Alternate Names: leganiuolo; legnaio; legnaiulo; legnaiuolo; masters in the art of carpentry and makers of furniture
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console, Arte dei Legnaioli (consul, Woodworkers Guild)
One of four consuls governing the Woodworkers Guild, elected for four-month terms beginning in January, May, or September. The guild also included furniture makers (cassettai).
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, 1436 to October 31st, 1436
console, Arte dei Legnaioli (consul, Woodworkers Guild)
One of four consuls governing the Woodworkers Guild, elected for four-month terms beginning in January, May, or September. The guild also included furniture makers (cassettai).
Online Tratte Code: 40
Minor Guild
May 1st, 1437 to August 31st, 1437
console, Arte dei Legnaioli (consul, Woodworkers Guild)
One of four consuls governing the Woodworkers Guild, elected for four-month terms beginning in January, May, or September. The guild also included furniture makers (cassettai).
Online Tratte Code: 40
Minor Guild
January 1st, 1439 to April 30th, 1439
console, Arte dei Legnaioli (consul, Woodworkers Guild)
One of four consuls governing the Woodworkers Guild, elected for four-month terms beginning in January, May, or September. The guild also included furniture makers (cassettai).
Online Tratte Code: 40
Minor Guild
January 1st, 1442 to April 30th, 1442
console, Arte dei Legnaioli (consul, Woodworkers Guild)
One of four consuls governing the Woodworkers Guild, elected for four-month terms beginning in January, May, or September. The guild also included furniture makers (cassettai).
Online Tratte Code: 40
Minor Guild
January 1st, 1444 to April 30th, 1444
other
An obscure or otherwise difficult-to-define office related to the Florentine government.
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.
1427
documented
information found in sepoltuario, tomb inscription, burial, and/or other records
[a] Vanni was elected guild consul on December 30th, 1433.
[b] According to the Priorista Mariani, Vanni was elected to oversee the gabelles of Pisa.
[c] In 1427, Vanni di Nicholo di ser Vanni claimed his residence in the parish of S. Pier Maggiore in via Ghibellina, which was part of the Chiavi district of the San Giovanni quarter. His declaration was made to the officials of the Ruote district of the Santa Croce quarter.
