has title

Branca Bagnara, register 3, 1426–1428, fols. 143r–144r

has type

lease contracts for enslaved persons

was enacted by

Branca Bagnara

has date of enactment

July 7, 1427

has description

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.

is part of archival item

Notai antichi 508

has named lender

Battista de Bargalio

has named receiver

Francesco Salvago

has named object of lease

Elena

has lease price quantity

40

has lease price currency

lire of Genoa

has length of lease

2 years

has payment by third party

Francesco Squarciafico

has place of enactment

The workplace of the notary Branca Bagnara

has named witness

Niccolò Tommaso Squarciafico

Pietro de Campionibus

has rights holder

Archivio di stato di Genova