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TABULAR VIEW OF PUBLISHED INCONSISTENCIES RELATING TO THE ORIGIN OF NOBILIARY TITLES CONNECTED TO MALTA (TITLES ORIGINATING PRE-1798 ONLY)

Description of title

Supporting document/s at Maltese Archives (Primary Sources)

Origin of title as described by Crispo Barbaro (1870) in "The Nobles of Malta, and The Maltese Gentry holding Foreign Titles as at present existing by Geo. G.C.’A. Crispo Barbaro Marquis of St. George” Malta:- A.D. MDCCCLXX (The Anglo-Maltese Press, Malta, 1870)"

Origin of title as described by "ad hoc" Committee (1877) in "Correspondence and Report of the Commission appointed to enquire into the claims and grievances of the Maltese Nobility, May 1878, presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty (C.-2033.) (pages 54-55)"

Origin of title as described by Royal Commissioners (1877) in "Correspondence and Report of the Commission appointed to enquire into the claims and grievances of the Maltese Nobility, May 1878, presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty (C.-2033.) (pages 2-52)"

Origin of title as described by Royal Commissioners Supplementary Report (1878) in "Correspondence and Report of the Commission appointed to enquire into the claims and grievances of the Maltese Nobility, May 1878, presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty (C.-2033.) (pages 57-59)"

Origin of title as described by British Secretary of State (1878) in "Correspondence and Report of the Commission appointed to enquire into the claims and grievances of the Maltese Nobility, May 1878, presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty (C.-2033.) (pages 59-60)"

Origin of title as described by Committee of Privileges (1883) in "Report of the Committee of Privileges of the Maltese Nobility on the claims of certain members of that body with the Secretary of State’s Reply, August 1883, presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty (C-3812)."

Origin of title as described by Committee of Privileges (1886) in "Copies or Extracts of Correspondence with reference to the Maltese Nobility (In continuation of C3812, August 1883), presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty May 1886 (C-4628a)." (pages 4-5)

Origin of title as described by Gauci (1981) in "The Genealogy and Heraldry of the Noble Families of Malta" (Gulf Publishing, Malta, 1981)"

As described by Gauci (1986) in "A Guide to the Maltese Nobility" (PEG Publications, Malta, 1986)

As described by Gauci (1992) in "The Genealogy and Heraldry of the Noble Families of Malta Volume Two" (PEG Publications, Malta, 1992)

Title of Conte della Bahria granted by Grand Master Pinto, to Ignazio Muscati Falsone Navarra on the 16 May 1743

A.O.M. 547, ff. 165r-166r

Maltese

N.A.

Maltese (dormant)

Maltese

Title of Barone di Budack granted by Grand Master Perellos to Gio Pio De Piro on the 23 April 1716

A.O.M. 520, ff. 151r, 161r-161v, A.O.M. 520, f. 162r

Maltese (but describes there is a question who the successor is)

Maltese

Maltese (referred to court litigation)

N.A.

Maltese (but describes a variance from primogenial succession)

N.A.

Title of Barone di Buleben granted by Grand Master Rohan to Gaetano Azzopardi on the 23 July 1777 as amended on the 25 April 1778 in favour of Calcedonio Azzopardi who succeeded an the entail described in that decree.

A.O.M. 581, ff. 246v-247r, A.O.M. 582f. 264r

Maltese

Maltese (extinct)

N.A.

The investiture of 25 April 1778 extended the original grant in favour of the holder of the entail. (Maltese)

N.A.

Maltese

N.A.

Title of Conte delle Catene or delli Mori granted by Grand Master Pinto, to Pietro Gaetano Perdicomati Bologna on the 20 January 1745

A.O.M. 549, ff. 174r-174v

Maltese

Maltese (referred to court litigation)

N.A.

Maltese

N.A.

Title of Barone della Culeja granted by Grand Master Despuig, to Ignazio Bonnici on the 2 June 1737

A.O.M. 541, ff. 188r-188v

Maltese (but note implied variance from primogenial succession)

Maltese

Maltese (describes succession through the primogenial line)

N.A.

Maltese (but describes a variance from primogenial succession)

Maltese

N.A.

Title of Marchese del Fiddien granted by Grand Master Rohan to Salvatore Mallia Tabone on the 15 October 1785 as amended on the 15 June 1793.

A.O.M. 591, ff. 263r-264r

Maltese

N.A.

Maltese

Maltese (but describes a variance from primogenial succession)

N.A.

Title of Marchese di Ghain Kajet granted by Grand Master Rohan to Geronimo Delicata on the 4 June 1796.

A.O.M. 621, f. 75-75v

Maltese

N.A.

Maltese

N.A.

Title of Conte di Ghain Toffieha granted by Grand Master Rohan, by rescript, to Ferdinando Teuma Castelletti on the 7 January 1792.

A.O.M. 612, f. 198r

Maltese

N.A.

