Vaiaio (furrier dealing in "vaire," a very high-priced fur; tanner and vendor of vair skins)
1391 to 1450
Posts (20 total)
Office
Government
Date
console, Arte dei Vaiai e Pellicciai (consul, Furriers Guild)
One of four consuls governing the Furriers Guild, elected for four-month terms beginning in January, May, or September.
Online Tratte Code: 27
Major Guild
September 1st, 1413 to December 31st, 1413
console, Arte dei Vaiai e Pellicciai (consul, Furriers Guild)
One of four consuls governing the Furriers Guild, elected for four-month terms beginning in January, May, or September.
Online Tratte Code: 27
Major Guild
May 1st, 1416 to August 31st, 1416
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, 1417 to January 6th, 1418
console, Arte dei Vaiai e Pellicciai (consul, Furriers Guild)
One of four consuls governing the Furriers Guild, elected for four-month terms beginning in January, May, or September.
Online Tratte Code: 27
Major Guild
January 1st, 1420 to April 30th, 1420
console, Arte dei Vaiai e Pellicciai (consul, Furriers Guild)
One of four consuls governing the Furriers Guild, elected for four-month terms beginning in January, May, or September.
Online Tratte Code: 27
Major Guild
September 1st, 1429 to December 31st, 1429
console, Arte dei Vaiai e Pellicciai (consul, Furriers Guild)
One of four consuls governing the Furriers Guild, elected for four-month terms beginning in January, May, or September.
Online Tratte Code: 27
Major Guild
September 1st, 1431 to December 31st, 1431
console, Arte dei Vaiai e Pellicciai (consul, Furriers Guild)
One of four consuls governing the Furriers Guild, elected for four-month terms beginning in January, May, or September.
Online Tratte Code: 27
Major Guild
May 1st, 1433 to August 31st, 1433
console, Arte dei Vaiai e Pellicciai (consul, Furriers Guild)
One of four consuls governing the Furriers Guild, elected for four-month terms beginning in January, May, or September.
Online Tratte Code: 27
Major Guild
May 1st, 1435 to August 31st, 1435
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, 1435 to January 6th, 1436
console, Arte dei Vaiai e Pellicciai (consul, Furriers Guild)
One of four consuls governing the Furriers Guild, elected for four-month terms beginning in January, May, or September.
Online Tratte Code: 27
Major Guild
January 1st, 1437 to April 30th, 1437
console, Arte dei Vaiai e Pellicciai (consul, Furriers Guild)
One of four consuls governing the Furriers Guild, elected for four-month terms beginning in January, May, or September.
Online Tratte Code: 27
Major Guild
September 1st, 1438 to December 31st, 1438
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
July 1st, 1439 to September 30th, 1439
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
March 1st, 1440 to April 30th, 1440
console, Arte dei Vaiai e Pellicciai (consul, Furriers Guild)
One of four consuls governing the Furriers Guild, elected for four-month terms beginning in January, May, or September.
Online Tratte Code: 27
Major Guild
January 1st, 1441 to April 30th, 1441
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
June 15th, 1441 to September 14th, 1441
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
April 1st, 1442 to June 30th, 1442
console, Arte dei Vaiai e Pellicciai (consul, Furriers Guild)
One of four consuls governing the Furriers Guild, elected for four-month terms beginning in January, May, or September.
Online Tratte Code: 27
Major Guild
September 1st, 1442 to December 31st, 1442
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, 1444 to June 14th, 1444
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
January 1st, 1446 to February 28th, 1446
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.
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.
surmised
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
