coltriciaio (mattress maker, bed maker, coltriciarius)
circa 1466 (date is approximate) to 1497
Posts (7 total)
Office
Government
Date
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, 1474 to February 28th, 1474
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, 1483 to June 14th, 1483
console, Arte dei Linaiuoli e Rigattieri (consul, Linen Drapers and Used Clothes Dealers Guild)
One of four consuls governing the Linen Drapers and Used Clothes Dealers Guild, elected for four-month terms beginning in January, May, or September. The guild included tailors and dyers. The consuls were drawn from two purses (<i>borse</i>), one for the Linaiuoli (Linen Drapers) and the other for the Rigattieri (Clothes Dealers).
Online Tratte Code: 31
Minor Guild
September 1st, 1483 to December 31st, 1483
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, 1484 to May 6th, 1484
console, Arte dei Linaiuoli e Rigattieri (consul, Linen Drapers and Used Clothes Dealers Guild)
One of four consuls governing the Linen Drapers and Used Clothes Dealers Guild, elected for four-month terms beginning in January, May, or September. The guild included tailors and dyers. The consuls were drawn from two purses (<i>borse</i>), one for the Linaiuoli (Linen Drapers) and the other for the Rigattieri (Clothes Dealers).
Online Tratte Code: 31
Minor Guild
May 1st, 1491 to August 31st, 1491
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.
console, Arte dei Linaiuoli e Rigattieri (consul, Linen Drapers and Used Clothes Dealers Guild)
One of four consuls governing the Linen Drapers and Used Clothes Dealers Guild, elected for four-month terms beginning in January, May, or September. The guild included tailors and dyers. The consuls were drawn from two purses (<i>borse</i>), one for the Linaiuoli (Linen Drapers) and the other for the Rigattieri (Clothes Dealers).
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.
1430 to 1498
documented
information found in sepoltuario, tomb inscription, burial, and/or other records
