Individuals

Ardinghelli, Bernardo di Lapo di Donato di Ardinghello di Barone

Description

The Priorista Mariani (fol. 37) reports that Bernardo di Lapo was sent to help with the building of the new town of Firenzuola in 1332, while in 1336 he was sent as ambassador to King Roberto of Naples, and in 1337 to Venice as well as Siena (1352), Pisa (1354) and other diplomatic posts. He also served in the Tre Maggiori fifteen times, including four stints as Gonfaloniere di Giustizia, the city's highest magistrate. He is likely the Bernardo Ardinghelli cited by George Bent (64 and 719) as one of many donors who requested anniversary masses from the Camaldolese monks at Santa Maria degli Angeli, in Bernardo's case on August 20, the feast day of his name saint.

Birth Family	Ardinghelli
Gender	male
Age at Death	unknown
Database ID	4572

Life Dates

December 15th, 1321 to April 30th, 1362	active
by December 28th, 1363 a	death

Posts (15 total)

Office	Government	Date
	Tre Maggiori	December 15th, 1321 to February 14th, 1322
	Tre Maggiori	June 15th, 1327 to August 14th, 1327
	Tre Maggiori	September 1329 to December 1329
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	December 1330 to March 1331
	Tre Maggiori	April 15th, 1332 to June 14th, 1332
	Tre Maggiori	March 1333 to June 1333
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	April 1334 to August 1334
	Tre Maggiori	April 15th, 1335 to June 14th, 1335
	Tre Maggiori	September 1338 to December 1338
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	August 1340 to December 1340
	Tre Maggiori	December 15th, 1341 to February 14th, 1342
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, 1351 to January 5th, 1352
	Tre Maggiori	September 15th, 1352 to December 14th, 1352
	Tre Maggiori	July 1st, 1353 to August 31st, 1353
	Tre Maggiori	March 1st, 1362 to April 30th, 1362

Memorials (1 total)

Angeli 01.1 Altar Maggiore

by December 28th, 1363

Related Individuals (2 total)

son of Ardinghelli, Jacopo di Donato di Ardinghello di Barone di Ardinghello
father of Ardinghelli, Agnolo di Bernardo di Lapo di Donato di Ardinghello

Extended Family (16 total)

Children in law	Medici, Antonia di Bicci di Chiarissimo di Averardo di Averardo (uxor Agnolo di Bernardo Ardinghelli)
Grandparents	Ardinghelli, Donato di Ardinghello di Barone di Ardinghello
Great grandparents	Ardinghelli, Ardinghello di Barone di Ardinghello
Great great grandparents	Ardinghelli, Barone di Ardinghello
Great aunts and uncles	Ardinghelli, Barone di Ardinghello di Barone di Ardinghello Ardinghelli, Jacopo (messer) di Ardinghello di Barone di Ardinghello Ardinghelli, Ubaldino di Ardinghello di Barone di Ardinghello
Great great aunts and uncles	Ardinghelli, Bruno di Barone di Ardinghello
Second cousins	Ardinghelli, Niccolò di Neri di M. Jacopo di Ardingehllo di Barone Ardinghelli, Stoldo di Francesco di Ubaldino di Ardinghello di Barone Ardinghelli, Ubaldino di Francecso di Ubaldino di Ardinghello di Barone
First cousins once removed	Ardinghelli, Ardinghello di M. Jacopo di Ardinghello di Barone di Ardinghello Ardinghelli, Cante di M. Jacopo di Ardinghello di Barone di Ardinghello Ardinghelli, Francesco di Ubaldino di Ardinghello di Barone di Ardinghello Ardinghelli, Neri di M. Jacopo di Ardinghello di Barone di Ardinghello Ardinghelli, Soldano di M. Jacopo di Ardinghello di Barone di Ardinghello

Locations (2 total)

S. Trinita, Florence	residence 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.	circa 1321 (date is approximate) to August 10th, 1343	c
Unicorno, S. Maria Novella, Florence	residence 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.	August 11th, 1343 (year is approximate) to April 30th, 1362 (year is approximate)	d

Sources (5 total)

BNCF, Collezione Genealogica Passerini	ins. 185, no. 16 (Ardinghelli)
ASF, Manoscritti, Carte Pucci	ins. 592: 35 (Ardinghelli)
ASF, Manoscritti, 248, Priorista Mariani I	fol. 36r and 37r
D. Herlihy et al., Online Tratte	rec. 114827, 114828, 315465, 315586, 114829, 315824, 315944, 114830, 316613, 114831, 316410, 316613, 114831, 22870, 318093, 114825, 22871
G.R. Bent, “Santa Maria degli Angeli"	pp. 64 and 719

Notes

[a] Bernardo di Lapo Ardinghelli was registered as deceased when his name was drawn for the Twelve on December 28th, 1363 from a 1357 purse.
[b] A Bernardo Ardinghelli left funds for an annual mass for his soul on the feast of St. Bernard, August 20th. Unfortunately, Santa Maria degli Angeli records only give his first name and surname, but he was almost certainly the esteemed city magistrate and ambassador Bernardo di Lapo. Ardinghelli died sometime between April 30th, 1362 and December 27th, 1363, and his annual mass continued at least through 1402 when it was recorded in the monastery's Registro Nuovo among the required feasts and honorees for August. As the records also do not specify which altar was used, we assume it was at the high altar.
[c] Bernardo's name-slip was in the election bags managed by the sesto di Borgo (S. Trinita) from at least 1321.
[d] Bernardo's name was in the election purses kept by the Unicorno district, strongly suggesting that his residence was there.