Stamets

The Noble Tribe of Stamets represented here by Lord John, Seneschal of Stamets. This German and Ashkenazic Jewish surname of STEINMETZ was an occupational name for a mason or worker in stone. The name was originally rendered in the Old German form STEINMETZE. About the middle of the 12th century castles and mansions of the king and important nobles and cathedrals and churches were starting to be built by stone. Earlier wood had been used, and the castles were surrounded by ridges of earth and a wooden stockade was used for protection.