Tommaso Duracino, filza 1, series I, nr. 66
The innkeeper named Niccolò Montanaro leases out an enslaved Russian named Maria, who is approximately 35 years of age, to a certain Battista Costa for a term of 5 years and total payment of 37 Genoese lire. The lease was enacted in the workshop of the leather-worker named Corrado Bozonio, which was located in a building owned by Matteo Lomellini. The contract specifically states that Maria has her own clothing.
The workshop of the leather worker Corrado Bozonio
Tommaso Duracino, filza 1, series II, nr. 27
The slaveholder named Donato Bondinario leases out an enslaved Russian woman named Caterina, who is 25 years of age, to a certain Marco de Pelegro, for a term of 8 years and a total payment of 56 Genoese lire. The lease contains an exception to the health clause that mentions mark or cyst in her eye. The contract was extracted.
The workplace of the notary Tommaso Duracino
Andreolo Caito, register 1, volume II, 1370, fol. 158v
The slaveholder and swordsmith named Pietro de Vernacia sells an enslaved Tatar woman named Giacobina, who is approximately 28 years of age, to a certain Antonio Morigia, from Milan, for 30 Genoese lire. Pietro was declared to be of the age of majority by his father Oberto, who was present during the transaction. The contract states that the enslaved Giacobina is to be manumitted after six years of service, essentially rendering the contract a six-year lease. If at any time during the six years of service the enslaved Giacobina engages in sexual relations with Gregorio de Vernacia, the brother of Pietro, then the manumission will be declared void.
Antonio Fazio, filza 13, series I, nr. 199
The slaveholder and silk merchant named Agostino Zucca leases out an enslaved Russian woman named Anna, who is approximately 28 years of age, to a certain Bernardo Lercari, for a term of 10 years and a total payment of 90 Genoese lire.
The workshop of the silk merchant Giovanni Pansano
Antonio Pastorino, filza 10, series II, nr. 368
The slaveholder named Bartolomeo Roisecco leases out an enslaved baptized Jewish child named Margarita, who is approximately 15 years of age, to a jeweller named Pellegro de Poliasca for a term of 12 years and total payment of 24 Genoese ducats. Bartolomeo also mandates that Margarita is manumitted at the end of the term of service with Bartolomeo renouncing the right of patronage. Margarita was absent during the transaction and was represented by the enacting notary Antonio Pastorino.
The workplace of the notary Antonio Pistarino
Venditio sclave per annis septem et manumissio
The slaveholder named Antonio de Sale leases out an enslaved baptized Muslim named Giovanni, who is approximately 25 years of age, to a certain Raffaele de Reynero, for a term of 7 years and total payment of 20 Genoese ducats. The receiver waives all claims related to the health of the enslaved Giovanni. Antonio mandates that Giovanni will be manumitted at the end of the term of service and that he retains the right of patronage.
The workplace of the collectors of the grain tax
Lorenzo Costa, filza 7, series I, nr. 358
The slaveholder named Brancaleone Doria sells an enslaved Hungarian woman named Maria, who is approximately 35 years of age, to a commercial agent named Tommaso Frugone for 50 Genoese lire. Maria is to be freed after seven years of service. The contract also mentions that Maria also comes with her own clothing and that she is pregnant at the time of sale, and that if she should pass away as a result of her pregnancy, then the sale would be cancelled and the monetary payment returned.
Niccolò de Coronato Pallavicini, filza 6, nr. 245
The slaveholder and blacksmith named Illario de Croce leases out an enslaved Turkish woman named Maria, who is approximately 33 years of age, to a silk merchant named Davide de Iordanis, for a term of seven years and total payment of 125 Genoese lire. At the end of her service she is to be freed.
The house inhabited by the archbishop of Genoa
Oberto Foglietta, filza 5, series I, nr. 104
The slaveholder and notary named Silvestro Brignole leases out an enslaved Ruthenian woman named Maria, who is approximately 30 years of age, to the wool merchant named Girolamo de Iugo, for 80 Genoese lire. A certain Simone de Padua provides 50 Genoese lire towards the lease and Luca di Negro provides the remaining 30 lire. The contract notes that the enslaved Maria had been previously leased to Luca. Maria is to be freed after a term of eight years with Silvestro retaining the right of patronage.
Ambrogio Fasciolo, register 1, volume II, 1333–1415, fol. 161r
The slaveholder named Benedetto Fieschi, identified as the count of Lavagna, leases out an enslaved Tatar woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 26 years of age, to a notary named Giacomo de Camulio, for a term of five years and total price of 26 Genoese lire. The payment is made in money of account from accounts held with the banker Percivale Vivaldi.
Andrea Medianotte, filza 1, series I, nr. 112
The slaveholder from Verona named Aloiso de Maffeis leases out an enslaved Tatar woman named Lucia, who is approximately 20 years of age, to the nobleman named Sebastiano di Negro, for a term of 10 years and a total cost of 60 Genoese lire.
Andrea Medianotte, filza 1, series I, nr. 85
The slaveholder named Domenico Merello leases out an enslaved Circassian woman named Caterina, who is approximately 24 years of age, to the man named Agostino Gropallo, for a term of 10 years and total payment of 60 Genoese lire. At the end of the contract she is to be manumitted.
Andreolo Caito, register 4, 1392–1393, fols. 11v–12r
The slaveholder and oar-maker named Bartolomeo de Vulturo leases out an enslaved Circassian woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 20 years of age, to a certain Giuliano Torre, for a term of 3 years and total payment of 55 Genoese lire. The amount is to be paid by a certain Pietro de Iugo. The enslaved Maddalena is leased for the purpose of wet-nursing since the agreement stipulates that she may be returned if she is not able to produce milk for this purpose. The contract also places restrictions on her movement, stating that must remain within Genoa, the Bisagno Valley, the Polcevera Valley, and the commune of Voltri for the duration of the lease.
The workplace of the notary Andreolo de Caito
Giovanni de Pignono, filza 1, series II, nr. 127
The heirs of the cutler Lorenzo Spotorno lease out an enslaved Circassian woman named Luna to the Ospedale di San Bernardo de Scario, which is represented in the transaction by the cutler Bertone de Lavania, for a term of 12 years and total payment of 80 Genoese lire.
The slaveholder and coat-maker named Bartolomeo de Valenza leases out an enslaved Circassian woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 36 years of age, to a grammar teacher named Tommaso da Roma, for a term of 6 years and total payment of 48 Genoese lire.
Antonio Fazio, filza 13, series I, nr. 203
The slaveholder and merchant named Cristoforo de Fornari leases out an enslaved Ruthenian man named Giacobino, who is approximately 20 years of age, to a certain Illario Squarciafico, for a term of 7 years and total payment of 80 Genoese lire. Giacobino is absent during the transaction and is represented by the enacting notary Antonio de Facio. At the end of the term the enslaved Giacobino is to be manumitted with Cristoforo retaining the right of patronage.
The bank of Niccolò Spinola and associates
The workplace of the notary Antonio de Facio
Antonio Fazio, filza 13, series I, nr. 397
The slaveholder named Giannetta Salvago leases out an enslaved Russian woman named Marta, who is approximately 23 years of age, to a cloth merchant named Giorgio de Carmo, for a term of 7 years and 8 months and total payment of 70 Genoese lire.
Antonio Fazio, filza 13, series I, nr. 77
The slaveholder named Luca de Fornari leases out an enslaved Tatar woman named Lucia, who is approximately 26 years of age, to the merchant named Giovanni Giustiniani, for a term of 10 years and total payment of 115 Genoese lire. The enslaved Lucia is exchanged with no guarantees regarding her health.
The bank of Sorleone Spinola and associates
Antonio Fazio, filza 13, series II, nr. 223
The slaveholder and tailor named Niccolò Pellegrino leases out an enslaved Russian woman named Anastasia, who is approximately 25 years of age, to a certain Antonio Clavello, from Ceva and an inhabitant of Savona, for a term of 7 years at a total cost of 53 Genoese lire. Antonio is represented in the transaction by Rolando Axilo, who is also from the city of Savona and who serves as his procurator.
Antonio Fazio, filza 13, series II, nr. 257
The slaveholder named Matteo de Davania leases out an enslaved Russian woman named Maria, who is approximately 30 years of age, to a certain Battista Costa, for a term of 8 years and total payment of 100 Genoese lire. At the completion of the contract Maria is to be freed.
Antonio Fazio, filza 13, series II, nr. 323
The slaveholder and silk merchant named Paolo Grillo leases out the enslaved Russian woman named Margarita, who is approximately 25 years of age, to the paper maker named Antonio de Maddalena, for a term of 3 years and total payment of 25 Genoese lire.
Antonio Fazio, filza 14, series I, nr. 65
The slaveholder and cheesemaker named Giovanni de Davania leases out an enslaved Russian woman named Marta, who is approximately 28 years of age, to a notary named Pietro Grasso, for a term of 5 years and a total payment of 100 Genoese lire. Part of the payment is made from the account of the brothers Giovanni and Otto de Cazerio. The contract manumits Marta at the end of the term of service.
The bank of Cristoforo de Bozzolo and associates
Antonio Fazio, filza 14, series II, nr. 212
The slaveholder named Odoardo Promontorio leases out an enslaved Abkhazan woman named Cristina, who is approximately 36 years of age, to a certain Cristoforo Doria, for a term of 9 years and total payment of 85 lire and 10 soldi of Genoese currency.
Antonio Fazio, filza 15, series I, nr. 156
This contract describes the lease of an enslaved Tartar woman named Lucia, who is approximately 22 years of age, to a certain Francesco Lomellini, for a term of 9 years and a cost of 10 lire per year.
Antonio Fazio, filza 15, series II, nr. 44
The slaveholder named Giorgio, whose surname is not indicated, leases out out an enslaved Circassian woman named Caterina, who is approximately 18 years of age, to the man named Raffaele, whose surname is also not indicated, for a term of 3 years. She is to work as a wet-nurse. In exchange Raffaele receives an unnamed enslaved Tatar woman in compensation.
Antonio Fazio, filza 17, series I, nr. 55
The slaveholder named Francesco Maruffo leases out an enslaved Abkhazan woman named Margarita, who is approximately 28 years of age, to a woman named Paolina Reggio, for a term of 12 years and total payment of 125 Genoese lire.
Antonio Fazio, filza 2, series I, nr. 52
The slaveholder named Giovanni Costa leases out an enslaved woman named Maria, who is approximately 25 years of age, to the nobleman named Luciano Grimaldi, for a term of 2 years and total cost of 50 Genoese lire, for the purpose of wet nursing. If after one year Maria is unable to serve as a nurse for the family of Luciano, then he can return her to Giovanni and receive two-thirds of the lease payment back.
Antonio Fazio, filza 2, series II, nr. 78
This contract is an agreement between Ottobone Imperiale and Nicolosia Ittaliano for the lease of an enslaved woman named Lucia, who is approximately 30 years of age. Ottobone leases the enslaved Lucia to Nicolosia for an open term and in return she provides Ottobone with shares of the Casa di San Giorgio valued at 100 Genoese lire, from which Ottobone can draw income during the period of the lease. At the termination of the lease the shares must be returned to Nicolosia. The contract also notes that Nicolosia promises to pay the annual possession tax on enslaved persons for the term of the lease.
income (in lire) of shares in the Casa di San Giorgio
The workshop of the bootmaker Giovanni de Cultexela
Antonio Fazio, filza 20, series II, nr. 45
The slaveholder named Inoffio Sauli leases out an enslaved Bulgarian child named Anastasia, who is approximately 16 years of age, to the nobleman named Giovanni Antonio Spinola, for a term of 8 years and total payment of 65 Venetian ducats. At the end of the contract Anastasia is to be manumitted.
The slaveholder named Pietro, named as the son of Giacomo, leases out an enslaved Albanian woman named Calì, who is approximately 30 years of age, to the nobleman named Francesco Cibo, for a term of 10 years and a total payment of 100 Genoese lire.
The workshop of the paper-maker Francesco Garibaldo
The slaveholder named Oberto, whose last name is not specified, leases out the enslaved Russian woman named Anna, who is approximately 28 years of age, to a woman named Isabella, whose last name is also not specified, for a term of 10 years and total payment of 75 Genoese lire.
The slaveholder named Bartolomeo Campofregoso leases out an enslaved Abkhazan woman named Lucia, who is approximately 36 years of age, to a banker named Antonio Calvo, for a term of 6 years and total payment of 44 Genoese lire. At the end of the contract she is to be freed.
