Giovanni Centurione was a Genoese soldier and nobleman active in the late fourteenth and early fifteenth century. He was born Giovanni Oltramarino and was one of the four branches of his family that entered into the Centurione albergo in 1379, upon which he assumed the surname Centurione.
The slaveholder named Paride Fieschi obtains permission from the Officium sindicatorum to sell an enslaved woman named Elena, whom he had purchased from a draper named Giacomo de Amandola, outside the republic of Genoa. The sale by Giacomo to Paride had stipulated that she could not be sold outside the republic of Genoa. Paride testified that he had tried to sell Elena several times in Genoa and Savona but was unable because of her bad reputation caused by her bad behaviour. He claimed that Elena led a dishonourable life and, because of her behaviour, it was necessary to have her imprisoned. He claimed that the behaviour was deliberate and stemmed from her awareness that he could not sell her outside of Genoa. The Officium sindicatorum granted Paride permission to sell Elena anywhere outside of Genoa except for Ibiza, and that Paride is allowed to receive up to 121½ Genoese lire for her sale.
The slaveholder named Niccolò Carmandino manumits an enslaved woman from the Ottoman Empire named Maddalena. The enslaved Maddalena had been working as a household servant for the mother of Niccolò. Maddelana agrees to work as a servant for Niccolò, or whomever he designates within Genoa, for a term of seven and a half years, starting from January 1 1490, as a condition of manumission. Niccolò retains the right of patronage. Maddalena is absent during the transaction and is represented by the enacting notary Giovanni Costa.
The slaveholder named Niccolò Carmandino manumits an enslaved woman from the Ottoman Empire named Margarita. The enslaved Margarita had been working as a household servant for the mother of Niccolò. Margarita agrees to work as a servant for Niccolò, or whomever he designates within Genoa, for a term of seven and a half years, starting from January 1 1490, as a condition of manumission. Niccolò retains the right of patronage. Margarita is absent during the transaction and is represented by the enacting notary Giovanni Costa. The contract was extracted.
The slaveholder and silk merchant named Giovanni Antonio Costa manumits an enslaved Circassian woman named Caterina. Caterina is obligated to serve Giovanni Antonio and his family for eight more years as a condition of the manumission. Giovanni Antonio retains the right of patronage. She is absent during the transaction and is represented by the enacting notary Giovanni Costa. The contract was extracted.
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.
The slaveholders Giovanni Battista de Manci from Naples, Vito Antonio de Aquaviva in the Duchy of Bari, Paride Albertino from Amatrice, and Giovanni di Giacomo from Amatrice manumit an enslaved Muslim woman from Aguer, in Morocco, named Margarita, and who is approximately 27 years of age, after receiving a ransom payment of 35 scudi from Ludovic de Lacatin de Molines. These men had taken Margarita during the looting that occurred after Siege of Genoa in May 1522, seizing her from her holder Demetrio Ittaliano. The manumission also notes that Ludovic, who was a French man resident in Genoa, was the father of Margarita's child.
