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.
The slaveholder named Pellegro Salvago manumits an enslaved baptized Muslim woman named Margarita, who is approximately 25 years of age, under the condition that she continues to serve Pellegro and his spouse Battistina Rau for the remainder of their lives. Pellegro and his heirs retain the right of patronage.
The slaveholder named Stefano Grimaldi sells an enslaved baptized Muslim from the western Mediterranean named Caterina, who is approximately 23 years of age, to a nun from the monastery of San Sepulcro di Sampierdarena named Maria de Marini, for 250 Genoese lire.
The slaveholders named Lodisio de Sancto Blaxio and his wife Linò de Viviano sell an enslaved Abkhazan woman named Lucia, who is approximately 18 years of age, to a certain Giacomo Cicala, for 200 Genoese lire.
The slaveholder named Pietro Battista Lomellini manumits an enslaved Circassian man named Giorgio, who is approximately 28 years of age. The daughter of Pietro Battista (who is indicated as being of an advanced age) named Maria Lomellini retains the right of patronage. The contract was extracted.
The slaveholder named Maurizio Cattaneo liberates an enslaved Circassian man named Martino, who is approximately 28 years of age. Maurizio retains the right of patronage. The contract was extracted.
The slaveholder named Moisia Centurione manumits an enslaved Circassian woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 45 years of age. As a condition of manumssion Maddalena agrees to work as a household servant for Moisia for the remainder of her life and then, after the death of Moisia, work as a household servant for her son Cattaneo Doria for one year, and following that period, work as a household servant for the family of her daughter Chiara Doria for three more years. Moisia retains the right of patronage.
The slaveholder named Moisia Centurione manumits an enslaved Tatar man named Giorgio, who is approximately 60 years of age. As a condition of manumssion Giorgio agrees to work as a household servant for Moisia for the remainder of her life and then, after the death of Moisia, work as a household servant for her son Cattaneo Doria for one year. Moisia retains the right of patronage.
The slaveholder and merchant named Giuliano Gategario manumits an enslaved Circassian man named Giorgio, who is approximately 28 years of age. Giorgio agrees to serve as a servant for Giuliano for four years as a condition of the manumission. The term of service is to begin once Giuliano has returned from a commercial voyage which is about to leave from the port of Genoa. The contract was extracted.
The slaveholder named Gherardo Lomellini manumits an enslaved Circassian woman named Lucia, who is approximately 42 years of age. Lucia agrees to work as a household servant for Gherardo for the remainder of his life and then, after his death, work as a household servant for his heirs for one additional year. Gherardo retains the right of patronage.
The slaveholder and banker named Luciano Grimaldi manumits an enslaved Circassian woman named Caterina, who is approximatetly 40 years of age. As a condition of the manumission Caterina agrees to work as a household servant for Luciano and his heirs for a term of two years. The contract was extracted.
The slaveholder named Bartolomeo Lomellini manumits an enslaved Tartar man named Tartarino, who is approximately 25 years of age. Bartolomeo retains the right of patronage. The contract was extracted.
The slaveholder naemd Giacomo Bono sells an enslaved Circassian woman named Lucia, who is approximately 20 years of age, to a certain Barnaba Fieschi, for 215 Genoese lire. Barnaba is absent during the transaction and is represented by the enacting notary Giovanni de Novis.
The slaveholder named Matteo di Negro sells an enslaved Circassian child named Lucia, who is approximately 16 years of age, to the blacksmith named Battista de Vultabio, for 160 Genoese lire. The contract makes no guarantees regarding the health of the enslaved Lucia. Matteo is attested to be of the age of majority by his father Urbano who is present during the transaction.
The slaveholder named Selvagia Lomellini sells an enslaved woman named Caterina, who is approximately 30 years of age, to the shoemaker named Lorenzo Casaneria, for 170 Genoese lire. Selvagia is represented in the transaction by her spouse Lazzaro Cattaneo, who in turn is represented by Merualdo Grimaldi, who serves as his procurator. The contract waives any guarantees regarding the health of the enslaved Caterina.
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 slaveholder named Giacomo Guastavino manumits an enslaved Russian woman named Maria, who is approximately 32 years of age. She agrees to serve in the household of Benedetto Guastavino, the brother of Giacomo, for a term of nine years as a condition of manumission. The contract notes that Maria is currently under lease to the silk merchant Gregorio de Zurlis with three years remaining on the term. Gregorio agrees to cede his rights for the remaining three years of the lease and return Maria for the manumission. Giacomo retains the right of patronage.
The slaveholder and Lord of Piombino named Giacomo de Appiano manumits an enslaved Russian woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 50 years of age. Giacomo is represented in the transaction by his mother-in-law Cattochia Spinola. Maddalena agrees to serve the family of Giovanni Fieschi for a term of three years as a condition of the manumission. Giacomo retains the right of patronage with Cattochia acting as his representative in maintaing the patronage relationship. The contract was extracted.
