Maccafani, Gabriele

Career: Bishop of Marsi, 1471-98; bishop of Orte and Civita Castellana, 1498-.

Refs: Is going to Rome with B Ruggi to negotiate with Innocent the accord between Ferrante and his rebellious barons: 7 Nov 1485, ASMi, SPE, Napoli, 246. The meeting held between M (representing the Neapolitan barons), Roberto di Sanseverino, Giuliano della Rovere and Innocent revealed that the accord between Ferrante and the barons was worthless: G A Vespucci to the Dieci, 11 Nov 1485; Lettere, IX, 46-7. Creatura of Antonello di Sanseverino accused of frode by Ascanio Sforza: 24 Nov 1485, ASMi, SPE, Roma, 99.

 

Macci, Domenico (or Mani?)

Refs: Reports to Lorenzo de’ Medici regarding Venetian affairs and Turkish preparations: 7 Mar 1486 (or 1485?), MAP, 26, 338. Lorenzo’s commesso in Venice: 19 Aug 1486, MAP, 39, 552.

 

Machiavelli, Paolo di Giovanni c. 1422-1488

Career: Nominated by the Florentine Signoria as patron of one of the armed galleys sent to meet and escort galleys returning from the Levant, Dec 1461. Prior, 1467, 1481, 1487. General member of the Balia for S Spirito, 1471. Captain of the Levant galleys which left on 5 Aug 1471 and reached Rhodes on 5 Sept and Chios on 6 Oct. Provveditore delle gabelle di Pisa, Sept 1476-Sept 1477. Sailed as patron (or in some official capacity) of the galley Ferrandine soon after 14 Apr 1477. Gonfalonier of Justice, 1478. Captain of Pisa, Sept 1483-Mar 1484. Captain of Livorno, Apr 1488; died in office. 1480 Catasto: sostanze 1,844 fl.

 

Mafei, Bartolomeo dei

Refs: Is in Milan to speak to Ludovico Sforza on behalf of Federico Gonzaga: Z Saggi to F Gonzaga, 5 June 1482, ASMa, AG, 1627. Is returning to Gonzaga, having been well received by Ludovico: Z Saggi to F Gonzaga, 21 June 1482, ASMa, cit.

 

Maffeo, Giovan Angelo, da Treviglio

Refs: Ludovico Sforza’s secretary, authorised to negotiate for Milan regarding the League’s dealings with Roberto di Sanseverino: G G Sforza to Alfonso d’Aragona and others, 13 May 1483, Dieci, Resp, 27, 335-6. Is being sent by Milan to Florence to dissuade the republic from the Lunigiana impresa, following a strong letter on the matter from Alfonso d’Aragona to Milan: J Guicciardini to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 2 July 1483, MAP, 48, 326. ‘ Matteo da Trevi’ has been sent to Alfonso by Ludovico Sforza to report papal protests about the diversion of troops from the Ferrarese to the Bresciana: Z Saggi to F Gonzaga, 7 Oct 1483, ASMa, AG, 1628. Has been with Girolamo Riario, consulting about peace negotiations; is now bringing the cardinal’s hat for Ascanio Sforza: Z Saggi to F Gonzaga, 22 Mar 1484, ASMa, cit. Secretary of Ludovico Sforza, mandato to Rome concerning infantry for the impresa of Lagoscuro: 12 July 1484, Otto, Miss, 2, 47-8. As Ludovico’s representative to Riario he spoke openly against Ferrante of Naples: 31 Aug 1484, G Lanfredini, Copialettere, BNF, II, V, 15, 129. Chancellor of Ludovico Sforza sent to Genoa with the Fra Agostino da Lucca, representing the doge of Genoa, and Fra Bernardino, Ludovico’s agent in Genoa; negotiates with Giuliano della Rovere: 4 July 1486, Otto, Miss, 5, 17.

 

Magnares

Ref: One of the authors of the imbarcamenti: received 30 July 1484, MAP, 39, 271.

 

Magni, Luca di maestro Giovanni

Ref: Letter of recommendation for M: Lorenzo de’ Medici to the Balia of Siena, 24 Feb 1484, Lettere, VII, 357-8.

 

Magno, Antonio del

Ref: Takes cash and a letter from the Otto to Piero Capponi: 1 Mar 1486, Otto, Miss, 4, 122-4.

