The slaveholder named Leonardo Giustiniani leases out an enslaved Hungarian woman named Maria, who is approximately 33 years of age, to a certain Giorgio de Benigassio, for a term of 6 years and total payment of 60 Genoese lire. The contract mentions that the enslaved Maria was pregnant and was made pregnant by a certain Antonio de Odino.
The slaveholder named Fabiano de Sancto Michele leases out an enslaved Tatar woman named Maddalena to the man named Giovanni de Canalis for a term of 4 years and total payment of 40 Genoese lire. The enslaved Maddalena is leased for the purpose of wet nursing.
The slaveholder named Violante de Valencia, the wife of Giovanni de Valencia, leases out an enslaved woman named Margarita to a certain Giovanni Boecio, for a term of 3 years and total payment of 60 Genoese lire. She is leased for the purpose of wet nursing with the stipulation that the risk of an inability to properly nurse should lie with the receiver Giovanni.
The slaveholder named Luca Sichero leases out an enslaved Tatar woman named Lucia, who is approximately 34 years of age, to a certain Antonio Squarciafico, for a term of six years and total payment of 55 Genoese lire.
The slaveholder named Bartolomeo Cattaneo leases out an enslaved Tatar woman named Elena, who is approximately 20 years of age, to a shoemaker named Battista de Bargalio for a term of 2 years and a price of 20 Genoese lire per year. The contract states that Battista has the option to purchase the enslaved Elena during the term of the lease for 160 Genoese lire, the price which Bartolomeo had paid for her. There seems to have been a problem with the lease that resulted in its cancellation, as the same Elena was leased by Battista five days later to another person.
The slaveholder and notary named Battista Foglietta leases out an enslaved woman named Caterina, who is approximately 28 years of age, to merchant named Girolamo de Savinione, for a term of 3 years at a total cost of 34 lire and 10 soldi of Genoese currency.
The slaveholder named Odoardo Grillo leases out an enslaved Circassian woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 35 years of age, to a nobleman named Giovanni Battista Centurione, for a term of 12 years and total payment of 120 Genoese lire.
The slaveholder named Demetrio Sauli leases out an enslaved woman named Maria, who is approximately 32 years of age, to a bootmaker named Pietro de Lugano for a term of six years and total payment of 40 Genoese lire (with 20 lire paid immediately and the remainder paid within eighteen months). The enslaved Maria is mandated for manumission at the end of the six year term. The contract was extracted.
The slaveholder and carpenter named Oberto de Sancta Agnete leases out an enslaved child named Luchina, who is approximately 14 years of age, to a wool merchant named Andrea de Petra, for a term of 8 years and total cost of 31 Genoese lire. The lease of Luchina functions as a partial debt settlement for the earlier sale of another enslaved woman named Margarita by Andrea to Oberto for 130 Genoese lire, and as such, the 31 lire amount for the lease is immediately set off against the unpaid balance related to the sale of Margarita. The enslaved Luchina is to be manumitted at the end of the term of service. The contract was extracted.
The slaveholder named Simone Calvo leases out an enslaved Abkhazan woman named Caterina, who is approximately 35 years of age, to a barber named Guglielmo Lenza, for a term of 12 years and total payment of 100 Genoese lire.
The slaveholder named Bianca de Lavello leases out an enslaved Circassian woman named Caterina, who is approximately 26 years of age, to a certain Angelo Centurione, for a term of 17 years and a total payment of 130 Genoese lire. The enslaved Caterina is manumitted at the end of the term of service with Bianca retaining the right of patronage. Caterina was also absent during the transaction and represented by the enacting notary Branca Bagnara. The contract was extracted.
The slaveholder named Battista de Benisia leases out an enslaved Circassian woman named Divizia, who is approximately 22 years of age, to a metal shearer named Lodisio Delfino, for a term of 6 years and total payment of 70 Genoese lire. The payment is made in income from the shares of Casa di San Giorgio from the current year and the subsequent year.
