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Individuals

Gherardi, Bernardo di Bartolommeo di Gherardo

Birth Family	Gherardi
Gender	male
Age at Death	69
Database ID	1421

Life Dates

December 29th, 1390	birth
February 18th, 1460 a	death

Employments (1 total)

Posts (12 total)

Office	Government	Date
Gonfaloniere di Compagnia (Advisory Councilor, Sixteen) one of two advisory councils (Collegi): the Gonfalonieri di Compagnia discussed legislation in consultation with Signoria 19 Gonfalonieri di Compagnia (the standard bearers of the urban militia--four from the Sestiere of Oltrarno and three from each of the remaining Sestieri--from ca. 1304-06) after 1343 number of Gonfalonieri di Compagnia was reduced from 19 to 16, one from each of the four Gonfaloni in each of the four quarters Online Tratte Code: 16	Tre Maggiori	1421
	Tre Maggiori	1422
	Tre Maggiori	1423
	Tre Maggiori	1427
	Tre Maggiori	1435
Arte della Seta; Arte di Por S. Maria (Guild Consul, Silk masters) also included Goldsmiths (Orafi) consuls drawn from three purses (borse): for Setaiuoli (silk masters), Ritagliatori (cloth finishers), and Fondaci (warehouse-keepers, which included goldsmiths) Consuls served four-month terms starting January, May, or September; magistracy had six consuls Online Tratte Code: 25	Major Guild	1440
Mercanzia (Commercial Court) high commercial court consisted initially of one member from each of the five more commercial guilds: the Mercatanti (22), Cambio (23), Lana (24), Seta (25), and Medici e Speziali (26). A sixth member of the court was added from the minor guilds in 1372. Online Tratte Code: 6	Mercanzia	1441
	Tre Maggiori	1442
	Tre Maggiori	1447
	Tre Maggiori	1453
Gonfaloniere di Compagnia (Advisory Councilor, Sixteen) one of two advisory councils (Collegi): the Gonfalonieri di Compagnia discussed legislation in consultation with Signoria 19 Gonfalonieri di Compagnia (the standard bearers of the urban militia--four from the Sestiere of Oltrarno and three from each of the remaining Sestieri--from ca. 1304-06) after 1343 number of Gonfalonieri di Compagnia was reduced from 19 to 16, one from each of the four Gonfaloni in each of the four quarters Online Tratte Code: 16	Tre Maggiori	1456
	Tre Maggiori	1459

Memorials (3 total)

S. Croce 173 sepoltura Gherardi		14300s
S. Croce 173 sepoltura Gherardi b		February 18th, 1460
S. Croce sepoltura Orlando Gherardi 1358

Related Groups (1 total)

Arte della Seta

Locations (1 total)

Ruote, S. Croce, Florence

Sources (5 total)

ASF, Catasto, 1427	vol. 73, fol. 106-108
R. Iacopino, Le lapidi terragne di Santa Croce, II, 1418-1488	pp. 340
ASF, Manoscritti, 624, Rosselli, Sepoltuario Fiorentino, 1657 (copy)	pp. 425
D. Herlihy et al., Online Tratte
ASF, Ufficiali poi magistrato della Grascia, Morti	vol. 190, fol. 20v

Notes

[a] Grascia officials entered his name in the books of the dead in large letters and drew a face in the margin.
[b] Though he was heir to a family tomb in the cloister, given that this church tomb was associated with him and he its likely patron, he almost certainly was buried here.