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Capecchi is widespread throughout Tuscany, especially in the Pistoia, Prato and Florence regions and in the Grosseto area, it should derive from a nickname originated from the archaic Italian term capecchio (a kind of linen or hemp wadding used for padding), perhaps to indicate that the craft of the progenitors was that of upholsterer, so in his work he used that kind of material, but it could also be a disparaging nickname since the capecchio is a product of very little value. Traces of this surname can be found as early as the Middle Ages, as we can see in a Florentine act of 1257, where we can read: "..Qualiter Falconiere quondam Capecchi de Cafaggio tenetur & debet give & solvere annuatim perpetuo dicto Episcopatui de mense Augusti prosuo podari flarios duodecim grains. Note quod Episcopatus Florentinus habet & tenet & possidet hodie dictum podere .. ".
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