsini, but later, a soldier too, he took part in the expedition against the famous bandit Alfonso Piccolomini. Other worthy, in this respect, of memory are Benedetto, of Baldo, who served the Grand Dukes of Tuscany under the general Colloredo marquis of S. Sofia; Filippo di Leonardo, who followed the famous Marc'Antonio Colonna, and Vincenzio di Buonaccorso, who fought in Bohemia for King Federigo II and had the command of the gangs of Prato and Borgo S. Sepolcro at home. Cristofano, Guido di Francesco Gherardi, also known as Boceno, was the first soldier, who fought in defense of Florence in the siege of 1530 with the band of Captain Giovanni Turino from Borgo S. Sepolcro, and then enlisted under Alessandro Vitelli from Città di Castle. Cangiata then the sword with the brush helped Vasari in the paintings he made here in the loggias of that gentleman's garden;