The slaveholder and shoemaker named Battista de Bargalio leases out an enslaved Tatar woman named Eliana, who is approximately 20 years of age, to the nobleman named Francesco Salvago, for a term of 2 years and total payment of 40 Genoese lire, for the purpose of wet nursing. The contract states that should the wife of Battista de Bargalio become pregnant during the two year term of the lease and require the services of a wet nurse, then Francesco is obliged to return Eliana to Battista and receive a refund for the remaining time on the lease. The contract also notes that should Francesco wish to take Eliana outiside the city of Genoa during the term of the lease then it would be necessary for him to provide some form of guarantee to Battista to ensure the safe return of Eliana at the end of the term.
The slaveholder named Luchino Spinola leases out an enslaved Hungarian woman named Calì, who is approximately 40 years of age, to a certain Gaspare de Lanfranchis, for a term of 8 years and total payment of 58 Genoese lire. The contract notes that the enslaved Calì has her own clothing and specifically states that her services can be subleased within the city of Genoa for the term of the contract. The contract was extracted.
The slaveholder and merchant named Francesco de Franchi leases out an enslaved woman named Maria, who is approximately 26 years of age, to the nobleman named Giovanni Doria, for a term of 10 years and total payment of 100 Genoese lire.
The slaveholder named Benedetto Pinelli leases out an enslaved baptized Muslim woman named Maria, who is approximately 20 years of age, to a certain Giovanni Agostino de Illuminatis, for a term of 8 years and total payment of 75 Genoese lire.
The slaveholder named Bernaba Tagliavacca, from the commune of Busalla, leases out an enslaved Russian woman named Maria, who is approximately 35 years of age, to a certain Niccolò Musso, a citizen of Savona, for a term of seven years and total payment of 40 Genoese lire.
The nuns of the Monastery of Santa Maria di Santo Sepolcro in Sampierdarena, who have taken refuge in Genoa to escape civil strife, lease out an enslaved woman named Margarita to a wool merchant named Giovanni Riccio, for a term of 6 years and total payment 12 lire. The enslaved Margarita was formerly held by a certain Agostino de Mari and was purchased at public auction on 18 November 1394 by the representative of the monastery named Cristiano Spinola.
The slaveholder named Perrino Gentile leases out an enslaved woman named Caterina to a merchant named Cosmo Tarigo, for a term of 5 years and total cost of 45 Genoese lire. Perrino mandates the manumission of Caterina at the end of the term.
The slaveholder named Pellegro Salvago leases out an enslaved Bosnian woman named Lucia, who is approximately 24 years of age, to a merchant named Bernardo de Luca, for a term of 6 years and total payment of 120 Genoese lire. The subsequent contract is a manumission for the same Lucia after the six year term of service.
The slaveholder named Benedetto de Spigno leases out an enslaved Ruthenian child named Lucia, who is approximately 16 or 17 years of age, to a certain Giovanni de Sancto Georgio, for a term of 6 years and price of 55 ducats of Chios. The contract notes that in the event of the death of Giovanni during the six-year term, the enslaved Lucia is exempt from serving his heirs for the remaining time, and furthermore, that she will be paid the sum of 25 ducats of Chios and that any goods that have come into her possession will remain her property.
The slaveholder named Selvagia Usodimare leases out an enslaved Tatar woman named Maria to a merchant named Leonardo Casandra, for a term of 8 years and total payment of 50 Genoese lire.
The slaveholder and notary named Giacomo de Palodio leases out an enslaved Circassian woman named Simona, who is approximately 26 years of age, to a merchant named Ambrogio Giustiniani, for a term of three years and total payment of 50 Genoese lire. The lease is for the purpose of wet nursing. The term of service had started a few weeks earlier on 11 March 1422. If the enslaved Simona is unable to provide adequate nursing for the family of Ambrogio, then he can return her and received an amount proportional to the unused time of service. The contract also states that Simona is strictly limited to caring for the child of Ambrogio and has no obligation to perform other tasks outside the household related to the child’s care and nourishment.
The slaveholder and draper named Domenico Cassana leases out an enslaved Tatar woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 20 years of age, to the noblewoman named Cesarina de Mari, for a term of 9 years and total payment of 50 Genoese lire.
The sisters of the monastery of Santo Sepolcro di Sampierdarena lease out an enslaved Abkhazian woman named Lucia, who is approximately 25 years of age, to a certain Bartolomeo Doria, for a term of 13 years at a total cost of 130 Genoese lire. She is to be freed at the end of the contract.
