coltriciaio (mattress maker, bed maker, coltriciarius)
circa 1467 (date is approximate) to 1497
Posts (6 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
May 1st, 1481 to June 30th, 1481
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
January 9th, 1482 to April 30th, 1482
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, 1485 to August 31st, 1485
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, 1490 to August 31st, 1490
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
December 15th, 1495 to March 14th, 1496
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.
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
[a] Benedetto served this gonfalone in the Tre Maggiori and his grandfather owned a house in this parish that remained in the family through at least 1561.