 

Maguerri, Giuliano de’

Ref: Envoy of Prospero Adorno sent to Milan: P Adorno to G G Sforza, 21 June 1481, ASMi, SPE, Genova, 992.

 

Maiano

Ref: Alfonso d’A ragona reminds Giovanni Lanfredini about M: 3 Mar 1485, G Lanfredini, Copialettere, BNF, II, V, 15, 217.

 

Maine, Charles, count of, see Anjou, Charles II d’, duke of

 

Malaspina, Antonio Alberico di Giacomo 1460-1519

Career: Son and successor of Giacomo I, marchese of Massa, and of Taddea Pico della Mirandola; brother of Francesco; m Lucrezia d’Este (1482).

Refs: Florence is trying to settle M’s differences with his brother Francesco: 9 June 1484, Otto, Miss, 3, 72-3. Florence wants to take the brothers under her protection: 10 June 1484, Otto, Miss, 3, 73-5. Refuses to let Florence billet troops at Massa without leave from Milan (of which he was a raccomandato), and complains that Florentine infantry helped Gabriele Malaspina to seize Lavenza from him: 26 Sept 1484, Dieci, Resp, 32, 216. His condotta and raccomandigia with Florence: 1 Oct 1484, Dieci, Miss, 21, 40. Does not want the condotta with Florence: 4 Oct 1484, Dieci, Resp, 32, 258. The Otto ask G G Sforza to tell M to stay with the Pietrasanta impresa: 18 Oct 1484, Otto, Miss, 3, 102-3. He is to have a provisione rather than a condotta: 27 Oct 1484, Dieci, Miss, 21, 99. His mandato asks for a condotta of 300 provvisionati and other troops: Dieci to the commissioners in the camp, 29 Oct 1484, Dieci, Miss, 21, 105. Nicola Orsini wants Lorenzo de’ Medici to ensure that M ‘stays firm’ : N Michelozzi to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 4 Nov 1484, MAP, 39, 373. Florence discontinues his condotta but agrees to give him personal provisione: 10 Dec 1484, Dieci, Miss, 22, 38-9. Sends his chancellor Alessandro as emissary to Florence: 18 Jan 1485, Dieci, Resp, 30, 177.

 

Malaspina, Francesco di Giacomo 1461-1484

Refs: The Otto are pleased with what Bernardo Buongirolami has done regarding the affairs of the marchesi of Massa and their mother, Taddea Pico: Otto to B Buongirolami, 2 June 1484, Otto, Miss, 3, 67-8. Florence is trying to settle the differences between M and his brother Antonio Alberico: 9 June 1484, Otto, Miss, 3, 72-3. Florence wants to take M and his brother under her protection: 10 June 1484, Otto, Miss, 3, 73-5.

 

Malaspina, Gabriele d. 1508

Career: Uncle of Antonio Alberico II and Francesco Malaspina. Succeeded his father, Antonio Alberico I, as marchese of Fosdinovo in 1467; m Bianca di Galeotto Malaspina. Father of Galeotto, Giovanni Battista (m Caterina di Guido de’ Rossi, 1485), Lazzaro, Lorenzo, Argentina (m Piero Soderini, Gonfalonier of Florence), Clarice, Giovanna (m Cosimo Rucellai). An old ally of Florence in the Lunigiana, a Florentine raccomandato after the peace of Bagnolo, and a frequent correspondent of Lorenzo de’ Medici.

