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Language of the text: Italiano
Nobility: Nobili - Baroni
Nobles in:Malta - Italia (Campania)
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Variations Last name: Scerra,Xerri
Variations of surnames are frequent and mainly derive from involuntary acts such as translation errors or dialectal inflections or from voluntary acts such as attempts to escape persecution or acquisition of titles and properties of other families
Ancient and very noble Maltese family, of clear and ancestral virtue, spread, over the centuries, also in various regions of Italy. Originally known as Xerri, the surname of the family was over time Italianized in Scerri. According to some authors, moreover, it is of remote Spanish origin. In any case, the first person we know of is a Gregorio Xerri, doctor of law, judge and assessor of the Capitaneale Court of Malta in 1512. It was his son Doctor Francesco, sworn in 1564 and in 1569, who obtained the title of Barone di Castel Cicciano. Gregorio Scerri was born from his marriage with Imperia Surdo, who inherited his paternal title and who was a noble sworn, treasurer and Captain della Verga (1584-1623). They also obtained honorable degrees: Niccolò and Cola Pietro, jurors, respectively in 1553 and 1554; dr. Orlando, judge and assessor of the Capitaneale Court of Malta in 1581; ...
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BlazonScerri
Variations Last name: Scerra,Xerri
1. Coat of arms of family: Scerri
Language of the text: Italiano
Tre seghe d'oro in campo vermiglio.
Fonte bibliografica: "Della descrittione di Malta isola nel mare siciliano con le sue antichita, ed altre notitie" del comm. Fragio: Francesco Abela, Malta ad 1647.
D'argento, al braccio vestito di rosso sostenente una bilancia d'oro.
Alias (stemma aggiuntivo) presunto della famiglia Scerri, l'attuale rappresentazione è una ricostruzione sulla base di frammentarie informazioni d'archivio e ricostruzioni araldiche.
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Variations of surnames are frequent and mainly derive from involuntary acts such as translation errors or dialectal inflections or from voluntary acts such as attempts to escape persecution or acquisition of titles and properties of other families
