The slaveholder and silk merchant named Bartolomeo de Monsia leases out an enslaved Greek woman named Maria, who is approximately 28 years old, to a silk merchant named Angelo de Zerbis, for a term of 3 years and total payment of 30 Genoese lire.
The slaveholder named Cipriano Lomellini leases out an enslaved baptized Muslim woman named Caterina, who is approximately 34 years of age, to the noblewoman named Ginevra Spinola, for a term of 10 years at a total cost of 120 Genoese lire.
The slaveholder and merchant named Gregorio Castagnola leases out an enslaved Circassian woman named Melica, who is approximately 40 years of age, to the nobleman named Daniele Spinola, for a term of 12 years and total payment of 30 Genoese gold ducats.
The silk merchant named Pietro de Rettalio leases out an enslaved Albanian woman named Melica, who is approximately 36 years of age, to a certain Gregorio Castagnola, for a term of 10 years and total payment of 100 Genoese lire. At the end of the term she is to be freed.
The slaveholder named Giovanni Spinola leases out an enslaved baptized Muslim woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 28 years of age, to a silk merchant named Oberto de Magnasco, for a term of 10 years and total payment of 100 Genoese lire. She is to be freed at the end of the lease.
The slaveholder and notary named Stefano Bracelli, who is the chancellor of the Republic of Genoa, leases out an enslaved baptized Muslim woman named Francisca, who is approximately 20 years of age, to a merchant named Girolamo de Porta, for a term of 5 years and 50 Genoese lire. At the end of the contract she is to be freed.
The slaveholder named Bernardo Pallavicini leases out an enslaved Albanian woman, who is approximately 40 years of age, to Giovanni Battista Spinola and Cristoforo Spinola, for a term of 5 years and total payment of 60 Genoese lire. Bernardo is represented in the transaction by his wife Argenta Pallavicino, who serves as his procurator. Cristoforo Spinola is absent during the transaction and is represented by the enacting notary Niccolò Raggio. The contract states that the term of the lease had already started on 8 February 1497.
The slaveholder and pelter named Francesco de Passagio leases out an enslaved Greek woman named Lucia, who is approximately 47 years of age, to the noblewoman named Luchina Pinelli, for a term of 4 years and total payment of 70 Genoese lire. The enslaved Lucia had been leased two years prior to Francesco by a certain Girolamo de Andoria for a term of 10 years, so this is essentially a sub-lease.
The slaveholder named Ottobone Lomellini leases out an enslaved Bosnian woman named Maria, who is approximately 30 years of age, to a silk merchant named Girolamo de Canalis, for a term of 12 years at a total cost of 150 Genoese lire. She was manumitted by Ottobone later on the same day and so this contract represents a form of redemption by Maria for the manumission. The contract also mentions that the enslaved Maria is leased with the clothes and other goods that she has on her person.
The slaveholder named Girolamo Navone leases out an enslaved woman named Margarita, who is approximately 24 years of age, to a merchant named Enrico de Franchi, for a term of 15 years and a total payment of 150 Genoese lire. The contract mentions that the enslaved Margarita is leased with her clothes. The contract was extracted.
The slaveholder named Niccolò Spinola leases out an enslaved baptized Muslim person, who is approximately 40 years of age, to a wool worker named Andrea Valletaro, for a term of 5 years and total payment of 63 Genoese lire.
The slaveholder and merchant named Benigno de Cassina leases out an enslaved baptized Muslim named Maria, who is from Asilah and who is approximately 26 years of age, to the merchant named Cristoforo Leardo, for a term of 10 years and total payment of 120 Genoese lire. The principals waive all guarantees and claims regarding the health of the enslaved Maria.
The slaveholder and merchant named Benigno de Cassina leases out an enslaved baptized Muslim woman named Maria, who is approximately 26 years of age, to the woman named Mariola Maruffo, for a term of 10 years and total payment 120 Genoese lire. After the lease is ended she is to be freed.
The slaveholder named Martino Calvo leases out an enslaved Bosnian woman named Lucia, who is approximately 25 years of age, to Niccolò and Simone Calvo, for a term of 14 years and total of 100 Genoese lire.
The slaveholder named Isabella, widow of Raffaele di Negro, promised to lease out an enslaved Tatar woman named Margarita, who is 22 years of age, to the notary named Tommaso Naste, for a term of 2 years and total payment of 24 Genoese lire. The form of the contract is based on that of a typical “service agreement” contract; in addition, it was agreed that Thomas could sublet the enslaved Margarita if she was unable to continue as a wet nurse for his family during the two years. At the beginning of the contract, the word famula has been deleted and replaced by alumpna.
The slaveholder named Antonio Carrega leases out an enslaved Hungarian woman named Maddalena to a shoemaker named Bartolomeo de Zino, for a term of 6 years and 8 months and a total payment of 50 Genoese lire.
The slaveholder and merchant named Francesco Giustiniani leases out an enslaved Russian woman named Teodora, who is approximately 30 years of age, to the noblewoman named Sabrina Spinola, for a term of 12 years and total payment of 120 Genoese lire. At the end of the contract she is to be freed.
The slaveholder and wool merchant named Giovanni de Vallebella leases out an enslaved Turkish woman named Caterina to the nobleman named Bartolomeo Doria, for a term of 6 years and total payment of 60 Genoese lire.
The slaveholder and merchant named Pellegro Tarigo leases out an enslaved Albanian woman named Elena, who is approximately 40 years of age, to a certain Nicolosia Tarigo, for a term of 8 years and a total amount of 100 Genoese lire. At the end of the contract she is to be freed.
The slaveholder and notary named Silvestro Brignole leases out an enslaved Ruthenian woman named Maria, who is approximately 30 years of age, to the wool merchant named Girolamo de Iugo, for 80 Genoese lire. A certain Simone de Padua provides 50 Genoese lire towards the lease and Luca di Negro provides the remaining 30 lire. The contract notes that the enslaved Maria had been previously leased to Luca. Maria is to be freed after a term of eight years with Silvestro retaining the right of patronage.
The slaveholder named Gabriele Marchione leases out an enslaved Russian woman named Anna, who is approximately 28 years of age, to a merchant named Giovanni Gregorio Stella, for a term of one year and total payment of 11 Genoese lire.
The slaveholder named Galeotto Salvago sub-leases out an enslaved woman named Maddalena to a merchant from Valencia named Francisco Panario, for a term of 5 years and total payment of 45 Genoese lire.
The slaveholder named Bartolomeo Ittaliano leases out an enslaved Russian woman named Caterina, who is approximately 34 years of age, to a notary named Lodisio de Brevei, for a term of 12 years and total payment of 120 Genoese lire.
The slaveholder named Giovanni Battista de Savignione leases out an enslaved man from the Canary Islands named Jachino, who is approximately 30 years of age, to the nobleman named Filippo Spinola, for a term of 8 years.
The slaveholder named Girolamo de Camulio, who is also the bishop of Chios, leases out an enslaved Albanian woman named Anna, who is approximately 24 years of age, to a pelter named Bernardo Celesia, for a term of 4 years and total payment of 30 Genoese lire. The enslaved Anna is to be manumitted at the end of the term of service. The enslaved Anna was being held by Teodora de Camulio, the sister of Girolamo, and she transferred custody over Anna to Girolamo before the lease was enacted. Girolamo retains the right of patronage which he cedes to his sister Teodora.
