Famiglia oriunda da Cannero, passata in Vercelli, la quale si nobilitò con Carlo (deced. Verelli, 15 settembre 1811), figlio dell’avvocato Giovanni Pietro, che venne infeudato di Sant’Agabio il 22 settembre 1756 e investito col titolo baronale nel 1760. Carlo sposò Paola, del marchese Carlo Carcano, e furono suoi figli, fra gli altri, Camillo (deced. Vercelli, 6 settembre 1830) e Mario (n. Vercelli 15 giugno 1783) che vennero autorizzati di provvedersi di un titolo imperiale (1812). Da Camillo nacque Enrico (n. Vercelli 29 dicembre 1812; deced. Torino 31 maggio 1859), che dalle sue nozze con Fortunata Galvagno di Bubbio, ebbe Roberto (n. Casale, 11 dicembre 1856).. Riguardo a questo cognome abbiamo ritrovato ulteriori informazioni storiche in altri archivi. Purtroppo in lingua originale Inglese. : The Last Name of VICARIO was a locational name ‘the dweller at the vicars house from residence therein’. The name was extrapolated from the Old Latin word VICARIUS, and was primarily used to denote someone who carried out pastoral duties on behalf of an absentee holder of a benefice. It became a regular word for a parish priest because in practice most benefice-holders were absentees. Occupational last names primarily denoted the actual occupation followed by the individual. At what period they became hereditary is a difficult problem. Many of the occupation names were descriptive and could be varied. In the Middle Ages, at least among the Christian population, people did not usually pursue uniqueized occupations exclusively to the extent that we do today, and they would, in fact, turn their hand to any form of work that needed to be done, particularly in a large house or mansion, or on farms and smallholdings. In early documents, last names frequently refer to the actual holder of an office, whether the church or state, as is the case here. The earliest hereditary last names in England are found shortly after the Norman Conquest of 1066 and are of Norman French origin rather than native English. On the arrival of the Normans they identified themselves by references to the estates from which they came from in northern France. These names moved rapidly on with their bearers into Scotland and Ireland. Others of the Norman Invaders took names from the estates in England which they had newly acquired. Early records of the name mention Peter atte Vicars, listed in the Yorkshire Poll Tax of 1379. William Vickers of County Lancashire was documented in the year 1389, and Edward Vickary appears in Yorkshire in 1400. Later instances of the name mention John Vicars who was baptised at St. James’s, Clerkenwell, London in 1655. Francis Vickers married Elizabeth Lamden at St. Peter, Cornhill, London in 1689. The associated arms are recorded in Sir Bernard Burkes General Armory. Ulster King of Arms in 1884….
Noble title: Nobili
Coat of arms: D’argento, al torrione di rosso, finestrato d’oro, coll’albero di verde uscente dalla merlatura; col capo d’azzurro, caricato di una stella (6) d’argento, accostata da due gigli d’or…