Gonfaloniere di Giustizia (Standard-bearer of Justice)
Established in 1293, the Standard-bearer of Justice was the highest-ranking magistrate in the Signoria. Like all officers in the Tre Maggiori, he had to be a guild member in good standing but could be elected from any <i>sestiere</i> or quarter.
Online Tratte Code: 1
Tre Maggiori
August 29th, 1379
priore (prior)
Together with the <i>gonfaloniere di giustizia</i> the priors constituted the Signoria, Florence's principal executive magistracy. Legislation was initiated by the Signoria in consultation with the two advisory colleges (<i>collegi</i>). Their number changed over time but was established at eight after 1343, with two representatives per quarter. The officeholders, collectively known as <i>signori</i>, were assisted by a notary (<i>notaio della Signoria</i>). Serving in the priorate was the highest honor a family could achieve in Republican Florence.
Online Tratte Code: 8
Tre Maggiori
June 28th, 1384
gonfaloniere di Compagnia (company standard-bearer (Nineteen/Sixteen))
A standard-bearer of the urban militia who also served on one of the two primary advisory colleges (<i>collegi</i>) of the Signoria. From around 1304, nineteen <i>gonfalonieri di Compagnia</i> were drawn from the city’s six <i>sestieri</i>. Following the reorganization of 1343, their number was reduced to sixteen, one from each <i>gonfalone</i> of the four new quarters, and their <i>collegio</i> became known as the Sixteen (<i>Sedici</i>).
Online Tratte Code: 16
Tre Maggiori
April 28th, 1390
buonuomo (good man (Twelve))
A member of one of the two primary advisory colleges (<i>collegi</i>) known as the Buonuomini. They discussed legislation in consultation with the Signoria, and after 1321 their number was standardized at twelve with two representatives from each <i>sestiere</i>; after 1343, three from each quarter.
Online Tratte Code: 12
Tre Maggiori
December 12th, 1394
console, Arte degli Oliandoli e Pizzicagnoli (consul, Oil Dealers and Sausage-and-Cheese Sellers Guild)
One of four consuls governing the Oil Dealers and Sausage-and-Cheese Sellers Guild, elected for four-month terms beginning in January, May, or September. Grain and fodder dealers (biadaiuoli) were also associated with this guild.
Online Tratte Code: 35
Minor Guild
April 14th, 1396
Mercanzia (Mercanzia)
Established in 1308, a Florentine association with jurisdiction over commercial affairs, initially governed by representatives of five major guilds—the Merchants, Bankers, Wool, Silk, and Doctors and Apothecaries—with a representative of the minor guilds added in 1372.
Online Tratte Code: 6
Other
June 22nd, 1397
console, Arte degli Oliandoli e Pizzicagnoli (consul, Oil Dealers and Sausage-and-Cheese Sellers Guild)
One of four consuls governing the Oil Dealers and Sausage-and-Cheese Sellers Guild, elected for four-month terms beginning in January, May, or September. Grain and fodder dealers (biadaiuoli) were also associated with this guild.
Online Tratte Code: 35
Minor Guild
April 14th, 1399
other
An obscure or otherwise difficult-to-define office related to the Florentine government.
Other
1399
Dieci di balìa o della guerra (Ten of War)
A ten-man extraordinary magistracy established in 1383 to direct the Republic’s military affairs and conduct of war, with responsibility for foreign policy and military operations.
Online Tratte Code: 10
Other
1401
console, Arte degli Oliandoli e Pizzicagnoli (consul, Oil Dealers and Sausage-and-Cheese Sellers Guild)
One of four consuls governing the Oil Dealers and Sausage-and-Cheese Sellers Guild, elected for four-month terms beginning in January, May, or September. Grain and fodder dealers (biadaiuoli) were also associated with this guild.
Online Tratte Code: 35
Minor Guild
August 14th, 1402
buonuomo (good man (Twelve))
A member of one of the two primary advisory colleges (<i>collegi</i>) known as the Buonuomini. They discussed legislation in consultation with the Signoria, and after 1321 their number was standardized at twelve with two representatives from each <i>sestiere</i>; after 1343, three from each quarter.
Online Tratte Code: 12
Tre Maggiori
March 12th, 1403
console, Arte degli Oliandoli e Pizzicagnoli (consul, Oil Dealers and Sausage-and-Cheese Sellers Guild)
One of four consuls governing the Oil Dealers and Sausage-and-Cheese Sellers Guild, elected for four-month terms beginning in January, May, or September. Grain and fodder dealers (biadaiuoli) were also associated with this guild.