The slaveholder named Pietro Facorino leases out an enslaved woman named Anna, who is approximately 24 years of age, to the grammar teacher named Tommaso de Roma, for a term of 3 years and 1 month and a total cost of 60 Genoese lire. She is leased for the purpose of wet nursing (pro alumna). The contract notes that the enslaved Anna had formerly been held by the nobleman named Antonio Camilla who is now deceased. It also states that Tommaso is forbidden to live with Anna in the neighbourhood (contrada) of Scuterie or the neighbourhoods of the Camilla or Lercari families, and that if Pietro discovers Anna living in any of those places, then he can freely take her from Tommaso. Finally, the contract staters that Tommaso agrees to return the enslaved Anna in good health and without any illness.
The neighbourhood (contrada) of Scuterie
The workshop of the cellarer Battista de Caponego
Antonio Fazio, filza 4, series I, nr. 302
The slaveholder named Andreolo Vivaldi leases out the enslaved Abkhazan woman named Caterina, who is approximately 25 years of age, to the nobleman named Cosmo Salvago, for a term of three years and total payment of 60 Genoese lire. She is leased for the purpose of wet-nursing (quale nutrice).
The house of the heirs of Battista Lomellini
Antonio Fazio, filza 4, series I, nr. 362
The slaveholder named Accellino Gentile leases out an enslaved Abkhazan woman named Agnese, who is approximately 32 years of age, to a merchant from Naples named Andrea Copula, for a term of 6 years and total payment of 55 Genoese lire, for the purpose of wet-nursing.
Antonio Fazio, filza 4, series I, nr. 81
The slaveholder named Luchina Bonicane leases out an enslaved Tatar woman named Maria, who is approximately 27 years of age, to the merchant named Girolamo de Sancto Blaxio, for a term of 3 years and total payment of 60 Genoese lire. She is leased for the purpose of wet nursing (quale nutrice).
Antonio Fazio, filza 5, series I, nr. 212
The formerly enslaved woman named Maddalena agrees to work as a servant to Luchina Castagna, a nun in the monastery of Sant'Agata de Ponte in the Bisagno Valley, for a term of three years to repay a debt to a baker named Giovanni, known as Fonte Aghuso, who had arranged to pay the slaveholder Francesco Spinola secure her freedom. Luchina agrees to pay Giovanni the sum of 19 Genoese lire for the three year term. The contracts stipulates that if Maddalena can remit the 19 lire before the end of the three-year term then she will be released from service, and if she serves at least one year, then she can be released from service by paying a proportional amount of the debt. The nature of the contract suggests that Giovanni had agreed to pay Francesco 16 lire for the manumission of Maddalena and, acting as her custodian, arranged for her service in the monastery for which he charged an extra 3 lire for expenses. There may have also been a conjugal relationship between Giovanni and Maddalena.
Antonio Fazio, filza 5, series I, nr. 64
The slaveholder named Maria Scotto leases out an enslaved Abkhazan woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 26 years of age, to the nobleman named Giovanni Spinola, for a term of 15 years and total cost of 130 Genoese lire.
Antonio Fazio, filza 8, series II, nr. 225
The ropemaker named Bartolomeo de Poneta leases out an enslaved Russian woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 25 years of age, to a merchant from Milan named Cristoforo Panigarola, for a term of 8 years and total payment of 100 Genoese lire.
The slaveholder from Catalonia named Miguel Boneto leases out an enslaved Greek woman named Caterina, who is approximately 18 years of age, to a merchant named Antonio de Marco for a term of 8 years and a total payment of 45 Genoese lire.
The slaveholder named Dexerino de Placentia leases out an enslaved Circassian woman named Lucia, who is approximately 22 years of age, to an apothecary named Antonio de Vultabio, for a term of 8 years and total payment of 40 Genoese lire. Dexerino also mandates that Lucia is manumitted after the term of service.
The slaveholder named Martino Assereto leases out an enslaved Bosnian woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 25 years of age, to the nobleman named Stefano Spinola, for a term of 1 year and total payment of 12 Genoese lire.
The slaveholder named Antonio Dondo leases out an enslaved baptized Muslim woman named Pellegrina, who is approximately 18 years of age, to a merchant from Barcelona named Pedro Soler, for a term of 8 years and total payment of 20 Genoese ducats.
The slaveholder named Raffaele Salvago leases out an enslaved Russian woman named Marta, who is approximately 45 years of age, to a nobleman named Stefano Spinola, for a term of 7 years and total payment of 70 Genoese lire. Raffaele also mandates that Marta is liberated after the term of service.
The slaveholder named Luchina Spinola leases out an enslaved Abkhazan woman named Maria, who is approximately 22 years of age, to the noblewoman named Teodorina Spinola, for a term of 20 years and total payment of 225 Genoese lire. Luchina also mandates that Maria is manumitted after the end of the term of service.
The slaveholder named Filippo Gentile leases out an enslaved baptized Muslim woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 25 years of age, to a shoemaker named Antonio Sesterio, for a term of 12 years and total payment of 90 Genoese lire.
The slaveholder and lawyer named Davide de Amico leases out an enslaved Turkish woman named Margarita, who is approximately 30 years of age, to a certain Niccolò Usodimare, for a term of 4 years at a total cost of 40 Genoese lire.
The formerly enslaved Greek woman named Elena enters into the service a certain Francesco Lomellini for a term of ten years. The enslaved Elena had previously been manumitted by a certain Niccolò Piccaluga with an agreement that she serve a certain Antonio de Natino for a term of fifteen years (in a contract enacted on 26 February of the same year) as a condition of manumission. This contract represents an instance of a sublease, for which Niccolò and Antonio are present and give their consent, and for which Francesco pays Antonio the sum of 71 Genoese lire. The remaining five years on the contract are remitted in favour of Elena. Elena is present during the enactment and is represented by the enacting notary Antonio Pistarino.
Giovanni de Benedetti, filza 3, item dated 1487-02-14
The workshop of the silk merchants Agostino and Giovanni Battista de Opicello
The slaveholder named Raffaele de Odono leases an enslaved Hungarian woman named Maria, who is approximately 25 years of age, to a certain Paulo Sauli for 7 years and 2.5 months for 79 lire 16 soldi and 8 denari of Genoese currency. The enslaved Maria had already been leased to Raffaele for a term of for 7 years and 8 months for 84 lire 6 soldi 8 denari by a certain Niccolò Pallavicini.
The slaveholder named Battista Palamide leases out an enslaved Russian woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 45 years of age, to a draper named Giriforte Costa, for a term of 10 years and total payment of 95 Genoese lire.
The slaveholder named Benedetto de Passano leases out an enslaved Albanian woman named Calì to the silk merchant named Paolo Salucio, for a term of 10 years and total payment of 100 Genoese lire. Benedetto mandates that Calì is manumitted at the end of the term of the lease.
The slaveholder named Francesco Grimaldi leases out an enslaved baptized Muslim named Giorgino, who is approximately 30 years of age, to a shoemaker named Gabriele de Pinu, for a term of 4 years and a total payment 100 Genoese lire. Francesco mandates that Giorgino is manumitted at the end of the lease.
The slaveholder named Pellegro Salvago leases out an enslaved baptized Muslim woman named Maria to the man named Domenico de Serrano, for a term of 10 years and a total cost of 50 Genoese ducats.
The slaveholder named Girolamo de Monelia leases out an enslaved baptized Muslim woman named Caterina, who is approximately 30 years of age, to a nobleman named Matteo Lomellini, for a term of 12 years and a total cost of 120 Genoese lire.
Bartolomeo Gatto, register 11, 1412–1427, fol. 188v
The slaveholder and cloth merchant named Guglielmo Assereto leases out an enslaved Circassian woman named Lucia, who is approximately 25 years of age, to a wool merchant named Bartolomeo de Uvada, for a term of 10 years and a total payment of 70 Genoese lire. She is leased for the purpose of wet-nursing.
Bartolomeo Gatto, register 11, 1412–1427, fol. 216v
The slaveholder and draper named Ottobone Balbo leases out an enslaved Tatar woman named Marta, who is approximately 38 years of age, for a term of 6 years and payment 8 Genoese lire per year. The payment is to be made to Francesco de Caito.
Bartolomeo Risso, filza 1, series I, nr. 108
The slaveholder named Maria Spinola leases out an enslaved Wallachian woman named Anna, who is approximately 30 years of age, to a certain Raimondo Aimario, for a term of 3 years and total cost of 25 Genoese lire. At the end of the contract she is to be freed (by manumission). Maria is represented in the transaction by Leonello de Marini, who serves as her procurator.
The bank of Girolamo Lercari and associates
The house inhabited by the lawyer Niccolò de Nicolao
Bartolomeo Risso, filza 1, series I, nr. 222
The merchant from Nice and resident of Genoa named Cosmo Goffredis leases out an enslaved Circassian woman named Caterina, who is approximately 31 years of age, to a carpenter named Battista Reggio, for a term of 2 years at a total cost of 24 Genoese lire. The principals waive all guarantees and claims related to the health of the enslaved Caterina.
Bartolomeo Risso, filza 1, series III, nr. 92
The slaveholder and merchant from Catalonia named Bernardo Dala leases out an enslaved Circassian woman named Agnese, who is approximately 22 years of age, to the merchant named Franco Giustiniani, for a term of two years and a total cost of 40 Genoese lire, for the purpose of being a wet nurse. The contract notes that the enslaved Agnese had initially been leased by Lazzaro de Feliziano to Agostino de Ripalta for a term of ten years, and then subsequently subleased by Agostino to Bernardo for a term of approximately nine years. The current contract shortens the initial ten year period by approximately 5 years after which Agnese is mandated for manumission. Franco makes the 40 lire payment with the understanding he Franco must use the money to invest in part of a single share (locum) of San Giorgio to be registered in the name of Agnese. The contract was extracted.
Giovanni Brignole, contract enacted 1447-05-05
Antonio Fazio, filza 13, series I, nr. 165
The neighbourhood (contrada) of the Giustiniani albergo
Bartolomeo Risso, filza 2, series II, nr. 353 (formerly nr. 348)
The slaveholder named Illario Grillo leases out an enslaved Abkhazian woman named Maria, who is approximately 35 years old, to a banker named Niccolò de Fornari, for a term of 12 years and total payment of 100 Genoese lire. The contract notes that the term of service had begun on 15 September 1452. The principals in the contract waive all guarantees and claims related to the health of the enslaved Maria. Maria is to be manumitted at the end of the lease with Illario retaining the right of patronage. The contract was extracted.
Bartolomeo Risso, filza 4, series II, nr. 112
The slaveholder named Giacomo Maruffo leases out an enslaved woman named Anastasia, who is approximately 28 years of age, to a nobleman named Giovanni Battista Centurione, for a term of 3 years and a total cost of 50 Genoese lire, to serve as a wet-nurse for the children of Battista. The enslaved Anastasia was named as the sister of Giacomo Maruffo, which suggests that she may have been the child of Marcellino Maruffo and an enslaved woman. The contract also states that should the enslaved Anastasia become pregnant during the term of the contract, then she can be returned to the household of Giacomo and Giovanni Battista would recieive back his 50 lire. The contract was extracted.
Bartolomeo Risso, filza 4, series II, nr. 99
The slaveholder named Antonio Usodimare leases out an enslaved Circassian woman named Lucia, who is approximately 21 years of age, to a certain Gil Rois, a merchant from Catalonia, for a term of 3 years at a total cost of 30 Genoese lire. An earlier contract enacted in Caffa by the notary Gabriele Botario on 15 July 1455 notes that the enslaved Lucia had promised to serve in the household of Antonio for five years after which she would have been freed, and the contract notes that there remains four years, two months, and four days remaining on that term. This is essentially a sub-lease of the term of service of the formerly enslaved Lucia. The contract also states that Lucia may not leave the city of Genoa during the three-year term and after the end of this term she will be manumitted. The contract was extracted.
Bartolomeo Risso, filza 5, series I, nr. 154
The slaveholder named Simone Lecavello leases out an enslaved Bulgarian woman named Calì, who is approximately 24 years of age, to a certain Giacomo de Niella, for a term of 3 years at a total price of 40 Genoese lire. The payment is received in income from shares in Casa di San Giorgio for the year 1456.
