Help with Coat of Arms Translation and Info

[bobte2]

Found the attached among some family papers. Can someone help translate the written portion? Also any thoughts on the validity of these type of documents?

I hope the below link works as the file is too large for attachment.

Thank you
Robert

https://1drv.ms/u/s!ArzY7G4e4SiEhOMtloK ... g?e=y7wpGq

[bbivona]

It seems to be a listing of people that appear in the history of Sicily, Calabria, and Basilicata with the D'Amico surname. You see a lot of services that purport to give the origins of your family, and they're essentially just lists of where the name appears in medieval history. Like most I've seen, it doesn't really tie any of them together, although they could certainly be branches of the same family. I would assume that with a little digging that you could find most of these people in a record somewhere. The ancestry of the nobility is usually pretty well documented, and you might be able to reproduce that somewhere. The harder part is usually finding an actual connection of your family back to the nobility. There may be one or may be none at all. The chronology below would be in the nobility of the Kingdom of Sicily, which intertwines with that of the Kingdom of Naples.

The text:

This family had as its progenitor Count Amico d’Amico who was first allied with the Normans to drive out the Saracens, then with other barons conspired against Duke Robert the Guiscard because they were offended by not receiving respect for the part they played in the conquest of the island. A Ruggiero was justice of the island from 10 October 1239 to 3 May 1240 and from November 1241 captain and grand justice of Sicily and Calabria. A Nicoberto was among the knights of Milazzo in 1283. A Giovanni was a royal soldier and commander of the castle of Santa Lucia. A Giacomo was treasurer general of the Kingdom in 1483. A Tostantino was the first Count of Guido in his family. Cesare was the first acquirer of the tuna processing facility of San Giorgio. Francesco-Carlo was Count of Guido and the first duke of Calvello. An Antonio was the first marquis D’Amico. A Tommaso was listed in the register of the aristocracy in Messina and had the title of marquis. Another branch flourished in Catania were a Vito was Baron of Grano.

[bobte2]

Thank you so much.