lanaiolo (wool manufacturer or merchant, lanaiolus)
Alternate Names: woolworker; lanaiuolo; lanarius
circa 1381 (date is approximate) to 1427
Posts (17 total)
Office
Government
Date
console, Arte della Lana (consul, Wool Guild)
One of eight consuls governing the Wool Guild, elected for four-month terms beginning in January, May, or September. Consuls were drawn from four purses (<i>borse</i>) representing four city districts (<i>conventi</i>): S. Pancrazio (western district), Oltrarno (southern), S. Martino (northern), and S. Piero Scheraggio (eastern).
Online Tratte Code: 24
Major Guild
January 1st, 1403 to April 30th, 1403
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>).
One of eight consuls governing the Wool Guild, elected for four-month terms beginning in January, May, or September. Consuls were drawn from four purses (<i>borse</i>) representing four city districts (<i>conventi</i>): S. Pancrazio (western district), Oltrarno (southern), S. Martino (northern), and S. Piero Scheraggio (eastern).
Online Tratte Code: 24
Major Guild
May 1st, 1404 to August 31st, 1404
console, Arte della Lana (consul, Wool Guild)
One of eight consuls governing the Wool Guild, elected for four-month terms beginning in January, May, or September. Consuls were drawn from four purses (<i>borse</i>) representing four city districts (<i>conventi</i>): S. Pancrazio (western district), Oltrarno (southern), S. Martino (northern), and S. Piero Scheraggio (eastern).
Online Tratte Code: 24
Major Guild
January 1st, 1405 to April 30th, 1405
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
March 15th, 1410 to June 14th, 1410
console, Arte della Lana (consul, Wool Guild)
One of eight consuls governing the Wool Guild, elected for four-month terms beginning in January, May, or September. Consuls were drawn from four purses (<i>borse</i>) representing four city districts (<i>conventi</i>): S. Pancrazio (western district), Oltrarno (southern), S. Martino (northern), and S. Piero Scheraggio (eastern).
Online Tratte Code: 24
Major Guild
May 1st, 1410 to August 31st, 1410
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, 1410 to September 14th, 1410
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
December 15th, 1413 to March 14th, 1414
console, Arte della Lana (consul, Wool Guild)
One of eight consuls governing the Wool Guild, elected for four-month terms beginning in January, May, or September. Consuls were drawn from four purses (<i>borse</i>) representing four city districts (<i>conventi</i>): S. Pancrazio (western district), Oltrarno (southern), S. Martino (northern), and S. Piero Scheraggio (eastern).
Online Tratte Code: 24
Major Guild
March 15th, 1414 to April 30th, 1414
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>).
One of eight consuls governing the Wool Guild, elected for four-month terms beginning in January, May, or September. Consuls were drawn from four purses (<i>borse</i>) representing four city districts (<i>conventi</i>): S. Pancrazio (western district), Oltrarno (southern), S. Martino (northern), and S. Piero Scheraggio (eastern).
Online Tratte Code: 24
Major Guild
September 1st, 1415 to December 31st, 1415
console, Arte della Lana (consul, Wool Guild)
One of eight consuls governing the Wool Guild, elected for four-month terms beginning in January, May, or September. Consuls were drawn from four purses (<i>borse</i>) representing four city districts (<i>conventi</i>): S. Pancrazio (western district), Oltrarno (southern), S. Martino (northern), and S. Piero Scheraggio (eastern).
Online Tratte Code: 24
Major Guild
September 20th, 1417 to December 31st, 1417
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
March 1st, 1420 to April 30th, 1420
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, 1421 to December 14th, 1421
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>).
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
March 1st, 1424 to April 30th, 1424
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>).
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
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.
1381 to 1426
documented
information found in sepoltuario, tomb inscription, burial, and/or other records
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] Antonio gave his age as sixty in his 1427 catasto declaration. By the time of its second redaction, he was dead.
[b] Antonio was elected to serve as gonfaloniere di compagnia for the Carro district in 1404.
[c] Antonio was elected to serve as gonfaloniere di compagnia for the Carro district in 1414, serving his term in early 1415.
[d] Antonio was elected to serve as gonfaloniere di compagnia for the Carro district in 1422, and he served out his term in the first four months of 1423.
[e] Antonio was elected to serve as gonfaloniere di compagnia for the Carro district in 1426.
[f] Though only the sepoltuario of 1596 noted that the tomb of Cennino di Chiarino had passed to Antonio di Piero di Fronte, he was dead by the end of 1427, indicating that he had taken possession prior to 1439.
[g] In 1427, Antonio declared that he was renting his residence from his nephew Antonio di Fronte in the parish of S. Piero Scheraggio.
[h] Antonio di Piero di Fronte appears in the online Tratte an extraordinary 121 times.