Bartolomeo Risso, filza 5, series I, nr. 332
The slaveholder named Maria de Mari, spouse of the deceased Demetrio Vivaldi, leases out an enslaved woman named Maddalena to the nobleman named Federico Centurione, for a term of 4 years at a total cost of 70 Genoese lire, for the purposes of serving as a wet nurse. The transactors waive all guarantees and claims related to the health of the enslaved Maddalena. Maria mandates that Maddalena is manumitted at the end of the term of lease and she retains the right of patronage after the manumission. Federico is absent during the transaction and is represented by the enacting notary Bartolomeo Riccio. The contract was extracted.
Bartolomeo Risso, filza 5, series II, nr. 154
The formerly enslaved Maria, who had been held by a certain Accellino Spinola, agrees to work as a household servant for a certain Valerano Cattaneo for a term of 6 years and for a salary of 60 Genoese lire. The salary is paid by both Valerano and Accellino. The contract takes the form and title of the contract for the lease of enslaved persons, illustrating the close links between the two forms.
Bartolomeo Risso, filza 5, series II, nr. 23
The slaveholder and shoemaker named Paolo Giusto leases out the enslaved Circassian woman named Brigida, who is approximately 24 years of age, to the merchant named Filippo Aurego, for a term of 7 years at a total cost of 60 Genoese lire. The principals waive all guarantees and claims related to the health of the enslaved Brigida. The contract was extracted.
Bartolomeo Risso, filza 5, series II, nr. 99
Bartolomeo Risso, filza 5, series II, nr. 9
The slaveholder and silk merchant named Bartolomeo de Ripalta leases out an enslaved Circassian woman named Caterina, who is approximately 22 years of age, to a certain Anfreone Sauli, for the remainder of a two year lease that he had initially entered into with a certain Federico Centurione, for a total cost of 35 Genoese lire. The contract is essentially a sub-lease.
Antonio Fazio, filza 17, series II, nr. 558
Bartolomeo Risso, filza 5, series III, nr. 82
The slaveholder and silk worker named Lodiso Paxerio leases out an enslaved Tatar woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 35 years of age, to the merchants from Milan named Biaggio and Melchiorre de Gradis, for a term of 10 years and total cost of 90 Genoese lire. Melchiorre is absent during the transaction and is represented by his son Biaggio, who serves as his procurator.
The house inhabited by Melchiorre and Biaggio de Gradis
Bartolomeo Risso, filza 5, series III, nr. 83
Bartolomeo Risso, filza 2, series II, nr. 179
The slaveholder and merchant from Milan named Matteo de Nigris leases out an enslaved Russian woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 24 years of age, to a notary named Guirardo Brevei, for a term of 7 years and total payment of 55 Genoese lire. The term of service began on 1 April 1452. The contract also mentions that the enslaved Maddalena came with her own clothes.
The slaveholder named Ambrogio Garetto leases out an enslaved Russian woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 25 years of age, to a certain Domenigina de Finario, for a term of 7 years and a total payment of 90 Genoese lire. The principals waive any and all guarantees and claims related to the health of the enslaved Maddalena. Ambrogio also mandates that Maddalena is to be manumitted after the term of service. Domenigina is absent during the transaction and is represented by the silk merchant Bartolomeo de Ligioriis, who serves as her procurator.
The slaveholder and merchant from Milan named Francesco de Campenago leases out an enslaved Tatar man named Asperto, who is approximately 18 years of age, to the Venetian merchant and patron of a vessel named Lorenzo Raffono, for a term of 6 years at a total cost of 25 Genoese ducats. The term of the lease had started on 14 December 1453.
The slaveholder named Benedetto de Nigro leases out enslaved woman named slave Caterina, who is approximately 32 years of age, to the nobleman named Antonio Doria, for a term of 9 years and total payment of 100 Genoese lire. The contract was extracted.
The house inhabited by Benedetto di Negro
The slaveholder and silk merchant named Michele Gatto leases out an enslaved Hungarian woman named Novella, who is approximately 25 years of age, to the merchant from Catalonia named Lluís Manuel, for a term of 2 years at a total price of 30 Genoese lire. Michele is represented in the transaction by a certain Bartolomeo de Passano, who serves as his procurator by the power of a contract enacted by Bartolomeo de Goano and presented during the transaction. The principals waive all guarantees and claims related to the health of the enslaved Novella.
The slaveholder and notary named Giacomo de Passano leases out an enslaved Greek woman named Lucia, who is approximately 30 years of age, to a priest named Antonio de Boianis, for a term of 10 years and total payment of 80 Genoese lire.
Battista Muffola, filza 1, series I, nr. 266
The slaveholder named Illario Squarciafico leases out the enslaved Bosnian woman named Melica, who is approximately 34 years of age, to the banker named Tommaso Gentile, for a term of 8 years and total payment of 80 Genoese lire. Illario mandates that Melica is manumitted at the completion of the term.
The slaveholder named Leonardo Giustiniani leases out an enslaved Hungarian woman named Maria, who is approximately 33 years of age, to a certain Giorgio de Benigassio, for a term of 6 years and total payment of 60 Genoese lire. The contract mentions that the enslaved Maria was pregnant and was made pregnant by a certain Antonio de Odino.
The workplace of the notary Battista Parisola
Benvenuto Bracelli, register 14, 1375–1390, fol. 108r–v
The slaveholder named Fabiano de Sancto Michele leases out an enslaved Tatar woman named Maddalena to the man named Giovanni de Canalis for a term of 4 years and total payment of 40 Genoese lire. The enslaved Maddalena is leased for the purpose of wet nursing.
The slaveholder named Violante de Valencia, the wife of Giovanni de Valencia, leases out an enslaved woman named Margarita to a certain Giovanni Boecio, for a term of 3 years and total payment of 60 Genoese lire. She is leased for the purpose of wet nursing with the stipulation that the risk of an inability to properly nurse should lie with the receiver Giovanni.
Branca Bagnara, filza 1, series I, nr. 202
The slaveholder named Bartolomeo Cattaneo leases out an enslaved Tatar woman named Elena, who is approximately 20 years of age, to a shoemaker named Battista de Bargalio for a term of 2 years and a price of 20 Genoese lire per year. The contract states that Battista has the option to purchase the enslaved Elena during the term of the lease for 160 Genoese lire, the price which Bartolomeo had paid for her. There seems to have been a problem with the lease that resulted in its cancellation, as the same Elena was leased by Battista five days later to another person.
The workplace of the notary Branca Bagnara
Branca Bagnara, filza 1, series II, nr. 150
The slaveholder and notary named Battista Foglietta leases out an enslaved woman named Caterina, who is approximately 28 years of age, to merchant named Girolamo de Savinione, for a term of 3 years at a total cost of 34 lire and 10 soldi of Genoese currency.
The slaveholder named Odoardo Grillo leases out an enslaved Circassian woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 35 years of age, to a nobleman named Giovanni Battista Centurione, for a term of 12 years and total payment of 120 Genoese lire.
Branca Bagnara, filza 5, series II, nr. 53
The slaveholder and carpenter named Oberto de Sancta Agnete leases out an enslaved child named Luchina, who is approximately 14 years of age, to a wool merchant named Andrea de Petra, for a term of 8 years and total cost of 31 Genoese lire. The lease of Luchina functions as a partial debt settlement for the earlier sale of another enslaved woman named Margarita by Andrea to Oberto for 130 Genoese lire, and as such, the 31 lire amount for the lease is immediately set off against the unpaid balance related to the sale of Margarita. The enslaved Luchina is to be manumitted at the end of the term of service. The contract was extracted.
Branca Bagnara, filza 8, series I, nr. 268
The slaveholder named Simone Calvo leases out an enslaved Abkhazan woman named Caterina, who is approximately 35 years of age, to a barber named Guglielmo Lenza, for a term of 12 years and total payment of 100 Genoese lire.
Branca Bagnara, register 3, 1426–1428, fol. 95r–v
The slaveholder named Battista de Benisia leases out an enslaved Circassian woman named Divizia, who is approximately 22 years of age, to a metal shearer named Lodisio Delfino, for a term of 6 years and total payment of 70 Genoese lire. The payment is made in income from the shares of Casa di San Giorgio from the current year and the subsequent year.
Branca Bagnara, register 3, 1426–1428, fols. 143r–144r
The slaveholder and shoemaker named Battista de Bargalio leases out an enslaved Tatar woman named Eliana, who is approximately 20 years of age, to the nobleman named Francesco Salvago, for a term of 2 years and total payment of 40 Genoese lire, for the purpose of wet nursing. The contract states that should the wife of Battista de Bargalio become pregnant during the two year term of the lease and require the services of a wet nurse, then Francesco is obliged to return Eliana to Battista and receive a refund for the remaining time on the lease. The contract also notes that should Francesco wish to take Eliana outiside the city of Genoa during the term of the lease then it would be necessary for him to provide some form of guarantee to Battista to ensure the safe return of Eliana at the end of the term.
Branca Bagnara, register 3, 1426–1428, fols. 43r–44r
The slaveholder named Luchino Spinola leases out an enslaved Hungarian woman named Calì, who is approximately 40 years of age, to a certain Gaspare de Lanfranchis, for a term of 8 years and total payment of 58 Genoese lire. The contract notes that the enslaved Calì has her own clothing and specifically states that her services can be subleased within the city of Genoa for the term of the contract. The contract was extracted.
The bank of Antonio and Cattaneo Spinola
Cipriano Foglietta, filza 2, series II, item dated 1496-05-16
The slaveholder and merchant named Francesco de Franchi leases out an enslaved woman named Maria, who is approximately 26 years of age, to the nobleman named Giovanni Doria, for a term of 10 years and total payment of 100 Genoese lire.
The slaveholder named Benedetto Pinelli leases out an enslaved baptized Muslim woman named Maria, who is approximately 20 years of age, to a certain Giovanni Agostino de Illuminatis, for a term of 8 years and total payment of 75 Genoese lire.
Cristoforo de Revellino, register 10, 1396, fol. 44r
The nuns of the Monastery of Santa Maria di Santo Sepolcro in Sampierdarena, who have taken refuge in Genoa to escape civil strife, lease out an enslaved woman named Margarita to a wool merchant named Giovanni Riccio, for a term of 6 years and total payment 12 lire. The enslaved Margarita was formerly held by a certain Agostino de Mari and was purchased at public auction on 18 November 1394 by the representative of the monastery named Cristiano Spinola.
The Monastery of Santa Maria di San Sepolcro in Sampierdarena
Remains of the cloisters of the Santa Maria di San Sepolcro
The house inhabited by Evangelista Salvago
Cristoforo de Revellino, register 18, 1401, fol. 128r
The slaveholder named Perrino Gentile leases out an enslaved woman named Caterina to a merchant named Cosmo Tarigo, for a term of 5 years and total cost of 45 Genoese lire. Perrino mandates the manumission of Caterina at the end of the term.
The slaveholder named Pellegro Salvago leases out an enslaved Bosnian woman named Lucia, who is approximately 24 years of age, to a merchant named Bernardo de Luca, for a term of 6 years and total payment of 120 Genoese lire. The subsequent contract is a manumission for the same Lucia after the six year term of service.
Egidio Damezzano, filza 1, series I, nr. 167
The slaveholder named Selvagia Usodimare leases out an enslaved Tatar woman named Maria to a merchant named Leonardo Casandra, for a term of 8 years and total payment of 50 Genoese lire.
Francesco Casanova, filza 2, series I, nr. 85
The slaveholder and notary named Giacomo de Palodio leases out an enslaved Circassian woman named Simona, who is approximately 26 years of age, to a merchant named Ambrogio Giustiniani, for a term of three years and total payment of 50 Genoese lire. The lease is for the purpose of wet nursing. The term of service had started a few weeks earlier on 11 March 1422. If the enslaved Simona is unable to provide adequate nursing for the family of Ambrogio, then he can return her and received an amount proportional to the unused time of service. The contract also states that Simona is strictly limited to caring for the child of Ambrogio and has no obligation to perform other tasks outside the household related to the child’s care and nourishment.
The slaveholder and draper named Domenico Cassana leases out an enslaved Tatar woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 20 years of age, to the noblewoman named Cesarina de Mari, for a term of 9 years and total payment of 50 Genoese lire.
The sisters of the monastery of Santo Sepolcro di Sampierdarena lease out an enslaved Abkhazian woman named Lucia, who is approximately 25 years of age, to a certain Bartolomeo Doria, for a term of 13 years at a total cost of 130 Genoese lire. She is to be freed at the end of the contract.
