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