Online Tratte Code: 35
Minor Guild
April 13th, 1405
console, Arte degli Oliandoli e Pizzicagnoli (consul, Oil Dealers and Sausage-and-Cheese Sellers Guild)
One of four consuls governing the Oil Dealers and Sausage-and-Cheese Sellers Guild, elected for four-month terms beginning in January, May, or September. Grain and fodder dealers (biadaiuoli) were also associated with this guild.
Online Tratte Code: 35
Minor Guild
December 15th, 1406
console, Arte degli Oliandoli e Pizzicagnoli (consul, Oil Dealers and Sausage-and-Cheese Sellers Guild)
One of four consuls governing the Oil Dealers and Sausage-and-Cheese Sellers Guild, elected for four-month terms beginning in January, May, or September. Grain and fodder dealers (biadaiuoli) were also associated with this guild.
Online Tratte Code: 35
Minor Guild
April 14th, 1407
priore (prior)
Together with the <i>gonfaloniere di giustizia</i> the priors constituted the Signoria, Florence's principal executive magistracy. Legislation was initiated by the Signoria in consultation with the two advisory colleges (<i>collegi</i>). Their number changed over time but was established at eight after 1343, with two representatives per quarter. The officeholders, collectively known as <i>signori</i>, were assisted by a notary (<i>notaio della Signoria</i>). Serving in the priorate was the highest honor a family could achieve in Republican Florence.
Online Tratte Code: 8
Tre Maggiori
December 29th, 1407
Mercanzia (Mercanzia)
Established in 1308, a Florentine association with jurisdiction over commercial affairs, initially governed by representatives of five major guilds—the Merchants, Bankers, Wool, Silk, and Doctors and Apothecaries—with a representative of the minor guilds added in 1372.
Online Tratte Code: 6
Other
March 21st, 1408
console, Arte degli Oliandoli e Pizzicagnoli (consul, Oil Dealers and Sausage-and-Cheese Sellers Guild)
One of four consuls governing the Oil Dealers and Sausage-and-Cheese Sellers Guild, elected for four-month terms beginning in January, May, or September. Grain and fodder dealers (biadaiuoli) were also associated with this guild.
Online Tratte Code: 35
Minor Guild
September 13th, 1409
gonfaloniere di Compagnia (company standard-bearer (Nineteen/Sixteen))
A standard-bearer of the urban militia who also served on one of the two primary advisory colleges (<i>collegi</i>) of the Signoria. From around 1304, nineteen <i>gonfalonieri di Compagnia</i> were drawn from the city’s six <i>sestieri</i>. Following the reorganization of 1343, their number was reduced to sixteen, one from each <i>gonfalone</i> of the four new quarters, and their <i>collegio</i> became known as the Sixteen (<i>Sedici</i>).
Online Tratte Code: 16
Tre Maggiori
April 28th, 1410
Mercanzia (Mercanzia)
Established in 1308, a Florentine association with jurisdiction over commercial affairs, initially governed by representatives of five major guilds—the Merchants, Bankers, Wool, Silk, and Doctors and Apothecaries—with a representative of the minor guilds added in 1372.
Online Tratte Code: 6
Other
March 21st, 1411
console, Arte degli Oliandoli e Pizzicagnoli (consul, Oil Dealers and Sausage-and-Cheese Sellers Guild)
One of four consuls governing the Oil Dealers and Sausage-and-Cheese Sellers Guild, elected for four-month terms beginning in January, May, or September. Grain and fodder dealers (biadaiuoli) were also associated with this guild.
Online Tratte Code: 35
Minor Guild
August 14th, 1411
console, Arte degli Oliandoli e Pizzicagnoli (consul, Oil Dealers and Sausage-and-Cheese Sellers Guild)
One of four consuls governing the Oil Dealers and Sausage-and-Cheese Sellers Guild, elected for four-month terms beginning in January, May, or September. Grain and fodder dealers (biadaiuoli) were also associated with this guild.
individual has matriculated, joined, or been named to this group, including one who has joined a monastery, friary, or convent as a member or third order
Citizens of Florence could claim membership in a gonfalone other than where they lived for purposes of taxation and political sortition, usually that of their father or other ancestor and related to where the family traditionally held its highest-value properties. The 1427 catasto contains numerous examples of a declared residence (casa per abitazione) in a parish not physically located in the gonfalone from which the tax declaration was made. Residence is "surmised" when extrapolated from political service or tax records that do not indicate the parish of residence and "documented" when the physical location of a house is known.
