The slaveholder named Andrea Gentile obtains insurance the risk of death from childbirth from the underwriters Baldassare Lomellini and Lodisio Negrone for an enslaved Abkhazan woman named Cita, who is approximately 35 years of age and about eight months pregnant, for the coverage of 150 Genoese lire (75 lire each). The term of coverage is three months. Andrea is absent during the transaction and is represented by the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino.
This contract is a declaration by the formerly enslaved woman named Maria regarding the dowry in her marriage to the formerly enslaved Giorgio Lomellini. Maria declares that Maria entered the marriage with a dowry of 100 Genoese lire and not the 300 lire specified in the marriage contract. Her spouse Giorgio supports the declaration that only 100 Genoese lire was supplied as the dowry. The contract also notes that Maria has no biological relatives, which supports her earlier status as an enslaved person, and that Giorgio had brought an additional 100 lire into the marriage as a marriage gift (antefactum).
The slaveholder named Giorgio Grillo obtains insurance the risk of death from childbirth from the underwriter Cattaneo Grimaldi for an enslaved Tatar woman named Lucia, who is approximately 29 years of age and about six months pregnant, for the coverage of 150 Genoese lire. The coverage has a term of four months. Giorgio is absent during the transaction and is represented by the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino.
The slaveholder named Antonio de Rapallo obtains insurance of 150 Genoese lire against the risk of death from childbirth from the underwriter Lodisio Grimaldi for an enslaved Abkhazan woman named Cita, who is approximately 28 years of age and about five months pregnant. The contract has a term of six months. Antonio is absent during the transaction and is represented by the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino.
The leather worker named Giletto de Percivalis names Biaggio Macarone, from Calvi, as his procurator, to obtain an unspecified debt related to a commenda obligation that is owed to Giletto by a certain Dexerino Machiavello. The contract was extracted.
An acquittal of debt by Caterina Xabe, the wife of the deceased Giacomo Tatardo, from Alessandria, issued to her procurator Donato Bondenario, for the amount of 80 Genoese lire. Donato was instructed to pay the 80 lire to Agostino Frascaria for a previous debt owed and had been provided with 60 lire and two shares in the Casa di San Giorgio by Caterina arrange payment. The contract was extracted.
The slaveholder and notary named Giovanni de Valegia purchases insurance against the risk of death from childbirth from the underwriter Basilio Axinela for an enslaved Russian woman named Maria, who is approximately 34 years of age and pregnant for an unspecified length of time, for 150 Genoese lire. Giovanni is absent during the transaction and is represented by the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino.
The slaveholder and tinsmith named Bartolomeo de Parma purchases insurance against the risk of death from childbirth from the underwriter Basilio Axinela for an enslaved Circassian woman named Melica, who is approximately 28 years of age and pregnant for about six months, for 150 Genoese lire. Bartolomeo is absent during the transaction and is represented by the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino.
The slaveholder and commercial broker named Leone Frascaria purchases insurance against the risk of death from childbirth from the underwriter Cattaneo Grimaldi for an enslaved Russian woman named Margarita, who is approximately 26 years of age and pregnant for about seven months, for 50 Genoese florins. The contract has a term of four months. Leone was absent during the transaction and was represented by the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino.
The testament of Gaspare Rebuffo. Elisabetta Rebuffo, the sister of Gaspare, is named as the execector and heir. There are numerous beneficiaries. The Ospedale di San Bernardo de Scario receives five Genoese soldi. Portions of a house, land, and possessions in Granarolo are bequeathed to Giovanni and Agostino Rebuffo (the brothers of Gaspare), Giuliano Rebuffo, and the brothers Francesco, Pelegro and Antonio Rebuffo (the sons of Stefano Rebuffo), and divided into thirds according to their respective rights. Financial obligations owed to Stephano Rebuffo and subsequently by his sons, Francesco Pelegro and Antonio, are directed to be shared equally among these sons. Gaspare also leaves 20 Genoese lire annually for the sustenance and governance of his mother Luchina Leardo, to be paid by his sister and main heir, Elisabetta. This provision is contingent upon her husband Cosmo Leardo passing away before Luchina and is aimed at supporting her after her husband's death.
The slaveholder named Giovanni Cattaneo manumits an enslaved Tatar woman named Marta, who is approximately 35 years of age. Marta agrees to serve Giovanni and his family in their home for the next four years, without salary, but she will be provided with food and clothing. Giovanni retains the right of patronage. Giovanni makes the manumission in his role of exectuor of the testament of his father Borruele which had been enacted by the notary Branca Bagnara. The enslaved Marta was present during the manumission and was represented by the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino. The contract was extracted.
An inventory of the goods contained in a chest of the home of a commercial broker named Bartolomeo Cavatia. It was transported from Sicily and arrived in the ship of the merchant named Francesco de Becallo, the son-in-law of Bartolomeo to be consigned in Genoa by the nobleman Carlo Lomellini. Carlo consigned the goods to a man named Guglielmo Rau, who requested the inventory.