Refs: Among those informed by Lorenzo de’ Medici of the death of Lucrezia Tornabuoni, 25 Mar 1482: Prot, 187-8. The Otto want to know if he is going to take up the condotta they have offered him: Otto to N Cambi, 8 May 1482, Otto, Miss, 3, 32-3. Is heavily involved in pratiche with the Fregoso; says that Genoa is going over to Venice and that Amoratto Torelli has joined Pier Maria de’ Rossi: N Cambi to the Otto, 29 May 1482, Otto, Resp, 2, 362. Florence is to write complaining that M’s castellan at Valsusoline is helping P M de’ Rossi: Otto to B Rucellai, 23 July 1482, Min, 12, 423-4. Is in Florentine pay: Otto to B Gianfigliazzi, 14 Aug 1482, Min, 12, 469-70. Some areas of the Lunigiana have been handed over to M by Florence; if necessary, his troops will protect Florentine subjects in the Lunigiana while they gather crops: commission from the Dieci to F Baroni, 28 Sept 1482, Sig, X, VIII, 77, 149. Francesco Baroni is to consult with M about military logistics needed for an attack: Dieci to F Baroni, 15 Oct 1482, Sig, Miss, 4, 75. On M’s role in Florentine policy regarding the Lunigiana: Lorenzo de’ Medici to G Malaspina, 15 Oct 1482, Lettere, VII, 122-4. The Dieci have alerted M after Guido de’ Rossi and Agostino Fregoso moved into the Lunigiana with troops: Dieci to B Rucellai, 19 May 1483, Dieci, LC, 5, 65-6. Has arrested men from Monetta who went to speak to A Fregoso: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 20 May 1483, ASMO, ASE, ambasciatori, Firenze, 3. Is conducting a pratica for Florence to try to get Sarzana for her without a siege: Otto to B Buongirolami, 4 Mar 1484, Otto, LC, 3, 27-8. Simone Grazzini has been sent by Florence to M, who they have heard is trying to buy Sarzana; Florence tells M to stay out of the Sarzana negotiations: Otto to G Malaspina, 21 Apr 1484, Otto, LC, 4, 17-18. Grazzini is to tell M that Florence has gone ahead with Ottaviano Ubaldini’s pratica with A Fregoso, rather than M’s, because it seemed easier and quicker: Otto to S Grazzini, 21 Apr 1484, Otto, LC, 4, 20-1.

M’s emissary trying to help Florentines get billets at Lavenza: 27 Sept 1484, Dieci, Resp, 32, 222. He must cut short any talk of a truce by the Sarzanesi: 24 Nov 1484, Dieci, Miss, 21, 158. Is involved in the Portovenere enterprise: 11 Dec 1484, Dieci, Delib, 24, 81. Hired by Florence together with Leonardo Malaspina: 20 Dec 1484, Dieci, Miss, 22, 52. One of his corporals is negotiating with the commissioners in Sarzana: 20 Jan 1485, MAP, 39, 184. Sends his chancellor, ser Jacopo, to the Dieci: 25 Jan 1485, Dieci, Resp, 30, 272. Florence rehires him for a month: 28 Jan 1485, Dieci, Miss, 24, 9. Sends his chancellor, ser Bartolomeo, to N Michelozzi: 5 Sept 1485, BNF, GC, 29/65, 6. The Otto report Ludovico Sforza’s hostility to M’s plan to marry his son to a daughter of Guido de’ Rossi; M’s son is in Sforza’s service, while Rossi has rebelled against the Milanese state; M is trying to recover his possessions in the Veronese via the marriage; the Otto advise him to jettison the match and they will help him regain his Veronese possessions: 8 June 1485, Otto, Miss, 4, 65-6. Is involved in problems about the boundaries of Sarzana and Sarzanello: 18 Feb 1486, Otto, Miss, 4, 112.

 

Malaspina, Galeotto di Gabriele d. c. 1515

Career: Succeeded his father as marchese di Fosdinovo; m Maddalena di Giovanni Ludovico Pio of Carpi. In 1482 he fought for the Church against Venice, in 1483 for Florence against the same foe, and in 1494 for Florence against Genoa.

Ref: Has been taken into Florentine service (as partial replacement for Costanzo Sforza); has fifteen men-at-arms ready: Dieci to G A Vespucci, 8 July 1483, Dieci, LC, 5, 408-9. Has been put under the condotta of Antonio da Marsciano: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 14 May 1484, ASMo, ASE, ambasciatori, Firenze, 3. Is said to have concluded a contract with Venice, having earlier withdrawn from negotiations with Federico da Montefeltro when they were on the point of conclusion, saying that he wanted to stay at home this year: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 19 May 1483. One of the commanders of Milanese infantry helping the Orsini and Ferrante of Naples: 11 Mar 1486, MAP, 51, 298. A projected marriage between M and a daughter of Guido de’ Rossi: 8 June 1485, Otto, Miss, 4, 65-6.

 

Malaspina, Leonardo

Career: m Aurante di Giacomo Orsini, Lorenzo de’ Medici’s sister-in-law.

