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
May 1st, 1444 to June 30th, 1444
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
September 15th, 1445 to December 14th, 1445
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
July 1st, 1449 to August 31st, 1449
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.
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
May 7th, 1451 to September 6th, 1451
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
January 7th, 1456 to May 6th, 1456
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 15th, 1463 to June 14th, 1463
podestà (podestà)
A chief communal magistrate, typically appointed from outside the city, with judicial, administrative, and military authority.
presumed role based on incomplete evidence; for burials, we know the burial is in this church, we think it is in this tomb; for patronage and other relationships, there is evidence to suggest the connection, but it has not been confirmed
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.
circa 1412 (date is approximate) to January 4th, 1491
documented
information found in sepoltuario, tomb inscription, burial, and/or other records
[a] Having no children, Tuccio named his nephews, the sons of his brother Antonio, as his heirs.
[b] According to Passerini (1583, p. 463), Tuccio was elected to the Dieci della balía for the war against the Aragonese in Naples.
[c] Passerini (1583, p. 463) indicates that Tuccio was podestà of Castelfranco di sotto in 1448.
[d] Tuccio made a bequest of 100 gold florins to re-endow his family's chapel with an obligation for a mass on the feast of the Assumption and the day afterwards for his soul. He also requested masses in honor of Francesco di Giovanni di Taddeo Ferrucci da Fiesole and his relatives on July 28th. Carmine records show that his descendants, nephews Leonardo and Niccolò d'Antonio, refinanced their portion of the bequest in 1507 with proceeds from a workshop in via delli Stracciaiolo near the church of San Leo and continued to make payments through 1525. Another descendant, great-nephew Ruberto di Leonardo, arranged for his portion to be paid from proceeds from a house in the parish of S. Pier Buonconsiglio in via del Forese. See ASFi, Corporazioni Religiosi soprresse dal Governo Francese, 113, vol. 13, p. 51, no. 95.
[e] Given that Tuccio left a bequest for annual masses on August 15 and 16 in the family chapel dedicated to the Assumption, it seems highly likely that he was buried in the family tomb at the foot of its altar.
[f] In 1427, Tuccio and his brother Antonio declared their home to be in the via del Fondaccio in the Drago gonfalone.
