Questa Casa si trasferì in Tramonti, Nocera dei Pagani, Cava e Castellamare, nelle quali Città godette nobiltà ed in quest’ultima si estinse in Orazio cavaliere di Malta (1578). Isolda Castaldo, figlia di Antonio e Ceccarella Capece Zurlo, fu data in moglie da re Ladislao al proprio unico figlio naturale Rinaldo, principe di Capua. Da lei nacquero Francesco ed Ippolita, di Durazzo. Questa si maritò con Bartolomeo de Mayo di Tramonti, donde il cognome de Majo Durazzo assunto dai loro discendenti, poi patrizi napoletani del Sedil di Montagna. Nel ms. amalfitano, riportato dal Camera, dei riri digniores memriae, trovansi: Sire Stephanus Castaldus de Ravello. Da questa stirpe uscì Gio. Battista celebre condottiero di eserciti, conteso dai nocerini e dai cavesi. Altro ramo. Antica famiglia che abbandonata la città di Altino nel 456 si stabilì in Venezia, con la prerogativa di tribuni antichi, e fu aggregata al gran Consiglio. Un Castaldo, generale di Cesare, recuperò l’anno 1551 la fortezza di Lippa sulle sponde del fiume Marocz. Che i membri della famiglia Castaldo siano noncuranti delle cose volgari, ripromettendosi dalle sole loro energie la dovuta ricompensa, lo provano i documenti fino ad oggi conosciuti come il Dizionario Storico-Blasonico del commendatore G.B. di Crollalanza che ne ha raccolte le tracce lasciate dalla famiglia in quelle città ove ebbe dimora ricoprendo cariche legislative, militari o altro, contribuendo non poco alla riuscita di quei documenti utili alla scoperta di questa famiglia. . Riguardo a questo cognome abbiamo ritrovato ulteriori informazioni storiche in altri archivi. Purtroppo in lingua originale Inglese. : The associated coat of arms for the name CASTALDO are recorded in Rietstaps Armorial General. Registered in Venise, Italy. The origins of Italian last names are not clear, and much work remains to be done on medieval Italian records. It seems that stable bynames, in some cases hereditary, were in use in the Venetian Republic by the end of the 10th century. The typical Italian Last Name endings are ‘i’ and ‘o’, the former being characteristic of northern Italy. The singular form ‘o’ is more typical of southern Italy.The name was a local name meaning ‘the dweller at the castle’ from residence therein as a servitor or keeper. Local last names, by far the largest group, extrapolated from a place name where the man held land or from the place from which he had come, or where he actually lived. These local last names were primarily preceded by a preposition such as “de”, “atte”, “by” or “in”. The names may derive from a manor held, from working in a religious dwelling or from literally living by a wood or marsh or by a stream. Following the Crusades in Europe a need was felt for a family name. This was recognized by those of noble blood, who realised the prestige and practical advantage it would add to their status. Early records of the name in England mention Alan de Castell, 1273 London. William atte Castle, County Somerset, ibid. Thomas de Castell was listed in the Yorkshire Poll Tax of 1379. Richard Castle married Elizabeth Newton, St. Michael, Cornhill, London in 1652. Joseph Clarke married Frances Castell, St. George’s, Hanover Square, London in 1795. During the Middle Ages, when people were unable to read or write, signs were needed for all visual identification. For several centuries city streets were filled with signs of all kinds, public houses, tradesmen and even private householders found them necessary. This was an age when there were no numbered houses, and an address was a descriptive phrase that made use of a convenient landmark. At this time, coats of arms came into being, for the practical reason that men went into battle heavily armed and were difficult to recognise. It became the custom for them to adorn their helmets with distinctive crests, and to paint their shields with animals and the like. Coats of arms accompanied the development of last names, becoming hereditary in the same way….
Noble title: Nobili
Coat of arms: D’argento, alla fascia d’oro accompagnata da due gigli di rosso, uno in capo ed uno in punta…