The slaveholder named Emanuele Usodimare leases out an enslaved Abkhazan woman named Margarita, who is approximately 36 years of age and declared as pregnant, to a merchant named Antonio de Franchi, for a term of 8 years at a total cost of 86 Genoese lire, for the purpose of being a wet nurse.
The merchant named Melchiorre de Gradis leases out an enslaved Circassian woman named Cali, who is approximately 24 years of age, to the merchant named Colombino de Campis, from Bobbio, for a term of 11 years and total price of 125 Genoese lire to be paid annually. The term of the lease had already a few months earlier started in June of 1434. Melchiorre mandates the manumission of Cali the end of the term of service, and if Cali is able to pay Columbino the equivalent of the remaining lease amount, she can gain her freedom earlier.
Giacomo Rondanina, filza 5, series II, nr. 71
The slaveholder and notary named Giovanni de Clavaro leases an enslaved Russian woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 26 years of age, to a merchant named Antonio Carrega, for a term of 11 years and total payment of 150 Genoese lire.
Giacomo Rondanina, filza 7, series I, nr. 174
The slaveholder named Battista Cattaneo leases out an enslaved Russian woman named Caterina, who is approximately 20 years of age, to a merchant named Antonio Carrega, for a term of one year and total payment of 20 Genoese lire. She is leased to serve as a wet nurse for the family of Antonio.
Giovanni Battista Parisola, filza 12, nr. 229
The slaveholder named Giacomo de Plebe leases out an enslaved Abkhazan woman named Caterina, who is approximately 25 years of age, to a merchant named Bartolomeo de Franchi, for a term of 6 years and total payment of 60 Genoese lire. The contract notes that the enslaved Caterina has her own clothing which is being held by a notary named Christoforo de Rapallo. Giacomo mandates the manumission of the enslaved Catarina after the term of the contract. The contract specifically notes that Caterina may be subleased during the term of the contract, but only if Giacomo is given the option to first take her back, and if not, that the proportional amount for the remaining time Catarina would have served is remitted to Giacomo.
The workplace of the notary Giovanni Battista Parisola
Giovanni Battista Parisola, filza 7, series II, nr. 109
The slaveholder and notary named Gregorio Piccaluga leases out an enslaved woman from the Ottoman regions named Maria, who is approximately 25 years of age, to the noblewoman named Bianca Cibo, for a term of 12 years and total payment of 120 Genoese lire.
The slaveholder named Tommasino de Uncio leases out an enslaved baptized Muslim named Lucia to the nobleman named Stefano Cicala, for a term of 11 years and a total payment of 121 Genoese lire.
Giovanni Danove, filza 2, series I, nr. 265
The slaveholder Paolo Doria leases out an enslaved man named Giorgio, who is approximately 18 years of age, to the nobleman named Lorenzo Cattaneo, for a term of 2½ years and total payment of 50 Genoese lire. Giorgio is to work as the servant on ships patronzied by Lorenzo Cattaneo.
The workplace of the bankers Merualdo and Giovanni Battista Grimaldi
Giovanni Danove, filza 2, series I, nr. 404
The slaveholder named Giovanni Usodimare leases out the enslaved Circassian woman named Margarita, who is approximately 38 years of age, to the nobleman named Meliaduce Cicala, for a term of 10 years at a total cost of 100 Genoese lire.
Giovanni Danove, filza 2, series I, nr. 487
The slaveholder and notary named Bartolomeo de Canicia leases out an enslaved Ruthenian woman named Margarita, who is approximately 25 years of age, to the merchant named Leonardo Garibaldo, for a term of 15 years and a total payment of 150 Genoese lire. Leonardo promises to remove Margarita from Genoa and keep her outside the city for the entire duration of the lease. The contract was extracted.
Giovanni Danove, filza 2, series I, nr. 578
The slaveholder named Francesco Maruffo leases out an enslaved Circassian woman named Lucia, who is approximately 24 years of age, to a banker named Giovanni Battista Grimaldi, for a term of 8 years and total payment of 90 Genoese lire. At the end of the term Lucia is to be manumitted.
The bank of Merualdo and Giovanni Battista Grimaldi
Giovanni Danove, filza 2, series II, nr. 156
The slaveholder and ropemaker named Giacomo de Arquata leases out an enslaved Asian woman named Caterina, who is approximately 34 years of age, to a merchant named Antonio de Franchi for the purpose of wet-nursing, for a term of three years and total payment of 60 Genoese lire. In the case that the enslaved Caterina is not able to serve as a wet nurse, then the payment is reduced to 10 lire per year.
Giovanni Danove, filza 3, series I, nr. 160
The slaveholder and merchant named Battista Giustiniani leases out an enslaved Circassian woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 26 years of age, to the nobleman named Girolamo Lomellini, for a term of 15 years at a total cost of 150 Genoese lire. Battista is repersented in the transaction by Francesco Gambone who serves as his procurator.
The bank of Giovanni Battista and Luca Grimaldi
The workshop of Giovanni Battista Pernice
Giovanni de Allegro, register 2, 1400–1407, fol. 124v
The slaveholder and draper named Pellegro de Camulio leases out an enslaved Tatar woman, who is approximately 40 years of age, to the merchant named Agostino de Andoria, for a term of 4 years and total payment of 30 Genoese lire.
The slaveholder named Argentina de Fravega leases out an enslaved woman named Cristina, who is approximately 26 years of age, to a carpenter named Giorgio de Rocha, for a term of 5 years and a price of 10 Genoese lire per year. At the end of the contract she is to be freed.
The slaveholder named Giacomo Spinola leases out an enslaved Greek man named Giorgio, who is approximately 25 years of age, to the nobleman named Antonio Cattaneo, for a term of 4 years and total payment of 20 Genoese lire.
Giovanni Valdettaro, filza 1, series I, nr. 10
The slaveholder and merchant named Ambrosio Palmario leases out an enslaved Russian woman named Lucia to a merchant named Giovanni de Demetrio, for a term of 20 years and a total payment of 120 Genoese lire. At the end of the contract she is to be freed.
The house inhabited by Ambrogio Palmario
Giovanni Valdettaro, filza 1, series II, nr. 30
The slaveholder named Battista de Monsia leases out an enslaved Bulgarian woman named Lucia, who is 24 years of age, to a merchant named Battista Carena, for a term of 15 years and total payment of 150 Genoese lire. At the end of the contract she is to be freed.
The slaveholder named Barnaba de Sancto Blaxio leases out the enslaved Greek woman named Maria, who is approximately 24 years of age, to a certain Niccolò Cassana, for a term of 11 years and total payment of 99 Genoese lire.
The slaveholder named Raffaele Doria leases out the enslaved Albanian woman named Maria, who is approximately 35 years of age, to the nobleman named Niccolò Piccamiglio, for a term of 12 years and total payment of 125 lire. At the end of the contract she is to be freed.
Girolamo Loggia, filza 1, series I, nr. 273
The slaveholder and widow named Mariola de Turrilia, wife of the deceased Bartolomeo de Levante, leases out the enslaved Circassian named Maddalena, who is 28 years of age, to the noblewoman named Despina Pinelli, for a term of 12 years and total payment of 150 Genoese lire. Mariola is represented by the notary Lorenzo Costa who serves as her procurator. The contract states that if the enslaved Maddalena gives birth during the term of the lease then Despina is prohibited from allowing her to nurse the child. If Despina decides to sublease the enslaved Maddalena then Mariola has the option to take her back by paying a prorated amount based on the service time completed. The risk that Maddalena might die during the term of the lease is assumed by Despina and Mariola is not obliged to refund the lease price should this happen.
Girolamo Loggia, filza 1, series II, nr. 11
The slaveholder named Maria de Ronco leases out an enslaved Albanian woman named Caterina, who is approximately 29 years of age, to a nobleman named Stefano Gentile, for a term of 10 years and total payment of 100 Genoese lire.
Girolamo Loggia, filza 2, series I, nr. 77
The slaveholder named Niccolò Marchione leases out an enslaved Hungarian woman named Caterina, who is approximately 35 years of age, to a nobleman named Tommaso Doria, for a term of of 9 years and total payment of 100 Genoese lire.
Girolamo Loggia, filza 2, series II, nr. 372
The slaveholder named Maria Burone leases out an enslaved Circassian woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 45 years of age, to a nobleman named Giuliano Grimaldi, for a term of 9 years and total payment of 90 Genoese lire. Maria had received the enslaved Maddalena to fulfill her dowry claim against her deceased husband Ambrogio de Albingana from the notary Battista de Palodio, who served as the curator of the estate of Ambrogio. The enslaved Maddalena is manumitted at the end of the term of service with Maria retaining the right of patronage.
The workplace of the notary Girolamo Loggia
Girolamo Loggia, filza 4, series I, nr. 104
The slaveholder named Costantino Doria leases out an enslaved baptized Mulsim woman named Caterina, who is approximately 30 years old, to a merchant named Giacomo de Domoculta, for a term of 12 years and total payment of 100 Genoese lire. At the end of the term she is to be freed.
Girolamo Loggia, filza 4, series I, nr. 355
The slaveholder named Bernardo Aucreto leases out an enslaved Abkhazan woman named Caterina, who is approximately 20 years old, to the merchant named Teodoro de Fornari, for a term of 12 years and total payment of 120 Genoese lire.
Giuliano Canella, register 5, 1415–1417, fol. 160v
The slaveholder named Stregino Salvago leases out an enslaved Circassian woman named Lucia, who is approximately 22 years of age, to the notary Giovanni de Alexandria, for a term of six years and total payment of 50 Genoese lire. The enslaved Lucia is leased for the purpose of wet-nursing. Giovanni also agrees to pay the ½ florin annual tax for the possession of an enslaved person during the six-year term.
The workplace of the notary Giuliano Canella
Giuliano Canella, register 5, 1415–1417, fol. 437r–v
The slaveholder named Giovanni de Accurso, represented by the merchant Pietro Giustiniani who serves as his procurator, leases out an enslaved Bulgarian woman named Caterina to the nobleman named Raffaele Embriaco, for a term of 8 years and total cost of 45 Genoese lire. Raffaele agrees to provide her with food, shelter and clothes.
Giuliano Canella, register 5, 1415–1417, fol. 54r–v
The slaveholder named Raffaele Specia leases out an enslaved woman named Maria to the merchant named Egidio Merello, for a payment of 30 Genoese soldi per month. She is leased for the purpose of wet-nursing. The contract allows for Egidio to terminate the lease at the end of each month.
Giuliano Canella, register 5, 1415–1417, fols. 15v–16r
The slaveholder named Domenico Lercari leases out an enslaved woman named Catalina to the merchant named Girolamo Fieschi, for a term of three years and a total payment of 60 Genoese lire. She is leased for the purpose of wet nursing. The contract also notes that the lease had started on 1 October 1415 and that Girolamo also agrees to pay the ½ florin annual tax for the possession of an enslaved person during the three-year term. Girolamo also assumes any risk should the enslaved Caterina be unable to nurse during the three year term.
Giuliano Canella, register 6, 1418–1421, fol. 168r
The mercer and slaveholder named Giovanni Lanciapango leases out an enslaved Russian woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 18 years of age, to a certain Antonio de Recco, for a term of six years and total payment of 36 lire and 5 soldi of Genoese currency.
Giuliano Canella, register 6, 1418–1421, fol. 168v
The slaveholder named Giorgio de Franchi leases out an enslaved Tatar woman named Marta, who is approximately 30 years of age, to the merchant named Battista de Leone, for a period of 8 years and total payment of 44 Genoese lire.
Giuliano Canella, register 6, 1418–1421, fol. 222r–v
The slaveholder named Francesco Foglietta rents out the labour promised by the former enslaved Bulgarian named Erena, who had been declared free by the Officium sindicatorum and had agreed to a term of service, to the widowed noblewoman named Margaritta Cattaneo.
Gregorio Labaino, filza 6, series I, nr. 97
The slaveholder and metal shearer named Bartolomeo de Insulabona leases out an enslaved man named Giorgetto, who is approximately 21 years of age, to a metal shearer named Bartolomeo de Petra, for a term of 5 years and total payment of 45 Genoese lire.