Maltese (dormant)

Maltese

Fief of Ghariescem et Tabia granted by Procurators of the Comun Tesoro of the Order to Giacinto Cassia by a deed of transaction received by Notary Michele Ralli on the 14 April 1638 and assented by Grand Master Lascaris on the 16 April 1638

A.O.M. 467, f. 265r, A.O.M 475,f. 283r, A.O.M. 476, f. 208r, A.O.M. 525, f. 119v, A.O.M. 553, f. 132r, A.O.M. 627, unpag.

Maltese

Sicilian

Maltese (1638, attributed date of creation)

N.A.

Maltese (date of creation stated as 16 April 1638)

N.A.

Title of Marchese di Gnien Is-Sultan granted by Grand Master Rohan to Filippo Apap on the 1 December 1792

A.O.M. 613, ff. 188r

Maltese

N.A.

Maltese

N.A.

Title of Barone di Gomerino granted by Grand Master Perellos to Paolo and Beatrice Testaferrata, on the 24 December 1710 (amended 1 May 1737)

A.O.M. 514, ff. 129v-134v, A.O.M. 541, f. 184r

Maltese

N.A. (see below)

Maltese

N.A.

Maltese (Does not report 1737 succession); Describes two variances from primogenial succession)

N.A.

Title of Barone della Marsa granted to Ferdinando Castelletti on the 12 June 1725

A.O.M. 529 ff. 140r-140v

Maltese

Maltese (extinct)

N.A.

Maltese (extinct)

Title of Marchese di San Giorgio granted by Grand Master Rohan to Carlo Antonio Barbaro on the 23 September 1778 as amended on the 2 February 1779 and, afterwards in favour of Gioacchino Barbaro on the 5 June 1792

A.O.M. 582, ff. 282v-283v, A.O.M. 582, f. 292r, A.O.M. 627 unpag.

Maltese (implies a succession before death of holder)

Maltese

N.A.

Maltese

N.A.

Title of Barone di San Marciano granted by Grand Master Manoel de Vilhena to Diego Antonio Galea Feriol on the 14 June 1726

A.O.M. 530, ff. 135r-135v

Maltese

N.A.

Maltese (but describes a variance from primogenial succession)

N.A.

Title of Conte della Senia granted by Grand Master Rohan to Vincenzo Fontani on the 6 June 1795.

A.O.M. 619, ff. 87v-88r

Maltese

N.A.

Maltese (dormant)

Maltese

Title of Barone della Tabria granted by Grand Master Vilhena to Isidoro Viani on the 11 December 1728

A.O.M. 532, ff. 139v-140r; A.O.M. 589, f. 323r, A.O.M. 1194 ff. 170r, 333r-338r

Maltese

N.A.

Maltese (but describes a variance from primogenial succession) (dormant)

Maltese (but describes a variance from primogenial succession and a trasfer "inter vivos")

Title of Marchese della Taflia granted by Grand Master Rohan to Saverio Alessi on the 13 November 1790.

A.O.M. 609, ff, 183v-184r

Maltese

N.A.

Maltese (dormant)

Maltese

Fiefs of Djar el Bniet and of Bucana held by the Inguanez family, and held to have been recognized as a barony by virtue of the perpetual edict dated the 30 April 1725, whereby the title of Illustrissimo e Nobile was granted to the feudatory Milite Barone Marc Antonio Inguanez

(See Commissioners' Report, 1878)

Sicilian (dated 1372)

Maltese (1350, attributed date of creation)

N.A.

Maltese (two titles, Buqana dated 1372; Djar il-Bniet dated 1350) (dormant)

Maltese (two titles, Buqana dated 1372; Djar il-Bniet dated 1350)

Title of Marchese (De Piro) in the Kingdom of Castile conferred by Philip V, King of Spain, by a patent of the 6 November 1742, on the Barone Gio Pio De Piro and registered in Malta on the 8 October 1743.

A.O.M. 627, unpaginated

Spanish (but Diploma has not been read)

Spanish

N.A.

Spanish (dormant)

Maltese (implied) but "without prejudice to the rights of any other person who may acquire a more favourable decree from the King of Spain"; Also describes a variance from primogenial succession and a trasfer "inter vivos"

Maltese (implied)

Title of Barone di Castel Cicciano enjoyed by Fabrizio Testaferrata by virtue of Royal assent dated 13 September 1695 and held to have been recognized by virtue of the perpetual edict dated the 30 April 1725 as extended on the 11 May 1725, whereby the title of Illustrissimo e Nobile was granted by Grand Master Vilhena to the Barone di Cicciano Fabritio Testaferrata and his mother the Baronessa di Gomerino Beatrice Cassia Testaferrata.

(See Commissioners' Report, 1878)

Sicilian (dated 1695)

Neapolitan (date taken as 1695)

N.A.

Neapolitan (date taken as 1560) (dormant)

Neapolitan (date of creation stated as 23 May 1560)

Neapolitan

Title of Conte (Fournier) in the Kingdom and Provinces of Germany, conferred by Empress Maria Theresa by a patent given at Vienna on the 29 January 1770 to Giorgio Fournier de Pausier and registered in Malta on the 2 December 1775.

A.O.M. 579, f. 349v; See also Commissioners' Report, 1878, Supplemental Report, 1878, and Secretary's Reply 1878

Austrian