notaries were usually identified by the title "ser" (note that this could also be used by priests). Some notaries held additional occupations like school teacher, for example.
1350 to 1401
Posts (7 total)
Office
Government
Date
notaio della Signoria (notary of the Signoria)
Each priorate, which lasted for two months, had its own notary known as the <i>notaio della Signoria</i>. Although less prestigious than election to the priorate itself, <i>notai della Signoria</i> brought distinction to their families.
Each priorate, which lasted for two months, had its own notary known as the <i>notaio della Signoria</i>. Although less prestigious than election to the priorate itself, <i>notai della Signoria</i> brought distinction to their families.
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.
Each priorate, which lasted for two months, had its own notary known as the <i>notaio della Signoria</i>. Although less prestigious than election to the priorate itself, <i>notai della Signoria</i> brought distinction to their families.
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.
Each priorate, which lasted for two months, had its own notary known as the <i>notaio della Signoria</i>. Although less prestigious than election to the priorate itself, <i>notai della Signoria</i> brought distinction to their families.
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.
[e] elected December 29th, 1388 for S. Maria Novella, Unicorno from 1381 purse
[f] elected December 29th, 1390 from S. Maria Novella from 1381 purse
[g] seated October 1st, 1401 to replace Ser Orlando di Giovanni Carli and carried over until elections of December 28th; in purse as S. Dionigi di S. Giovanni
