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, 1465 to May 6th, 1465
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, 1470 to December 31st, 1470
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
September 15th, 1470 to December 14th, 1470
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
September 1st, 1473 to October 31st, 1473
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, 1480 to December 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
May 1st, 1484 to August 31st, 1484
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
November 1st, 1487 to February 28th, 1488
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, 1488 to September 14th, 1488
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 1st, 1490 to April 30th, 1490
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, 1490 to October 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
January 1st, 1496 to April 30th, 1496
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.
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
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] Francesco's father gave his age as ten months in his 1427 catasto declaration, and they registered his birth date with Tratte officials in 1429.
[b] Francesco was declared in his father's household in the 1427 catasto, living in a house in the canto a Rossello, which corresponds to today's via Guelfa and via dei Ginori. A neighbor declared their parish as Santa Riperata, suggesting the same for the Romoli family.
