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Individuals

da Magnale, Bernardo di Piero

Birth Family	da Magnale
Gender	male
Age at Death	unknown
Database ID	509

Life Dates

circa 1373 (date is approximate) a

birth

Posts (5 total)

Office	Government	Date
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>). Online Tratte Code: 16	Tre Maggiori	May 7th, 1424 to September 6th, 1424
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, 1426 to September 14th, 1426
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	July 1st, 1431 to August 31st, 1431
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>). Online Tratte Code: 16	Tre Maggiori	May 7th, 1435 to September 6th, 1435
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, 1438 to September 14th, 1438

Memorials (1 total)

S. Croce crypt 076 tomb of the da Magnale family

circa 1440 (date is approximate)

Locations (2 total)

Bue, S. Piero Scheraggio, Florence		1391 to 1438
S. Simone, Bue, S. Croce, 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.	1427	b

Sources (3 total)

ASF, Catasto, 1427	vol. 69, fol. 499v–500
ASF, Manoscritti, 249, Priorista Mariani II	fol. 371
D. Herlihy et al., Online Tratte	rec. 17744, 23696–9, 114886, 404167

Notes

[a] Though Bernardo was recorded by tratte officials as 45 years old in 1429, he declared his age as 54 in his 1427 catasto declaration.
[b] Bernardo was renting a house in 1427 in the parish of San Simone.