Giovanni di Torsellino was a cooper who told tax officials in 1427 that his house was in the parish of San Pancrazio, where he had set up a tomb and endowed annual masses at a rate of six soldi per year: "Fa ogni anno uno rinovale in San Pancrazio per l'anima de morti miei e costami s. sei" (Every year I make a memorial mass in San Pancrazio for the souls of my dead that costs me six soldi).
He described his house as in via del Moro facing the street and neighboring Filippo di Tommaso, a little alleyway, and mona Antonia, the widow of Niccolò di Jacopo pizzicagnolo (operator of the Renaissance version of a fast food restaurant or food truck). Though a skilled craftsman who did not use a surname, Giovanni owned two houses in the vicinity of the Camaldolese hermitage at Camaldoli, which earned him rental income, as well as a farm and eleven plots of land (pezzi di terra) in the Mugello which produced various agricultural products. He also had three forested plots, likely from whence he harvested wood for his barrel business.
| Birth Family | Torsellini |
|---|---|
| Gender | male |
| Age at Death | 62 |
| Database ID | 4860 |
circa 1400 (date is approximate) to May 1st, 1432 |
| Office | Government | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Minor Guild | December 14th, 1402 |
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| Minor Guild | December 7th, 1410 |
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| Minor Guild | September 1st, 1412 |
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| Minor Guild | April 16th, 1414 |
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| Minor Guild | April 15th, 1419 |
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| Ufficiali degli Torre (Tower Officials) | Other | 1431 |
| Minor Guild | December 18th, 1432 |
| S. Pancrazio 146 Giovanni di Torsellino bottaio | circa 1420s (date is approximate) to 1883 |
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| S. Pancrazio 146 Giovanni di Torsellino bottaio | May 1st, 1432, June 27th, 1433 or a day in between |
c |
| via del Moro, S. Pancrazio, Leon Rosso, S. Maria Novella, Florence | circa 1400 (date is approximate) to circa 1432 (date is approximate) |
d |
| ASF, Catasto, 1427 | vol. 76, fol. 108-109 |
| ASF, Manoscritti, 253, Priorista Mariani VI | fol. 1332r |
| D.V. Kent and F. W. Kent, Neighbours and Neighbourhood | pp. 130 |
| D. Herlihy et al., Online Catasto of 1427 | rec. 50005422 |
| D. Herlihy et al., Online Tratte | rec. 58576, 58584, 58577, 58578, 58574, 58579, 58581, 58582, 58580, 58583 |
| S. Strocchia, "Remembering the Family" | pp. 640-641 |
