Strozzi, Ubertino (messer) di Geri di M. Ubertino di Strozza di Arduino Rosso
Description
There are discrepancies in the sources as to the lineage of messer Ubertino, lawyer and judge, who was appears in legal documents between 1288 and 1311. The Carte Mariani Dei and Pompeo Litta indicates that he is the grandson of the knight messer Ubertino di Strozza Strozzi and son of Geri while the Priorista Mariani, the online Tratte, and Giuseppe Mastursi say that Ubertino di Strozza was a judge, and not a knight.
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
1281
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
February 15th, 1284 to April 14th, 1284
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 15th, 1288 to August 14th, 1288
sindaco (representative)
From the Latin <i>syndicus</i>: someone legally empowered to act on behalf of another person, body, institution, or community.
Arte dei Giudici e Notai (consul, Guild of Judges and Notaries)
Online Tratte Code: 21
Major Guild
1293
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
February 15th, 1296 to April 14th, 1296
sindaco (representative)
From the Latin <i>syndicus</i>: someone legally empowered to act on behalf of another person, body, institution, or community.
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
February 15th, 1299 to April 14th, 1299
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 15th, 1306 to February 14th, 1307
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.
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.
1281 to 1311
documented
information found in sepoltuario, tomb inscription, burial, and/or other records
[a] Litta records that messer Ubertino was among the "sindaci del Podestà" of Florence in 1290.
[b] According to Litta, messer Ubertino served as judge in Pistoia in 1291.
[c] Litta records that messer Ubertino served with Guazzano de'Pigli as a representative (sindaco) to the Congress of Castelfiorentino.
[d] Though the tomb's inscription provided no patronym and was installed in 1452, the most likely candidate for the honoree is the judge messer Ubertino di Geri Strozzi, whose son Soldo received patronage rights to the church in 1344 that he shared with the Spinelli di Castelfiorentino family. Whether the 1452 tomb replaced an earlier one is difficult to determine but seems likely.