Lazzaro Raggi, filza 4, series II, nr. 355
The slaveholder and silk merchant named Giacomo de Vegetis leases out an enslaved Circassian woman named Catalina, who is approximately 24 years of age, to a nobleman named Tobia Pinelli, for a term of 3 years and total payment of 60 Genoese lire. The lease is for the purpose of wet nursing. Giacomo is represented in the contract by the silk spinner named Viceto de Carmagnola who serves as his representative. If at any time during the lease the enslaved Catalina is unable to provide sufficient nursing, then she can be returned and the amount for the remaining period returned to Tobia. Tobia also lends Viceto another 20 Genoese lire as part of the contract.
The bank of Filippo and Federico Centurione
The workplace of the notary Lazzaro Raggio
The slaveholder named Teodora Adorno leases out an enslaved Circassian woman named Lucia, who is approximately 35 years of age, to the nobleman named Lorenzo di Negro, for a term of 12 years and total payment of 120 Genoese lire. At the end of the contract she is to be freed.
The slaveholder and notary named Battista de Palodio, procurator for the goods of the deceased slaveholder named Raffaele Doria, leases out an enslaved Hungarian woman Maria to the monk named Alessandro Ravascherio, abbot of the monastery of San Andrea de Borzono, for a term of 9 years and total payment of 95 Genoese lire.
The slaveholder and merchant named Anfreone Usodimare leases out an enslaved Albanian woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 40 years of age, to the nobleman named Stefano Cicala, for a term of 9 years at a total price of 110 Genoese lire.
The slaveholder named Ambrogio Zerbino leases out an enslaved baptized Muslim woman named Maria, who is approximately 24 years of age, to a certain Bernardo Bulla, for a term of 12 years and total payment of 100 Genoese lire.
The slaveholder named Francesco de Padino leases out an enslaved Abkhazan woman named Marta, who is approximately 32 years of age, to a nobleman named Giovanni Doria, for a term of 12 years and total payment of 100 Genoese lire.
Lorenzo Costa, filza 3, series I, nr. 368
The slaveholder named Giovanni de Natino leases out the enslaved Bosnian woman named Elena, who is 26 years of age, to the nobleman named Girolamo Vento, for a term of 18 years and total payment of 70 gold ducats. At the end of the contract she is to be freed.
Lorenzo Costa, filza 3, series II, nr. 228
An enslaved Russian woman named Anatasia, who is approximately 33 years of age, is leased for a term of 13 years and total payment of 125 Genoese lire. At the end of the contract she is to be freed.
The slaveholder named Franchetta Doria leases out an enslaved Russian woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 32 years of age, to the notary Oberto Foglietta, for a term of 13 years and total payment of 114 lire, 4 soldi, and 8 denari of Genoese currency.
The slaveholder named Isabella de Columnis leases out an enslaved Abkhazan woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 28 years of age, to a certain Giuliano, a man whose surname is not indicated, for a term of 14 years and total payment 150 Genoese lire. At the end of the contract she is to be freed.
The slaveholder named Matteo Vivolo leases out an enslaved Abkhazan woman named Cita to the shoemaker named Giriforte Costa, for a term of 10 years and total payment of 90 Genoese lire. At the end of her service she is to be freed.
Lorenzo Costa, filza 8, series I, nr. 320
The slaveholder named Mariola Fieschi leases out an enslaved Mingrelian woman named Margarita, who is approximately 26 years of age, to a certain Paride Fieschi, for a term of 11 years and total payment of 110 Genoese lire. At the end of the contract she is to be freed.
The slaveholder named Francesco Borromeo, from the commune of San Miniato, leases out an enslaved Tatar woman named Cita to a merchant from Marseille named Bertrand Forbin, for a term of 6 years.
The slaveholder and merchant named Antonio de Strupa leases out an enslaved Circassian woman named Anna, who is approximately 35 years of age, to the nobleman named Antonio Ittaliano, for a term of five years and total payment of 75 Genoese lire, for the purpose of being a wet nurse.
The slaveholder and blacksmith named Girolamo de Rapallo leases out an enslaved Russian named Maria to another blacksmith named Antonio de Sementia, for a term of 3 years and total payment of 20 Genoese lire. She is leased for the purpose of wet nursing and under certain conditions. That is, the sum should be paid out in annual installments; Antonio wanted to ensure that Maria was able to nurse his son in her third year. In return, he sent an enslaved woman named Caterina to the house of Girolamo, which cost 11 lire per year, with the 20 lire total payment made by Antonio reflecting the receipt of this 11 lire yearly payment from Girolamo.
The slaveholder named Simone Lercari leases out an enslaved woman named Maddalena to the nobleman named Galeotto Salvago, for a term of 15 years and total payment of 130 Genoese lire.
The slaveholder named Gaspare de Marini leases out an enslaved Circassian woman named Caterina, who is approximately 40 years of age, to the physician named Paolo Gentile, for a term of 3 years and total payment of 55 Genoese lire.
The slaveholder named Manfredo di Negro leases out an enslaved Circassian woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 35 years of age, to the merchant named Giacomo Fontana, for a term of 7 years and total payment of 45 Genoese lire. At the end of the contract she is to be freed.
The slaveholder named Cristoforo Spinola leases out an enslaved baptized Muslim woman named Cita, who is approximately 35 years of age, to the nobleman named Odoardo Grillo, for a term of 8 years and total payment of 80 Genoese lire. At the end of the contract she is to be freed.
Narino Montaldo, filza 1, series II, nr. 126
The slaveholder named Megollo Lercari leases out an enslaved Circassian woman named Cristiana, who is approximately 35 years of age, to the merchant named Matteo de Scipionibus, for 60 Genoese lire and a term of 10 years. The enslaved Cristiana had already been exchanged between the two principals about nine months earlier at which point the term of service had begun.
Narino Montaldo, filza 1, series II, nr. 126a
Narino Montaldo, filza 1, series II, nr. 88
The slaveholder named Giacomo de Sancto Salvatore leases a household servant (fantesca) named Lucia to the cheesemaker named Pietro de Pluma, for a term of three years and for total payment of 60 Genoese lire. Lucia is to serve as a wet nurse.
Niccolò de Belignano, register 2, 1366–1384, fol. 108r
The slaveholder named Paolo Cattaneo leases out an enslaved Tatar woman named Lucia to the merchant named Niccolò de Rossano, for a term of 33 months and total payment of 30 Genoese lire. She is to serve as a wet-nurse.
Niccolò Garumbero, filza 1, series III, nr. 119
The slaveholder and lawyer named Bartolomeo de Bosco leases out an enslaved Abkhazan woman named Calì, who is approximately 18 years of age, to a merchant named Agostino de Pinu, for a term of 4 years and total payment of 35 Genoese lire.
The slaveholder and merchant named Giuliano Maruffo leases out an enslaved Circassian woman named Caterina, who is approximately 35 years of age, to a notary named Andrea de Ferrari, for a term of 4 years and total payment of 45 Genoese lire.
The slaveholder named Bartolomeo Centurione leases out an enslaved child named Elena, who is approximately 8 years of age, to a noblewoman named Isabella Grimaldi, for a term of 26 years and total payment of 25 gold ducats. The principals wave all guarantees and claims related to the health of the enslaved Elena. At the end of the contract she is to be freed.
The slaveholder and merchant named Tommaso de Franchi leases out an enslaved man named Giorgio, who is approximately 23 years of age, to the merchant named Battista Leardo, for a term of five years and at a total cost of 42 Genoese lire.
The slaveholder named Battistina Crescia leases out an enslaved woman named Maria, who is approximately 32 years of age, to a nobleman named Paolo Lomellini, for a term of 6 years at a total cost of 60 Genoese lire.
The slaveholder and merchant named Alessandro de Franchi leases out an enslaved baptized Muslim person, who is approximately 20 years of age, to the nobleman named Teramo Centurione, for a term of eight years and total payment of 80 Genoese lire.
The slaveholder named Giacomo Spinola leases out an enslaved Bosnian woman named Anna, who is approximately 26 years of age, to an apothecary named Battista Sofia, for a term of 12 years and total payment of 100 Genoese lire. At the end of the contract she is to be freed.
The slaveholder and banker named Teramo Centurione leases out the enslaved woman named Caterina, who is approximately 35 years of age, to the merchant named Francesco de Gradis, for a term of 10 years and total payment of 100 Genoese lire.
The slaveholder named Niccolò Piccamiglio leases out an enslaved woman named Maria to the notary named Giovanni de Novis, for a term of twelve years and total payment of 120 Genoese lire.
The slaveholder and merchant named Battista de Castiliono leases out the enslaved baptized Muslim named Giovanni, who is approximately 16 years of age, to the merchant named Luca Adorno, for a term of 8 years and total payment of 60 Genoese lire.
The slaveholder and silk weaver named Guglielmo Maida leases out an enslaved woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 28 years of age, to the merchant named Benedetto de Franchi, for a term of 9 years and a payment made in a quantity of pine wood.
The slaveholder and merchant named Pietro Bordino leases out an enslaved Bosnian woman named Caterina, who is approximately 45 years of age, to the nobleman named Giorgio Grimaldi, for a term of 8 years and total payment of 100 Genoese lire.
The slaveholder and silk merchant named Bartolomeo de Monsia leases out an enslaved Greek woman named Maria, who is approximately 28 years old, to a silk merchant named Angelo de Zerbis, for a term of 3 years and total payment of 30 Genoese lire.
The slaveholder named Cipriano Lomellini leases out an enslaved baptized Muslim woman named Caterina, who is approximately 34 years of age, to the noblewoman named Ginevra Spinola, for a term of 10 years at a total cost of 120 Genoese lire.
The slaveholder and merchant named Gregorio Castagnola leases out an enslaved Circassian woman named Melica, who is approximately 40 years of age, to the nobleman named Daniele Spinola, for a term of 12 years and total payment of 30 Genoese gold ducats.
The silk merchant named Pietro de Rettalio leases out an enslaved Albanian woman named Melica, who is approximately 36 years of age, to a certain Gregorio Castagnola, for a term of 10 years and total payment of 100 Genoese lire. At the end of the term she is to be freed.
The slaveholder named Giovanni Spinola leases out an enslaved baptized Muslim woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 28 years of age, to a silk merchant named Oberto de Magnasco, for a term of 10 years and total payment of 100 Genoese lire. She is to be freed at the end of the lease.
The slaveholder and notary named Stefano Bracelli, who is the chancellor of the Republic of Genoa, leases out an enslaved baptized Muslim woman named Francisca, who is approximately 20 years of age, to a merchant named Girolamo de Porta, for a term of 5 years and 50 Genoese lire. At the end of the contract she is to be freed.
The slaveholder named Bernardo Pallavicini leases out an enslaved Albanian woman, who is approximately 40 years of age, to Giovanni Battista Spinola and Cristoforo Spinola, for a term of 5 years and total payment of 60 Genoese lire. Bernardo is represented in the transaction by his wife Argenta Pallavicino, who serves as his procurator. Cristoforo Spinola is absent during the transaction and is represented by the enacting notary Niccolò Raggio. The contract states that the term of the lease had already started on 8 February 1497.
The bank of Teramo Centurione and associates
The workplace of the notary Niccolò Raggio
The slaveholder and pelter named Francesco de Passagio leases out an enslaved Greek woman named Lucia, who is approximately 47 years of age, to the noblewoman named Luchina Pinelli, for a term of 4 years and total payment of 70 Genoese lire. The enslaved Lucia had been leased two years prior to Francesco by a certain Girolamo de Andoria for a term of 10 years, so this is essentially a sub-lease.
Giacomo Rondanina, filza 11, series II, nr. 302
The slaveholder named Girolamo Navone leases out an enslaved woman named Margarita, who is approximately 24 years of age, to a merchant named Enrico de Franchi, for a term of 15 years and a total payment of 150 Genoese lire. The contract mentions that the enslaved Margarita is leased with her clothes. The contract was extracted.
The bank of Agostino Doria and Battista Spinola
The slaveholder named Ottobone Lomellini leases out an enslaved Bosnian woman named Maria, who is approximately 30 years of age, to a silk merchant named Girolamo de Canalis, for a term of 12 years at a total cost of 150 Genoese lire. She was manumitted by Ottobone later on the same day and so this contract represents a form of redemption by Maria for the manumission. The contract also mentions that the enslaved Maria is leased with the clothes and other goods that she has on her person.
The slaveholder named Niccolò Spinola leases out an enslaved baptized Muslim person, who is approximately 40 years of age, to a wool worker named Andrea Valletaro, for a term of 5 years and total payment of 63 Genoese lire.