Refs: One of Florence’s raccomandati after the peace of Bagnolo in 1484: Sig, Miss, 1a Canc, 49, 157. Hired by Florence, together with Gabriele Malaspina: 20 Dec 1484, Dieci, Miss, 22, 52. Florence rehires him for a month: 28 Jan 1485, Dieci, Miss, 3, 46; Dieci, Miss, 24, 9. Meeting between M and Roberto di Sanseverino in the Veronese: S Taverna to Ludovico Sforza, 20 Oct 1485, ASMi, SPE, Firenze, 308.

 

Malaspina, Manfredo di Bernabò d. 1493

Ref: Marchese of Filattiera and a long-standing raccomandato of Florence: Lorenzo de’ Medici to M Malaspina, 24 Aug 1485, Lettere, VIII, 237.

 

Malaspina, Spinetta d. 1505

Career: Son of Antonio Alberico I; brother of Francesco; m Donella Fieschi of Genoa

Ref: The Torelli had long been pressing a claim against M; they had sent a chancellor to Florence but the Florentines sent him away because they were worried about many other things; now, because of the dukes’s recommendation and because their affairs were more settled, they were ready to receive this representative: Otto to T Ridolfi, 5 Apr 1481, Min, 11, 298-9. Has left Venice, with a letter of exchange for 6,000 ducats; the Otto suspect he is going to attack Gabriele Malaspina: Otto to N Cambi, 8 May 1482, Otto, Miss, 3, 32-3.

 

Malatesta, Antonia di Sigismondo 1455-1483

Career: Illegitimate daughter of Sigismondo Malatesta of Rimini; m Rodolfo Gonzaga, 1481; executed for adultery, 25 Dec 1483.

Refs: A marriage proposed between M and Galeotto Manfredi in 1481: Lettere, V, 244. Has been murdered by her husband on account of her adultery: 13 Jan 1484, Zambotti, 131.

 

Malatesta, Eusebio

Career: Principal adviser of Federico Gonzaga.

Refs: Possible Venetian/Gonzaga go-between: 5 Sept 1482, ASV, Dieci, Misti, 20, 198. Reporting on the meeting at Casalmaggiore between Ludovico and Ascanio Sforza and Federico Gonzaga: E Malatesta to Francesco Gonzaga, 13 Feb 1483, Bonetti, Dieta di Cremona, 261-2.

Bibliog: Cerioni, I, 190

 

Malatesta, Galeotto

Refs: As one of the governors of Pandolfo Malatesta, the young lord of Rimini, M is trying to arrange sale of Rimini to Venice: 9 Jan 1485, MAP, 39, 216. He and other governors of Pandolfo arrest the boy’< s illegitimate sister, for whom Roberto di Sanseverino was trying to arrange a match with one of his sons: -- Apr 1485, Dieci, Resp, 34, 49. Worried by plague and internal divisions in Rimini, M asks Sixtus if he may keep in Rimini the squadre that the pope is thinking of assigning him: 3 Sept 1485, ASMi, SPE, Roma, 98.

Bibliog: P J Jones, The Malatesta of Rimini and the Papal State, Cambridge, 1974

 

Malatesta, Giovan Francesco di Eusebio

Ref: Judge of appeals in Florence: Lorenzo de’ Medici to Federico Gonzaga, 30 Jan 1484, Lettere, VII, 352-3.

 

Malatesta, Pandolfo di Roberto 1475-1534

Career: Illegitimate son of Roberto Malatesta, who received a stipendio from the League for the defence of Rimini following Roberto’s death; saw considerable military action in later life. Lost Rimini to Cesare Borgia in 1500.

