The slaveholder named Giovanni de Fo sub-leases an enslaved Ruthenian woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 45 years of age, from a slaveholder named Tommaso de Bessignano, for a term of 3 years and total payment of 32 Genoese lire.
The slaveholder named Domenico Centurione leases out an enslaved baptized Muslim woman name Maddalena, who is approximately 24 years of age, to the notary named Domenico Brignole, for a term of sixteen years and total payment of 144 Genoese lire.
The slaveholder named Galeazzo Ittaliano leases out an enslaved woman named Lucia to the nobleman named Bartolomeo Centurione for a term of seven years and total payment of 100 Genoese lire.
The slaveholder named Cristoforo de Via leases out an enslaved Albanian woman named Maria, who is approximately 30 years of age, to a notary named Bartolomeo Foglietta, for a term of eight years and a total payment of 45 Genoese lire. This contract is a sub-lease. The enslaved Maria had already been leased by a certain Niccolò de Palodio to Pietro de Via for a ten year term, but Pietro died two years into the lease. Cristoforo de Via was named as the executor for the goods of the deceased Pietro.
The slaveholder named Bartolomeo de Podio leases out an enslaved woman named Maddalena to a merchant from Pisa named Lorenzo Griffo, for a term of 2 years. The lease occurs through a commercial broker named Guglielmo Assereto who serves as the commercial agent for Bartolomeo, who is absent because he is being held in debtor's prison. Guglielmo kept the enslaved Maddalena in his house for 15 days, and possibly longer, during which time he made her available to potential holders. The contract mentions that she is to serve Lorenzo as a household servant and a concubine, and strongly suggests that she was forced to submit herself sexually to prospective holders during the fifteen day period. The contract also mentioned that the enslaved Maddalena was commissioned by Bartolomeo to Guglielmo in 1418.
The slaveholder named Giacomo Celesia leases out an enslaved Tatar woman named Clara, who is approximately 36 years of age, to a cutler named Pietro Garrone, for a term of 2 years and a total payment of 29 Genoese lire. The contract notes that the term of service had started on 20 April 1420.
The slaveholder and merchant named Percivale Ardissone leases out a formerly enslaved woman from Cyprus named Agnese to a cloth merchant named Guglielmo Assereto, for a term of 10 years and total payment of 75 Genoese lire. The enslaved Agnese had already been manumitted subject to a service obligation of thirteen years to Percivale. The term of conditional manumission continues for the remaining ten years of service to Guglielmo.
The slaveholder named Gherardo Vivaldi leases out an enslaved Ruthenian child named Brigida, who is approximately 16 years of age, to a certain Gregorio Stella, for a term of five years. The enslaved Brigida was immediately manumitted on the condition that she serve the term of service for Gregorio.
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 slaveholder named Donato Bondinario leases out an enslaved Russian woman named Caterina, who is 25 years of age, to a certain Marco de Pelegro, for a term of 8 years and a total payment of 56 Genoese lire. The lease contains an exception to the health clause that mentions mark or cyst in her eye. The contract was extracted.
The slaveholder named Terruccio de Terrucio leases out an enslaved Russian woman named Maria, who is approximately 20 years of age, to a barber named Antonio de Varcio, for a term of three years and a total payment of 36 Genoese lire.
The slaveholder named Battista Cibo leases out an enslaved Ruthenian woman named Elena, who is approximately 34 years of age, to the merchant named Ansaldo Giustiniani, for a term of 7 years at a total price of 70 Genoese lire. Battista also mandates the manumission of Elena at the end of the term. The contract notes that the term of service had started on 1 February 1469.
The slaveholder and merchant named Agostino Lazania leases out an enslaved Circassian woman named Maria, who is approximately 29 years of age, to a widow named Andreola Spinola, for a term of 7 years at a total cost of 70 Genoese lire. The contract stipulates that 10 lire from the 70 lire payment is marked for clothing for the enslaved Maria. The enslaved Maria will be manumitted for manumission once Maria provides Agostino the cost for extracting the notarial contract which has been written by the notary Matteo Riccio.