The slaveholder and merchant named Benigno de Cassina leases out an enslaved baptized Muslim named Maria, who is from Asilah and who is approximately 26 years of age, to the merchant named Cristoforo Leardo, for a term of 10 years and total payment of 120 Genoese lire. The principals waive all guarantees and claims regarding the health of the enslaved Maria.
The slaveholder and merchant named Benigno de Cassina leases out an enslaved baptized Muslim woman named Maria, who is approximately 26 years of age, to the woman named Mariola Maruffo, for a term of 10 years and total payment 120 Genoese lire. After the lease is ended she is to be freed.
The slaveholder named Martino Calvo leases out an enslaved Bosnian woman named Lucia, who is approximately 25 years of age, to Niccolò and Simone Calvo, for a term of 14 years and total of 100 Genoese lire.
The slaveholder and merchant named Francesco Giustiniani leases out an enslaved Russian woman named Teodora, who is approximately 30 years of age, to the noblewoman named Sabrina Spinola, for a term of 12 years and total payment of 120 Genoese lire. At the end of the contract she is to be freed.
Oberto Foglietta, filza 37, item dated 1494-10-16
The slaveholder and wool merchant named Giovanni de Vallebella leases out an enslaved Turkish woman named Caterina to the nobleman named Bartolomeo Doria, for a term of 6 years and total payment of 60 Genoese lire.
The slaveholder and merchant named Pellegro Tarigo leases out an enslaved Albanian woman named Elena, who is approximately 40 years of age, to a certain Nicolosia Tarigo, for a term of 8 years and a total amount of 100 Genoese lire. At the end of the contract she is to be freed.
Paolo de Recco, filza 5, series II, nr. 161
The slaveholder named Gabriele Marchione leases out an enslaved Russian woman named Anna, who is approximately 28 years of age, to a merchant named Giovanni Gregorio Stella, for a term of one year and total payment of 11 Genoese lire.
The slaveholder named Galeotto Salvago sub-leases out an enslaved woman named Maddalena to a merchant from Valencia named Francisco Panario, for a term of 5 years and total payment of 45 Genoese lire.
Pellegro Testa, filza 2, series I, nr. 11
The slaveholder named Bartolomeo Ittaliano leases out an enslaved Russian woman named Caterina, who is approximately 34 years of age, to a notary named Lodisio de Brevei, for a term of 12 years and total payment of 120 Genoese lire.
Pellegro Testa, filza 2, series III, nr. 315
The slaveholder named Giovanni Battista de Savignione leases out an enslaved man from the Canary Islands named Jachino, who is approximately 30 years of age, to the nobleman named Filippo Spinola, for a term of 8 years.
The slaveholder named Girolamo de Camulio, who is also the bishop of Chios, leases out an enslaved Albanian woman named Anna, who is approximately 24 years of age, to a pelter named Bernardo Celesia, for a term of 4 years and total payment of 30 Genoese lire. The enslaved Anna is to be manumitted at the end of the term of service. The enslaved Anna was being held by Teodora de Camulio, the sister of Girolamo, and she transferred custody over Anna to Girolamo before the lease was enacted. Girolamo retains the right of patronage which he cedes to his sister Teodora.
Quirico de Albingana, filza 1, series I, nr. 70
The slaveholder named Giovanni de Fo sub-leases an enslaved Ruthenian woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 45 years of age, from a slaveholder named Tommaso de Bessignano, for a term of 3 years and total payment of 32 Genoese lire.
Notai ignoti, busta B bis.8, entry dated 1371-10-31
The slaveholder named Isabella, widow of Raffaele di Negro, promised to lease out an enslaved Tatar woman named Margarita, who is 22 years of age, to the notary named Tommaso Naste, for a term of 2 years and total payment of 24 Genoese lire. The form of the contract is based on that of a typical “service agreement” contract; in addition, it was agreed that Thomas could sublet the enslaved Margarita if she was unable to continue as a wet nurse for his family during the two years. At the beginning of the contract, the word famula has been deleted and replaced by alumpna.
Tommaso Boveto, filza 2, series II, nr. 61
The slaveholder named Giacomo Celesia leases out an enslaved Tatar woman named Clara, who is approximately 36 years of age, to a cutler named Pietro Garrone, for a term of 2 years and a total payment of 29 Genoese lire. The contract notes that the term of service had started on 20 April 1420.
Tommaso Boveto, filza 2, series II, nr. 31
The slaveholder named Bartolomeo de Podio leases out an enslaved woman named Maddalena to a merchant from Pisa named Lorenzo Griffo, for a term of 2 years. The lease occurs through a commercial broker named Guglielmo Assereto who serves as the commercial agent for Bartolomeo, who is absent because he is being held in debtor's prison. Guglielmo kept the enslaved Maddalena in his house for 15 days, and possibly longer, during which time he made her available to potential holders. The contract mentions that she is to serve Lorenzo as a household servant and a concubine, and strongly suggests that she was forced to submit herself sexually to prospective holders during the fifteen day period. The contract also mentioned that the enslaved Maddalena was commissioned by Bartolomeo to Guglielmo in 1418.
The Carceris Malpage (Debtor's Prison) in Molo
Tommaso Boveto, filza 2, series III, nr. 2 (formerly nr. 18)
The slaveholder and merchant named Percivale Ardissone leases out a formerly enslaved woman from Cyprus named Agnese to a cloth merchant named Guglielmo Assereto, for a term of 10 years and total payment of 75 Genoese lire. The enslaved Agnese had already been manumitted subject to a service obligation of thirteen years to Percivale. The term of conditional manumission continues for the remaining ten years of service to Guglielmo.
The slaveholder named Battista Cibo leases out an enslaved Ruthenian woman named Elena, who is approximately 34 years of age, to the merchant named Ansaldo Giustiniani, for a term of 7 years at a total price of 70 Genoese lire. Battista also mandates the manumission of Elena at the end of the term. The contract notes that the term of service had started on 1 February 1469.
The slaveholder and merchant named Agostino Lazania leases out an enslaved Circassian woman named Maria, who is approximately 29 years of age, to a widow named Andreola Spinola, for a term of 7 years at a total cost of 70 Genoese lire. The contract stipulates that 10 lire from the 70 lire payment is marked for clothing for the enslaved Maria. The enslaved Maria will be manumitted for manumission once Maria provides Agostino the cost for extracting the notarial contract which has been written by the notary Matteo Riccio.
The slaveholder and merchant named Antonio de Franchi leases out an enslaved Circassian man named Valentino, who is approximately 25 years of age, to a merchant named Genesio de Guizo, for a term of 3 years at a total price of 62 lire and 10 soldi of Genoese currency. The lease period is to begin on 1 March 1469.
Tommaso Duracino, filza 13, series I, nr. 165
Locatio sclave per contraproventum locorum
The slaveholder named Accellino Vivaldi leases out an enslaved Tatar woman named Melica, who is approximately 34 years of age, to a certain Maria Doria, for a term of 2 years and total payment in the income from 4 shares of the Casa di San Giorgio during the two years of the lease. Maria is represented in the contract by her son Selvagio Vivaldi who serves as her procurator.
Tommaso Duracino, filza 13, series I, nr. 445
The slaveholder named Cosmo Spinola leases out an enslaved baptized Muslim man named Andrea, who is approximately 18 years of age, to the nobleman named Alerame Pallavicini, for a term of 10 years and total payment of 60 Genoese lire.
Tommaso Duracino, filza 13, series II, nr. 441
The slaveholder named Andrea de Guizo leases out an enslaved Abkhazan woman named Marta, who is approximately 35 years old, to a certain Tommaso Spinola, for a term of 6 years and total payment of 60 Genoese lire.
Tommaso Duracino, filza 13, series II, nr. 46
The slaveholder and notary named Giovanni Andrea Murro leases out an enslaved Russian woman named Elena, who is approximately 31 years of age, to a merchant named Gregorio Cassana, for a term of 3 years at a total price of 50 Genoese lire. The contract prohibits the enslaved Elena from being sub-leased during the term.
Tommaso Duracino, filza 14, series II, nr. 412 (formerly nr. 319)
The silk merchant named Marco Verina leases out an enslaved Russian woman named Margarita, who is approximately 32 years of age, to a certain Cosmo Spinola, for a term of 3 years at a total cost of 50 Genoese lire. The contract obligates Margarita to serve as a wet nurse for the wife of Cosmo, who is currently pregnant. The contract also states that if the enslaved Margarita, who is also pregnant, dies in childbirth then the 50 lire will be returned to Cosmo.
The bank of Filippo Centurione and associates
The slaveholder named Giorgio de Marini leases out an enslaved Circassian woman named Maria, who is approximately 28 years of age, to a merchant named Giovanni Delfino, for a term of 10 years and total payment of 100 Genoese lire.
The slaveholder named Pietro Fieschi leases out an enslaved Circassian woman named Maria, who is approximately 32 years of age, to the merchant named Galeazzo de Levanto, for a term of 16 years at a total cost of 150 Genoese lire. The contract notes that the sale of the enslaved Maria was mediated by the commercial broker Tommaso Frugone. The contract was extracted.
The slaveholder named Battista Cibo leases out the labour of a formerly enslaved Hungarian woman named Elena, who is approximately 40 years of age, to the nobleman named Leonardo di Negro, for a term of three years and total payment of 37 lire and 10 soldi of Genoese currency. The contract indicates that Elena had been formerly held by a certain Benedetto Salvago and had recently been declared free as a result of an appeal to the Sindactores. The contract was made with the consent of Elena who was absent at the enactment and represented by the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino.
Tommaso Duracino, filza 16, nr. 166 (formerly nr. 168)
The slaveholder named Antonietta Robello, from the commune of Varazze, and wife of Luca Bertolino, lease out an enslaved Circassian woman named Lucia, who is approximately 38 years of age, to a certain Girolamo Calvo, for a term of 13 years and total payment of 3 shares (loca) of the Casa di San Giorgio. Antonia was represented in the transaction by Egidio Sacherio, who serves as her procurator by the power of a contract enaced in Varazze by the notary Teramo Sacherio. The contract was extracted.
The slaveholder named Giovanni Delfino leases out an enslaved Circassian woman named Maria, who is approximately 29 years of age, to a merchant named Bartolomeo de Riccobono, for a term of 9 years at a total cost of 80 Genoese lire. This is a sublease from an the contract enacted on 16 February 1472 where Giovanni Delfino had received the enslaved Maria from Georgio de Marini.
The slaveholder named Melchiorre de Monleone leases out an enslaved Russian child named Maria, who is approximately 15 years of age, to a certain Pietro de Orabonis, for a term of 4 years and a total payment of 40 Genoese lire. Pietro is represented in the contract by his brothers Bartolomeo and Pietro Giovanni de Orabonis.
The slaveholder named Giovanni de Stanchino, from the commune of Moneglia, leases out an enslaved Hungarian woman named Melica, who is approximately 30 years of age, to a certain Pietro Ambrogio Carrega, for a term of 15 years and a total payment of 125 Genoese lire. She is to be liberated at the end of the term. The contract represents the ratification of the transfer of Melica by Filippo Cassana, serving as the procurator of Giovanni, to Pietro Ambrogio, a few months earlier on 1 December 1473. The contract also specifies that Melica cannot be subleased to the heirs of Battista de Franchi nor a certain Filippo de Caneto.
The slaveholder and banker named Teramo Centurione leases out an enslaved Ruthenian child, who was born in Barcelona and named Micaela, and who is approximately 16 years of age, to Paolo de Puteobonello, for a term of 6 years and total payment of for 72 Genoese lire. Paolo is represented in the transaction by the Milanese citizen Antonio de Parabiago who serves as his procurator by the power of a contract enacted by the notary Paolo de Odino. The enslaved Micaela was present during the transaction and represented by the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino. The contract states that should Paolo enter into marriage with Micaela during the period of the lease then she is to be manumitted. Teramo retains the right of patronage after any manumission. The contract was twice extracted.
The slaveholders and brothers named Tommaso, Lazzaro, Gaspare, and Domenico Grimaldi lease out an enslaved Ruthenian woman named Margarita, who is approximately 38 years of age, to a certain Lorenzo Cacia, for a term of 10 years and total payment of 120 Genoese lire. The enslaved Caterina was declared as part of the inheritance of the brothers and had been held by their now deceased father Domenico Grimaldi. Tommaso Grimaldi represents his brothers (who are absent) in the transaction and the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino represents the absent Margarita. The contract mandates that Margarita will be manumitted at the end of the term of service with Tommaso retaining the right of patronage. The contract was twice extracted.