Refs: With his brother, legitimated by Sixtus and invested with Rimini on the death of their father: Cardinal Gonzaga in Rome to Federico Gonzaga, 11 Sept 1482, ASMa, AG, 846. The Dieci send Paolantonio Soderini to M to offer condolences on the death of his father: commission to P Soderini, 3 Oct 1482, Sig, X, VIII, 77, 153-4. Lorenzo de’ Medici likes the proposal to give a condotta to M: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 18 Nov 1482, ASMo, ASE, ambasciatori, Firenze, 3. Milan thinks M should be content with the protection of the League and not seek any other stipendio: G G Sforza to the League ambassadors, 25 Nov 1482, ASMi, SPE, Roma, 91. Sixtus proposed that the League should give M a condotta of 46,000 ducats p a: F Gaddi to the Dieci, 30 Dec 1482, Sig, X, VIII, 63, 195-6. A Arcamone says that if M is not given a condotta, he could go over to Venice: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 30 Dec 1482, ASMo, cit. M’s envoy is in Naples; Ferrante will not settle with M, until Sixtus settles with Guidantonio da Montefeltro: B Castiglioni to G G Sforza, 25 Mar 1483, ASMi, SPE, Napoli, 241. Fears that he will go over to Venice: J Guicciardini to the Dieci, 29 Mar 1483, Dieci, Resp, 27, 197. After two months, M’s envoy in Naples has been told that Ferrante will make arrangements for him to be paid in Rome, against the money owed by Sixtus for the fleet: B Castiglioni to G G Sforza, 18 Apr 1483, ASMi, cit. Naples has now decided not to arrange payment in Rome, but to pay in Naples: B Castiglioni to G G Sforza, 19 Apr 1483, ASMi, cit. Antonello Petrucci says that Ferrante’s share of M’s prestanza has been paid by Sixtus: B Castiglioni to G G Sforza, 25 Apr 1483, ASMi, cit. The Dieci refuse Sixtus’s request that they should contribute to M’s condotta: Dieci to G A Vespucci, 17 May 1483, Dieci, LC, 5, 385-7. M’s chancellor has left Milan with the prestanza: G G Sforza to M Sacramoro, 6 July 1483, ASMi, SPE, Firenze, 308. M has forty-four men-at-arms ready to go to Lombardy: list of papal troops, 22 July 1483, Dieci, Resp, 28, 300. Ferrante has paid the prestanza for M’s troops: Z Saggi to F Gonzaga, 20 May 1484, ASMa, AG, 1628. Nominated as a collegato and aderente of Milan: 4 Oct 1484, Libri commemoriali, V, 289. Nominated as a collegato and aderrente of Venice: 22 Oct 1484, Libri commemoriali, V, 291. Refused Milan’s orders to be ready to ride with his men-at-arms on the grounds that had not received his prestanza: 9 Jan 1485, MAP, 39, 216. Is in hands of his governors and is weak in men-at-arms and in protectors, so may be the object of Roberto di Sanseverino’s attentions: 17 Apr 1485, Dieci, Resp, 34, 30. Roberto was trying to arrange a marriage between one of his sons and an illegitimate sister of M, but the project has been stopped by M’s governors: -- Apr 1485, Dieci, Resp, 34, 49. Antonello Petrucci in Naples told Giovanni Lanfredini of this aborted marriage project: 29 Apr 1485, Dieci, Resp, 34, 75.

Bibliog: P J Jones, The Malatesta of Rimini and the Papal State, Cambridge, 1974

 

Malatesta, Pandolfo di Sigismondo

Refs: Is reported to have entered Rimini with Venetian troops: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 13 Apr 1483, ASMo, ASE, ambasciatori, Firenze, 3; Dieci to B Rucellai, 17 Apr 1483, Dieci, LC, 5, 59-61. Described as the Pandolfo Malatesta ‘che sta con Venetiani’: B Castiglioni to G G Sforza, 19 Apr 1483, ASMi, SPE, Napoli, 241.

Bibliog: P J Jones, The Malatesta of Rimini and the Papal State, Cambridge, 1974, 252

 

Malatesta, Roberto di Sigismondo 1437-1482

Career: Eldest illegitimate son of Sigismondo Malatesta, signore of Rimini, by Vanetta dei Toschi. At Sigismondo’s death in 1468, control of Rimini was claimed by M and by Isotta degli Atti on behalf of her son Sallustio di Sigismondo Malatesta. M’s position was strengthened by the murders of Sallustio and Valerio Malatesta in 1470, but he was not granted the vicariate of Rimini until 1473. m Elisabetta, daughter of Federico da Montefeltro, in 1475. As a condottiere, he fought for the Church, 1474-8, for Florence as captain-general against the Church and Naples in 1479, and as Venetian captain-general from Nov 1479 until his death. Supported Girolamo Riario’s plan to oust the Este from Ferrara, and began the War of Ferrara in that region, but resented sharing the command with Roberto di Sanseverino. By July 1482 he was in Rome and was victorious against Alfonso d’Aragona at Campomorto, 21 Aug, but died in Rome less than a month later.