The slaveholder and merchant named Antonio de Franchi leases out an enslaved Circassian man named Valentino, who is approximately 25 years of age, to a merchant named Genesio de Guizo, for a term of 3 years at a total price of 62 lire and 10 soldi of Genoese currency. The lease period is to begin on 1 March 1469.
The slaveholder named Accellino Vivaldi leases out an enslaved Tatar woman named Melica, who is approximately 34 years of age, to a certain Maria Doria, for a term of 2 years and total payment in the income from 4 shares of the Casa di San Giorgio during the two years of the lease. Maria is represented in the contract by her son Selvagio Vivaldi who serves as her procurator.
The slaveholder named Cosmo Spinola leases out an enslaved baptized Muslim man named Andrea, who is approximately 18 years of age, to the nobleman named Alerame Pallavicini, for a term of 10 years and total payment of 60 Genoese lire.
The slaveholder named Andrea de Guizo leases out an enslaved Abkhazan woman named Marta, who is approximately 35 years old, to a certain Tommaso Spinola, for a term of 6 years and total payment of 60 Genoese lire.
The slaveholder and notary named Giovanni Andrea Murro leases out an enslaved Russian woman named Elena, who is approximately 31 years of age, to a merchant named Gregorio Cassana, for a term of 3 years at a total price of 50 Genoese lire. The contract prohibits the enslaved Elena from being sub-leased during the term.
The silk merchant named Marco Verina leases out an enslaved Russian woman named Margarita, who is approximately 32 years of age, to a certain Cosmo Spinola, for a term of 3 years at a total cost of 50 Genoese lire. The contract obligates Margarita to serve as a wet nurse for the wife of Cosmo, who is currently pregnant. The contract also states that if the enslaved Margarita, who is also pregnant, dies in childbirth then the 50 lire will be returned to Cosmo.
The slaveholder named Giorgio de Marini leases out an enslaved Circassian woman named Maria, who is approximately 28 years of age, to a merchant named Giovanni Delfino, for a term of 10 years and total payment of 100 Genoese lire.
The slaveholder named Pietro Fieschi leases out an enslaved Circassian woman named Maria, who is approximately 32 years of age, to the merchant named Galeazzo de Levanto, for a term of 16 years at a total cost of 150 Genoese lire. The contract notes that the sale of the enslaved Maria was mediated by the commercial broker Tommaso Frugone. The contract was extracted.
The slaveholder named Battista Cibo leases out the labour of a formerly enslaved Hungarian woman named Elena, who is approximately 40 years of age, to the nobleman named Leonardo di Negro, for a term of three years and total payment of 37 lire and 10 soldi of Genoese currency. The contract indicates that Elena had been formerly held by a certain Benedetto Salvago and had recently been declared free as a result of an appeal to the Sindactores. The contract was made with the consent of Elena who was absent at the enactment and represented by the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino.
The slaveholder named Antonietta Robello, from the commune of Varazze, and wife of Luca Bertolino, lease out an enslaved Circassian woman named Lucia, who is approximately 38 years of age, to a certain Girolamo Calvo, for a term of 13 years and total payment of 3 shares (loca) of the Casa di San Giorgio. Antonia was represented in the transaction by Egidio Sacherio, who serves as her procurator by the power of a contract enaced in Varazze by the notary Teramo Sacherio. The contract was extracted.
The slaveholder named Giovanni Delfino leases out an enslaved Circassian woman named Maria, who is approximately 29 years of age, to a merchant named Bartolomeo de Riccobono, for a term of 9 years at a total cost of 80 Genoese lire. This is a sublease from an the contract enacted on 16 February 1472 where Giovanni Delfino had received the enslaved Maria from Georgio de Marini.
The slaveholder named Melchiorre de Monleone leases out an enslaved Russian child named Maria, who is approximately 15 years of age, to a certain Pietro de Orabonis, for a term of 4 years and a total payment of 40 Genoese lire. Pietro is represented in the contract by his brothers Bartolomeo and Pietro Giovanni de Orabonis.