The house inhabited by the brothers Tommaso, Lazzaro, and Domenico Grimaldi
The slaveholder named Cristoforo de Iudice leases out an enslaved Russian woman named Caterina, who is approximately 35 years of age, to a noblewoman named Bartolommea Marchione, for a term of 12 years and a total payment of 120 Genoese lire.
Tommaso Duracino, filza 18, nr. 601 (formerly nr. 502)
The slaveholder named Oberto Ittaliano leases out an enslaved Abkhazan man named Lazzarino, who is approximately 18 years of age, to the nobleman named Niccolò Spinola, for a term of 11 years and total payment of 100 Genoese lire. At the end of his service he is to be freed with Oberto retaining the right of patronage.
Tommaso Duracino, filza 19, series I, nr. 215 (formerly nr. 251)
The slaveholder named Cosmo Centurione leases out an enslaved Albanian woman named Maria, who is approximately 21 years of age, to the nobleman named Francesco Centurione, for a term of eight years at a total cost of 90 Genoese lire.
Tommaso Duracino, filza 19, series I, nr. 123 (formerly nr. 141)
The slaveholder named Battista Spinola leases out an enslaved Bulgarian woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 35 years of age, to a cloth merchant named Anechino de Bruges, for a term of 8 years and a total price of 60 Genoese lire.
Tommaso Duracino, filza 19, series II, nr. 303
The slaveholder named Biaggio de Bargono leases out an enslaved Ruthenian woman named Anna, who is approximately 50 years of age, to a certain Zaccaria de Canobio, for a term of 3 years at a total cost of 35 Genoese lire. The blacksmith named Giacomo de Solario acts as the broker in the transaction and receives the enslaved Anna.
Tommaso Duracino, filza 19, series II, nr. 32
The slaveholder named Violante Grimaldi leases out an enslaved Circassian woman named Lucia, who is approximately 40 years of age, to the nobleman named Carlo Centurione, for a term of 5 years and total payment of 50 Genoese lire. Violante is represented in the transaction by Lorenzo Valletaro who serves as her procurator. The contract was twice extracted.
Tommaso Duracino, filza 2, series II, nr. 86
The slaveholder and apothecary named Silvestro de Corvaria leases out an enslaved Circassian woman named Margarita, who is approximately 45 years of age, to a draper named Girolamo Calvo, for a term of six years and and a total of 37 lire and 10 soldi in Genoese currency. The contract was extracted.
Tommaso Duracino, filza 2, series I, nr. 273
The slaveholder named Lucano de Marini leases out an enslaved Circassian child named Caterina, who is approximately 17 years of age, to a barber named Giacomo de Bonis, for a term of thirteen years and total payment of 95 Genoese lire. The lease indicates that the buyer accepts any physical ailments that the enslaved Caterina may have and will not contest the contract based on claims around her health. Luciano is represented in the transaction by Lodisio de Rocheta, acting as his procurator as per another notarial act dated 17 June 1455. The contract was twice extracted.
Tommaso Duracino, filza 2, series I, nr. 227
The workshop of the barber Giovanni de Amore
Tommaso Duracino, filza 2, series I, nr. 322
The slaveholder named Giacomo Vivaldi, a notary from Marseille, sells for a fixed period (that is, leases out) an enslaved Hungarian woman named Margarita, who is approximately 34 years of age, to the Milanese merchant named Vincenzo de Rabiis, for a period of six years and 55 Genoese lire payable in the income from shares (paghe) of Casa di San Giorgio. Giacomo is represented by Benedetto de Leonardo, who serves as his procurator.
Tommaso Duracino, filza 2, series I, nr. 397
Tommaso Duracino, filza 2, series II, nr. 149
The slaveholder and merchant from Germany named Jacob de Andoia leases out an enslaved Hungarian woman named Margarita, who is approximately 34 years of age, to the pelter named Giacomo Frassineto, for a term of five years and 44 Genoese lire to be paid in a measure of pelted leather. This is a sub-lease of the same enslaved woman that Giacomo had received from Vincenzo de Rabiis on 10 December 1455 (which itself was a sub-lease). The contract was extracted.
Tommaso Duracino, filza 2, series II, nr. 261
The slaveholder and shoemaker named Pietro de Camera leases out an enslaved Hungarian woman named Melica, who is approximately 38 years of age, to the nobleman Brancaleone Doria, acting on behalf of Giovanni Francesco Spinola, who is in Pisa, for a term of three years and a total payment of 60 Genoese lire. The enslaved Melica is to serve as a wet nurse for the family of Giovanni Francesco. If Melica is unable to sufficiently nurse the child of Giovanni Francisco within one month after her arrival in Pisa, then the contract will be void and the 60 lire returned to Pietro. The contract was extracted.
The slaveholder named Brunoro Spinola leases out an enslaved Abkhazan man named Lazzaro, who is approximately 20 years of age, to the merchant named Girolamo Palmario, for a term of 9 years and total payment of 90 Genoese lire.
The slaveholder named Galeotto de Nigro leases out an enslaved Circassian woman named Margarita, who is approximately 34 years of age, to a certain Paolo Lercari for a term of 4 years and total payment of 40 Genoese lire. The contract was twice extracted.
Tommaso Duracino, filza 22, nr. 363 (formerly nr. 562)
The slaveholders named Bianca de Franchi and Giovanni Francesco Grillo lease out an enslaved Russian woman named Agnese, who is approximately 30 years of age, to a cloth merchant named Giacomo Paterio, for a term of 10 years and a total cost of 100 Genoese lire. The enslaved Agnese had been previously held by the deceased Andreolo Grillo and the rights to hold her were passed in his testament to Bianchetta and Giovanni Francesco. Part of the payment (53 of the 100 lire) is made in one share (loca) of the Casa di San Giorgio held by the former servant (most likely formerly enslaved) of the deceased Battista Lomellini named Maria.
The house inhabited by Bianca de Franchi
Tommaso Duracino, filza 22, nr. 681 (formerly nr. 482)
The slaveholders named Giovanni Grimaldi, Melchiorre Imperiale, and Gregorio Grimaldi lease out an enslaved Bosnian woman named Caterina, who is approximately 32 years of age, to the nobleman named Battista Piccamiglio, for a term of 16 years and total payment of 150 Genoese lire. The enslaved Caterina had been held by the deceased Ottaviano Imperiale and was passed down as an item of inheritance to the three men. The contract indicates that she was leased with her own clothing.
The bank of Filippo Vivaldi and associates
Girolamo Loggia, filza 2, series II, nr. 43
Tommaso Duracino, filza 23, series II, nr. 303
The slaveholder named Brigida Spinola leases out an enslaved baptized Muslim woman named Anna, who is approximately 30 years of age, to a silk merchant named Benedetto de Via, for a term of 15 years and total payment of 130 Genoese lire.
Tommaso Duracino, filza 23, series II, nr. 49
The slaveholder and shipwright named Martino de Coronato, an inhabitant of the commune of Voltri, leases out an enslaved Albanian child named Pietro, who is approximately 17 years of age, to a certain Bartolomeo Palmario, for a term of eight years and a total price of 12 Genoese ducats. The enslaved Pietro is manumitted after the term of service. Pietro is absent during the transaction and is represented by the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino.
Tommaso Duracino, filza 25, series II, nr. 105
The slaveholder and merchant from Barcelona named Gabriel de Tolosa leases out an enslaved baptized Muslim woman named Grazia, who is approximately 37 years of age, to the nobleman named Cristoforo Centurione, for a term of 6 years and total payment of 45 Genoese lire. At the end of the lease, Grazia is to be freed.
Tommaso Duracino, filza 25, series II, nr. 93
The slaveholder named Maria Grimaldi leases out an enslaved Abkhazan woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 40 years of age, to a nobleman named Francesco Doria, for a term of 8 years and 4 months, and for a total payment of 83 lire 10 soldi and 8 denari of Genoese currency.
Tommaso Duracino, filza 26, series II, nr. 48
The slaveholder named Simone Lercari leases out an enslaved Bulgarian woman named Marta, who is approximately 35 years of age, to the silk worker named Battista de Passagio, for a term of 12 years and a total price of 100 Genoese lire. The contract was extracted.
Tommaso Duracino, filza 27, series I, nr. 204
The slaveholder named Leonardo Cibo leases out an enslaved baptized Muslim woman named Cita, who is approximately 30 years of age, to a merchant named Niccolò Panigarola, for a term of five years and total payment of 58 Genoese lire.
Tommaso Duracino, filza 3, series I, nr. 297
The slaveholder named Nicolosia de Lo Paraso, who is the wife of the deceased Antonio de Campomorono, leases out an enslaved Russian woman named Maria, who is approximately 32 years of age, to a notary named Battista Stella, for a term of 10 years and total payment of 80 Genoese lire to be paid in income from shares of San Giorgio. The contract states that the term had begun over six months earlier, which suggests that Maria might have been leased on a trial basis or that the lease was entered into a personal account in March before being formalized by the notary in November.
The workshop of the silk merchant Andrea de Albingana
Tommaso Duracino, filza 3, series II, nr. 136
The slaveholder named Lazzaro de Villanova out an enslaved Tatar woman named Marta, who is approximately 30 years of age, to a lawyer named Paolo Basadonna, for a term of five years and a total price of 40 Genoese lire. Lazzaro is represented in the contract by his brother Antonio de Villanova who serves as his procurator by the power of a contract enacted in Savona by the notary Bartolomeo de Zocco. The contract suggests that this is a sub-lease of the enslaved Marta who had orignally been leased to Lazzaro by Antonio Lomellini. The starting date of the lease was the 21st of February 1458.
The slaveholder named Lodisio de Rocheta leases out an enslaved Circassian woman named Margarita, who is approximately 27 years of age, to the nobleman named Girolamo Doria, for a term of 2 years and a total price of 40 Genoese lire. The principals waive all obligations and claims related to the health of the enslaved Margarita and the contract indicates that she is to serve as a wet nurse.
The slaveholder and physician named Antonio de Novis leases out an enslaved Greek woman named Margarita, who is approximately 18 years of age, to a nobleman named Soldano Cattaneo, for a term of 12 years and total payment of 100 Genoese lire. The enslaved Margarita is to be manumitted at the end of the term of service. Margarita is also absent during the transaction and represented by the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino.
Tommaso Duracino, filza 5, nr. 627 (formerly nr. 622)
The slaveholder and draper named Girolamo Calvo leases out an enslaved Russian woman named Caterina, who is approximately 18 years of age, to the merchant named Paolo de Promontorio, for a term of 2 years and total payment of 25 Genoese lire. The contract mentions that remuneration would be based on an earlier agreements between the two principal contractors. The contract also specifies that Caterina will be leased with her own clothes, money, and other goods. Furthermore, the contract states that Caterina cannot be subleased during the contract without the express permission of Girolamo under the penalty of 40 Genoese Florins.
The slaveholder and cutler named Tommaso Merello leases out an enslaved Bulgarian woman named Maria, who is approximately 25 years of age, to the tinsmith named Alegrino Gatto, for a term of 6 years and total payment of 50 Genoese lire. The contract states that the enslaved Maria cannot be subleased to anyone living outside the walls of Genoa.
Tommaso Duracino, filza 5, nr. 334 (formerly nr. 114)
The slaveholder named Margaritta de Marco leases out an enslaved Tatar woman named Lucia, who is approximately 30 years of age, to a silk merchant named Giovanni de Sancto Salvatore, for the purposes of being a wet nurse, for a term of one year at a total cost of 20 Genoese lire. The contract contains an option to extend the lease for another year. Margaritta is represented in the contract by her son Egidio Sacherio who serves as her procurator.
Tommaso Duracino, filza 5, nr. 441 (formerly nr. 229)
The slaveholder and cheesemaker named Michele de Turrilia leases out an enslaved Circassian woman Maddalena, who is approximately 25 years of age, to an apothecary named Agostino Botto, for a term of 1 year and total payment of 100 Genoese lire. Michele agrees to provide the enslaved Maddalena with shoes and clothing.