The recognition of debt incurred by a certain Niccolò de Airolo and his son Giovanni, inhabitants of the village of Borzollo. The brothers acknowledge a debt of 42 lire and 10 soldi to Caterina Gattilusio, the wife of Antoniotto Doria, for their purchase of 33 heads of cattle. They agree to pay half the debt by Michaelmas (that is, by 29 September 1453) and the remaining half by Easter of 1454 (that is, by 21 April 1454). The contract was extracted.
The merchant from Jerez named Francisco Diaz, who is resident in the city of Genoa, appoints his brother Alfonso Diaz as his general procurator in Jerez and the Kingdom of Spain. Francesco also maintains a separate power of attorney with a merchant from Seville named Alfonso Garcia, which remains unaffected by this contract. Alfonso Diaz is taking over this role from Baccalerio de Contreras, a person from Jerez and the former procurator for Francesco, and the contract notes that he also has the authority to deal with any outstanding affairs involving Bachalario. The contract was extracted.
The slaveholders and brothers Giacomo, Giovanni, Antonio, Clemente, Giorgio, and Simone Cicero sell an enslaved baptized Muslim woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 17 years of age and described as black, to a merchant from Jerez named Francisco Diaz, for 120 Genoese lire to be paid in the income from shares (paghe) of the Casa di San Giorgio. Giacomo represents his brothers in the transaction. The contract was extracted.
The slaveholder named Gabriele Cattaneo purchases insurance against the risk of death from childbirth from the underwriter Cattaneo Grimaldi, for an enslaved Russian woman named Caterina, who is approximately 22 years of age and who has been pregnant for about two months, for coverage of 150 Genoese lire. The coverage has a term of eleven months. Gabriele is absent during the transaction and is represented by the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino.
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 merchant from Barcelona named Juan Ros sells a caravelle named Santa Maria e San Giovanni Battista to a certain Giacomo de Gaeta, for 400 Genoese lire. The sale is made with the consent of the former patron Juan do Castelo. The contract notes that Juan had purchased the vessel during the previous year from a certain Bartolomeo Squarciafico.
This is an update to an earlier arbitration sentence made on 21 June 1453 and recorded by Tommaso Duracino relating to a dispute between Meliaduce and Pietro Usodimare for payments related to the income from shares of San Giorgio. The arbitrators order that Meliaduce pay Pietro 44 Genoese lire and that Pietro transfer income in shares of San Giorgio valued at 44 Genoese lire to Meliaduce. The arbitrators also declare that Pietro must desist from his previous claim of 7 pounds and 16 soldi of Genoese currency against Meliaduce. The contract was extracted.
The slaveholder from Varazze named Antonio Narexano sells an enslaved Russian woman named Nestasia, who is about 34 years of age, to a leather worker named Corrado Bozonio, for 160 Genoese lire.
The slaveholder named Bianchina de Monelia purchases insurance against the risk of death from childbirth from the underwriters Anfreone Spinola and Lodisio Negrone for an enslaved Abkhazan woman named Margarita, who is approximately 30 years of age and about nine months pregnant, for 150 Genoese lire. Each insurer covers 75 lire and the term of insurance is two months. Bianchina is absent during the transaction and is represented by the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino.
The slaveholder named Galeotto Imperiale obtains insurance the risk of death from childbirth from the underwriters Imperiale Grillo, Egidio de Mezano, and Leonardo Casanova for an enslaved Tatar woman named Marta, who is approximately 30 years of age and about eight months pregnant, for the coverage of 150 Genoese lire. The term of the contract is three months. Galeotto is absent during the transaction and is represented by the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino.
The slaveholder named Francesco Ardimento purchases insurance against the risk of death from childbirth from the underwriter Imperiale Grillo for an enslaved Tatar woman named Marta, who is approximately 25 years of age and pregnant for about seven months, for 150 Genoese lire. The term of the contract is four months. Francesco is absent during the transaction and is represented by the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino.
The slaveholder named Gaspare di Negro sells an enslaved Circassian woman named Caterina, who is approximately 23 years of age, to the merchant from Siena named Giacomo Bico, for 150 Genoese lire. The contract specifically mentions that the legality of the sale is enforceable in Savona, Lombardy, Milan, Albenga, Nice, Pisa, Florence, Siena, Venice, Rhodes, Chios, Pera , and Caffa. The contract was extracted.
The slaveholder named Gabriele de Rapallo obtains insurance the risk of death from childbirth from the underwriter Damiano Giustiniani for an enslaved Tatar woman named Caterina, who is approximately 28 years of age and about two and a half months pregnant, for the coverage of 150 Genoese lire. The term of the contract is ten months.
