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>).
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
March 1st, 1385 to April 30th, 1385
console, Arte dei Fabbri (consul, Blacksmiths Guild)
One of six consuls governing the Blacksmiths Guild, elected for four-month terms beginning in January, May, or September. The guild included cutlers.
Online Tratte Code: 30
Minor Guild
May 1st, 1398 to August 31st, 1398
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, 1400 to June 14th, 1400
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
November 1st, 1405 to December 31st, 1405
console, Arte dei Fabbri (consul, Blacksmiths Guild)
One of six consuls governing the Blacksmiths Guild, elected for four-month terms beginning in January, May, or September. The guild included cutlers.
Online Tratte Code: 30
Minor Guild
January 1st, 1407 to April 30th, 1407
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, 1408 to May 6th, 1408
console, Arte dei Fabbri (consul, Blacksmiths Guild)
One of six consuls governing the Blacksmiths Guild, elected for four-month terms beginning in January, May, or September. The guild included cutlers.
Online Tratte Code: 30
Minor Guild
January 1st, 1409 to April 30th, 1409
console, Arte dei Fabbri (consul, Blacksmiths Guild)
One of six consuls governing the Blacksmiths Guild, elected for four-month terms beginning in January, May, or September. The guild included cutlers.
Online Tratte Code: 30
Minor Guild
May 1st, 1409 to August 31st, 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
September 7th, 1410 to January 6th, 1411
console, Arte dei Fabbri (consul, Blacksmiths Guild)
One of six consuls governing the Blacksmiths Guild, elected for four-month terms beginning in January, May, or September. The guild included cutlers.
Online Tratte Code: 30
Minor Guild
January 1st, 1413 to April 30th, 1413
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
November 1st, 1413 to December 31st, 1413
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, 1415 to June 14th, 1415
console, Arte dei Fabbri (consul, Blacksmiths Guild)
One of six consuls governing the Blacksmiths Guild, elected for four-month terms beginning in January, May, or September. The guild included cutlers.
Online Tratte Code: 30
Minor Guild
May 1st, 1417 to August 31st, 1417
console, Arte dei Fabbri (consul, Blacksmiths Guild)
One of six consuls governing the Blacksmiths Guild, elected for four-month terms beginning in January, May, or September. The guild included cutlers.
Online Tratte Code: 30
Minor Guild
May 1st, 1420 to August 31st, 1420
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>).
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.
1381 to 1423
documented
information found in sepoltuario, tomb inscription, burial, and/or other records
