console, Arte della Seta (Arte di Por S. Maria) (consul, Silk Guild)
One of six consuls governing the Silk Guild, elected for four-month terms beginning in January, May, or September. The guild included goldsmiths. Consuls were drawn from three purses (<i>borse</i>): for <i>setaiuoli</i> (silk manufacturers), <i>ritagliatori</i> (cloth retailers), and <i>fondaci</i> (warehouse-keepers and goldsmiths).
Online Tratte Code: 25
Major Guild
January 1st, 1437 to April 30th, 1437
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, 1438 to January 6th, 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
September 1st, 1442 to October 31st, 1442
console, Arte della Seta (Arte di Por S. Maria) (consul, Silk Guild)
One of six consuls governing the Silk Guild, elected for four-month terms beginning in January, May, or September. The guild included goldsmiths. Consuls were drawn from three purses (<i>borse</i>): for <i>setaiuoli</i> (silk manufacturers), <i>ritagliatori</i> (cloth retailers), and <i>fondaci</i> (warehouse-keepers and goldsmiths).
Online Tratte Code: 25
Major Guild
January 1st, 1444 to April 30th, 1444
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, 1444 to May 6th, 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.
For the purposes of taxation and scrutinies, Florentine men could remain in their ancestral gonfalone even if they lived elsewhere. Thus, the gonfalone identified in a catasto or tratte record does not necessarily indicate where the person lived.
1429 to 1446
documented
information found in sepoltuario, tomb inscription, burial, and/or other records
