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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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 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 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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
