Individuals

del Nero, Francesco di Neri di Filippo di Ventura

January 20th, 1419	birth
before March 21st, 1467	death

Rigattiere (dealers in linen cloth, used cloth, and second-hand clothing)

Office	Government	Date
	Tre Maggiori	March 1st, 1449 to April 30th, 1449 a
	Tre Maggiori	March 15th, 1453 to June 14th, 1453 b
Gonfaloniere di Compagnia (Advisory Councilor, Sixteen) one of two advisory councils (Collegi): the Gonfalonieri di Compagnia discussed legislation in consultation with Signoria 19 Gonfalonieri di Compagnia (the standard bearers of the urban militia--four from the Sestiere of Oltrarno and three from each of the remaining Sestieri--from ca. 1304-06) after 1343 number of Gonfalonieri di Compagnia was reduced from 19 to 16, one from each of the four Gonfaloni in each of the four quarters Online Tratte Code: 16	Tre Maggiori	September 7th, 1454 to January 6th, 1455 c

S. Felicita 16b monumento di Francesco del Nero and Berardo di Simone del Nero		circa 1450 (date is approximate) to 1735	d
S. Felicita 16b monumento di Francesco del Nero and Berardo di Simone del Nero		before March 20th, 1467

Siblings	del Nero, Antonio di Nero di Filippo di Ventura del Nero, Bernardo di Nero di Filippo di Ventura del Nero, Ruberto di Nero di Filippo di Ventura
Grandparents	del Nero, Filippo (magister) di Ventura di Nero
Great grandparents	del Nero, Ventura di Nero
Great aunts and uncles	del Nero, Nero di Ventura di Nero
Second cousins	del Nero, Bernardo di Simone di Nero di Ventura
First cousins once removed	del Nero, Simone di Nero di Ventura di Nero

ASF, Manoscritti, 519/VII, Registro di Alberi Genealogici	pp. 53
ASF, Manoscritti, 628, Sepoltuari da Francesco della Foresta	pp. 63, no. 16
D. Herlihy et al., Online Tratte	rec. 407454, 117370, 43602, 200336, 43641

[a] Francesco was elected to the priorate on February 26th, 1449 for Santo Spirito from a 1444 purse.
[b] Francesco was elected to represent Santo Spirito to the dodici Buonuomini on March 12th, 1453.
[c] Francesco was elected to represent Scala on August 28th, 1454, drawn from a purse compiled the previous year.
[d] There are a number of Francescos in the del Nero family, but given that Francesco di Neri was second cousin to Bernardo di Simone, he is the most likely candidate as this tomb's honoree.
[e] Francesco served this gonfalone in the Tre Maggiore and had a tomb in this parish church.