The workshop of the cheesemaker Battista Cavatia
The slaveholder named Soldano Cattaneo leases out an enslaved Greek woman named Margarita, who is approximately 25 years of age, to a merchant named Raffaele de Marco, for a term of 11 years and total cost of 96 Genoese lire. This is a sublease of the enslaved Margarita, whom Soldano had received from Antonio de Novis the previous summer. At the end of the term of service Margarita is to be freed.
Tommaso Duracino, filza 6, series I, nr. 198
The slaveholder and apothecary named Michele de Turrilia leases out an enslaved Circassian woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 25 years of age, to the merchant named Antonio de Ferrari, for a term of 1 year at a total cost of 12 Genoese lire. Michele is absent at the transaction and is represented by the apothecary named Agostino Botto who had previously leased Maddalena from Michele.
Tommaso Duracino, filza 6, series II, nr. 190
The slaveholder and widow named Argentina Carrega leases out an enslaved Circassian man named Giorgio, who is approximately 25 years of age, to a certain Niccolò de Varixio, for a term of six years at a total cost of 60 Genoese lire. Argentina is represented in the sale by her brother Antonio Carrega who serves as her procurator.
Tommaso Duracino, filza 6, series II, nr. 46
The slaveholder and merchant named Tobia de Lazario leases out an enslaved Abkhazan woman Margarita, who is approximately 32 years of age, to the nobleman Costantino de Marini for a term of 3 years and total cost of 60 Genoese lire, for the purposes of wet nursing. Tobia is absent at the transaction and is represented by a certain Biaggio de Bargono who serves as his procurator.
The house inhabited by Costantino de Marini
Tommaso Duracino, filza 7, series I, nr. 103
The slaveholder named Giacomo de Mezano leases out an enslaved Russian woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 30 years of age, to a blacksmith named Giovanni de Ianato, for a term of nine years and a total price of 56 Genoese lire.
Tommaso Duracino, filza 7, series I, nr. 63
The slaveholder named Taddeo de Marini confesses to receiving the sum of 100 Genoese lire from a certain Lodisio Cattaneo. For this sum he cedes the rights over an enslaved Circassian woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 29 years of age, to a certain Lodisio de Castiliono. Maddalena had been leased to Taddeo by the cheesemaker Michele de Turrilia in December of 1462 for a term of one year and this transaction reflects a form of sub-lease.
The slaveholder named Niccolò Barbaro, a merchant from Venice, leases out an enslaved Circassian woman named Scaramuccia, who is approximately 24 years of age, to the Genoese merchants Pellegro and Francesco de Gradis, for a term of 2½ years and a total price of 17½ Genoese ducats. Niccolò is represented in the contract by his brother Giovanni who serves as his procurator and who presents a notarial contract enacted in Venice as proof. This contract is a sub-lease. The enslaved Scaramuccia had previously been leased to Niccolò and Giovanni Barbaro by the Milanese merchant named Venturino Borromeo on 22 November 1463.
The slaveholder named Isolta de Franchi leases out an enslaved Circassian woman named Elena, who is approximately 25 years of age, to a merchant named Marco Giustiniani, for a term of seventeen years and total payment of 170 Genoese lire. The enslaved Elena is to be manumitted at the end of the term of service. The principals waive all claims and guarantees regarding the health of Elena and the contract notes that she was exchanged about one year before this enactment. Isolta retains the right of patronage after the manumission. The contract also lists the following places where Marco agrees to uphold the conditions specified in the contract: Genoa, Savona, Lombardy, Milan, Nice, Pisa, Albenga, Florence, Venice, Rhodes, Chios, Pera, and Caffa. This indicates that Marco was likely an itinerant merchant who intended to bring Elena with him during his travels and that the principals wanted to ensure that the contract would remain in force across the Mediterranean.
The house inhabited by Isolta de Franchi
Tommaso Duracino, filza 1, series II, nr. 36
The slaveholder named Terruccio de Terrucio leases out an enslaved Russian woman named Maria, who is approximately 20 years of age, to a barber named Antonio de Varcio, for a term of three years and a total payment of 36 Genoese lire.
Giovanni Danove, filza 2, series I, nr. 341
The slaveholder named Selvagia Doria, widow of the deceased Pietro Grillo, leases out an enslaved Circassian woman named Maria, who is approximately 33 years of age, to a certain Rainaldo Gentile, for a term of 12 years and total payment of 120 Genoese lire. Rainaldo agrees to return the enslaved Maria in good health and without any illness.
Giovanni Danove, filza 2, series I, nr. 438
The slaveholder named Bernaba Tagliavacca, from the commune of Busalla, leases out an enslaved Russian woman named Maria, who is approximately 35 years of age, to a certain Niccolò Musso, a citizen of Savona, for a term of seven years and total payment of 40 Genoese lire.
Simone Canella, filza 2, series I, nr. 18
The slaveholder named Galeazzo Ittaliano leases out an enslaved woman named Lucia to the nobleman named Bartolomeo Centurione for a term of seven years and total payment of 100 Genoese lire.
Simone Canella, filza 2, series I, nr. 102
The slaveholder named Domenico Centurione leases out an enslaved baptized Muslim woman name Maddalena, who is approximately 24 years of age, to the notary named Domenico Brignole, for a term of sixteen years and total payment of 144 Genoese lire.
The slaveholder named Vincezo de Rabiis, a citizen of Milan, sells for a fixed period (that is, leases out) an enslaved Hungarian woman named Margarita, who is approximately 34 years of age, to the German merchant named Jacob de Andoia, for a term of five years and ten months and total payment of 63 Genoese lire paid in income from shares in the Casa di San Giorgio. This is a sub-lease of the same enslaved woman that Vincenzo had received from Giacomo Vivaldi, through the procurator Benedetto de Leonardis, on 26 September 1455. The contract was twice extracted.
Tommaso Boveto, filza 2, series I, nr. 78
The slaveholder named Cristoforo de Via leases out an enslaved Albanian woman named Maria, who is approximately 30 years of age, to a notary named Bartolomeo Foglietta, for a term of eight years and a total payment of 45 Genoese lire. This contract is a sub-lease. The enslaved Maria had already been leased by a certain Niccolò de Palodio to Pietro de Via for a ten year term, but Pietro died two years into the lease. Cristoforo de Via was named as the executor for the goods of the deceased Pietro.
Abazia di San Siro 1316–1653, entry dated 1387-10-02
The slaveholder named Giovanna de Vigono, the widow of Valente de Valentibus, leases out an enslaved Albanian man named Giorgio and his son named Andrea to a farmer from the Bisagno valley named Domenico Riccio. The term was eight years for Giorgio and twelve years for Andrea for a total payment of 40 Genoese lire. The contract stipulated that both Giorgio and Andrea were to be manumitted at the end of their terms.
The house inhabited by Giovanna de Vigono
Tommaso Duracino, filza 26, series I, nr. 84
The slaveholder named Battista Palamide leases an enslaved Russian woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 36 years of age, to a certain Niccolò de Bozzolo, for a term of 5 years and total payment of 50 Geneose lire. Niccolò is absent during the transaction and is represented by a certain Battista de Montesoro, who serves as his procurator as indicated in a contract by the notary Lorenzo Costa. The payment is made partly in money of account and partly in gold coins from France.
The slaveholder and cheesemaker named Michele de Turrilia leases an enslaved Circassian woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 29 years of age, to a certain Taddeo de Marini for a term of one year.
The slaveholder named Antonio Carrega leases out an enslaved Hungarian woman named Maddalena to a shoemaker named Bartolomeo de Zino, for a term of 6 years and 8 months and a total payment of 50 Genoese lire.
Tommaso Duracino, filza 18, nr. 561 (formerly nr. 516)
Lazzaro Raggio, unknown filza, unknown item
The slaveholder named Battista de Sancto Nazario leases out an enslaved Circassian woman named Marta, for a term of three years and payment of 22 Genoese lire per year. The contract is referenced in a later renunciation recorded by Andrea Testa but is not contained in the archived items of Lazzaro Raggio and is likely lost. Bernardo provided a measure of fustian cloth valued at 11 Genoese lire as a partial payment for the lease.
Andrea Testa, filza 2, series III, nr. 88
The slaveholder and merchant from Milan named Matteo de Nigris manumits an enslaved Russian woman named Maddaleana, who is approximately 24 years of age. The contract notes that Maddalena was already required to serve Gherardo de Brevei for a period six years, beginning 1 April of the current year, by a lease contract enacted on 20 May 1452. Matteo retains the right of patronage. The contract was extracted.
Branca Bagnara, filza 1, series I, nr. 148
The slaveholder named Luca Sichero leases out an enslaved Tatar woman named Lucia, who is approximately 34 years of age, to a certain Antonio Squarciafico, for a term of six years and total payment of 55 Genoese lire.
The house of the slaveholder Antonio Squarciafico
Branca Bagnara, filza 1, series I, nr. 149
Antonio Fazio, filza 3, series I, nr. 263
The slaveholder named Giuliano Lercari leases out an enslaved Bulgarian woman named Caterina, who is approximately 30 years of age, to the banker named Girolamo Lercari, for a term of 10 years and total payment of 130 Genoese lire. The contracts mandates the manumission of Elena at the end of the term under the condition that she pays the manumission tax herself. Giuliano retains the right of patronage. The contract was extracted.
Antonio Fazio, filza 3, series I, nr. 283
The slaveholder named Emanuele Cattaneo leases out an enslaved Circassian man named Giorgio, who is approximately 24 years of age, to a certain Battista Calvo for a term of five-and-a-half years and total payment of 100 Genoese lire. The enslaved Giorgio is completely manumitted at the end of the term with Emanuele retaining the right of patronage. The contract was extracted.
Antonio Fazio, filza 3, series I, nr. 283a
Antonio Fazio, filza 3, series II, nr. 350
The slaveholder named Violante Porco leases out and enslaved woman child named Maria, who is approximately 16 years of age, to a certain Gaspare Lercari, for a term of twelve years and a total payment of 125 Genoese lire. The enslaved Maria is to be manumitted at the end of the term. Gaspare was absent during the transaction and was represented by the enacting notary Antonio de Facio.
The slaveholder named Lazzaro de Feliziano leases out an enslaved Circassian woman named Agnese, who is approximately 19 years of age, to the draper named Agostino de Ripalta, for a term of ten years. The enslaved Agnese is mandated for manumission at the end of the term of service.
The slaveholder and draper named Agostino de Ripalta leases out an enslaved Circassian woman named Agnese, who is approximately 20 years of age, to a merchant from Catalonia named Bernardo Dala, for a term of eight years, eleven months, and two days. This represents the reminder of service that the enslaved Agnese was mandated to serve Agostino from a previous lease enacted on 5 May 1447. The enslaved Agnese is mandated for manumission at the end of the term of service.
Branca Bagnara, filza 5, series II, nr. 17
The slaveholder named Demetrio Sauli leases out an enslaved woman named Maria, who is approximately 32 years of age, to a bootmaker named Pietro de Lugano for a term of six years and total payment of 40 Genoese lire (with 20 lire paid immediately and the remainder paid within eighteen months). The enslaved Maria is mandated for manumission at the end of the six year term. The contract was extracted.
The workshop of the bootmaker Antonio de Castelaccio
Branca Bagnara, filza 8, series II, nr. 53
The slaveholder named Bianca de Lavello leases out an enslaved Circassian woman named Caterina, who is approximately 26 years of age, to a certain Angelo Centurione, for a term of 17 years and a total payment of 130 Genoese lire. The enslaved Caterina is manumitted at the end of the term of service with Bianca retaining the right of patronage. Caterina was also absent during the transaction and represented by the enacting notary Branca Bagnara. The contract was extracted.
Tommaso de Recco, filza 1, series I, nr. 303
The slaveholder named Gherardo Vivaldi leases out an enslaved Ruthenian child named Brigida, who is approximately 16 years of age, to a certain Gregorio Stella, for a term of five years. The enslaved Brigida was immediately manumitted on the condition that she serve the term of service for Gregorio.
Domenico de Algario, filza 1, series I, nr. 64
The slaveholder named Benedetto de Spigno leases out an enslaved Ruthenian child named Lucia, who is approximately 16 or 17 years of age, to a certain Giovanni de Sancto Georgio, for a term of 6 years and price of 55 ducats of Chios. The contract notes that in the event of the death of Giovanni during the six-year term, the enslaved Lucia is exempt from serving his heirs for the remaining time, and furthermore, that she will be paid the sum of 25 ducats of Chios and that any goods that have come into her possession will remain her property.