Refs: Together with other Romagnol signori, mentioned in the league signed between Sixtus, Naples, Milan and Florence, 13 Mar 1480, Lettere, V, 283, 285. The Florentines still have not given M’s chancellor the licence he demanded in writing; they told him they could not give it to him without renouncing his protection ‘ per esserli cosi consiliato da la pratica’; they also disagree about the 3,000 ducats he demands up to the day he had the licence and began to ‘sottoscrivere Capitano de venetiani’; Florence refuses to pay him after the day (6 Jan) when Venice made public that he was their captain-general: F Sacramoro to Bona and G G Sforza, 29(?) Mar 1480, ASMi, SPE, Firenze, 299. M has asked Ercole d’Este and Federico Gonzaga for passage and safe-conduct to go to Venice; these they granted: F Sacramoro to Bona and G G Sforza, 1 Apr 1480, ASMi, cit. The Milanese ambassadors in Rome had a commission to ask Sixtus to forgive M: Bona and G G Sforza to F Sacramoro, 8 Apr 1480, ASMi, cit. M made complaints to Florence: Otto to L Guicciardini, 13 May 1480, Miss 1a Canc, 48, 27-8; Otto, LC, 1, 4. Ferrante of Naples suggested trying to draw M onto the side of the Neapolitan/Milanese/Florentine League and Florence promised to try, though with little hope of success: Otto to A Biliotti, ‘13 May’ 1480 [must be erroneous], Otto, LC, 1, 4-7. M was expected to arrive in Venice yesterday; he will take the captain’s insignia the day after tomorrow: F Sacramoro to Bona and G G Sforza, 13/14 Apr 1480, ASMi, cit. According to Pandolfini, Sixtus agreed to pardon M at Venice’s request: P F Pandolfini to G A Vespucci in France, 16 May 1480, Sig, X, VIII, 10, 208-9. Has received his condotta in the papal/Venetian league: N de’ Roberti to E d’Este, 7 June 1480, G Perinelle, ‘Depêches de Nicolas de’ Roberti’, Mélanges d’archeologie de d’histoire de l’Ecole Francaise de Rome, 24 (1904), 464-72. M has been alerted for the campaign against Forlì: A Ridolfi to the Otto, 21 July 1480, Otto, Resp, 1, 33.

M is very alarmed by rumours of all sorts of suspicious negotiations going on; when he sent to his father-in-law Federico da Montefeltro to ask about these, he received the reply that whatever was happening did not concern Rimini and therefore he could rest easy: S Bettini in Mantua to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 31 Jan 1481, MAP, 38, 8. M’s attempt to involve Venice in a pratica regarding Faenza: 28 Feb 1481, ASV, Dieci, Misti, 20, 85. Federico da Montefeltro may take a condotta with Sixtus and Venice partly because he hears M is not as well thought of by the Venetians as he used to be: G A Vespucci to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 3 May 1481, MAP, 38, 161. M has brought fourteen squadrons to S Giustina and plans to escort Girolamo Riario through Galeotto Manfredi’s lands; this is in connection with the fear of an attack on Faenza by Riario: G Manfredi to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 13 Oct 1481, MAP, 38, 344. The Venetians are anxious to get a foot in Forlì, but M is too frightened to approach the city: G Manfredi to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 15 Oct 1481, MAP, 137, 448. M is with his troops at Meldola, a few miles south of Forlì, ready to move if required: Milanese orators in Rome to G G Sforza, 8 Nov 1481, ASMi, SPE, Roma, 90.

There is a papal-Venetian plan to send M to attack Urbino in order to prevent Federico da Montefeltro going to Lombardy: B Castiglioni and A Trivulzio to G G Sforza, 22 Mar 1482, ASMi, SPE, Roma, 91. M’s irritation with Roberto di Sanseverino: P F Pandolfini to Loreno de’ Medici, 25 Mar 1482, MAP, 51, 96. M’s ‘mala dispositione’: Lorenzo de’ Medici to P F Pandolfini in Fossombrone, 27-8 Mar 1482, Lettere, VI, 296. A proposal to suborn M: P F Pandolfini to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 7 Apr 1482, MAP, 51. 109. M is marching on Faenza: 13 May 1482, Caleffini, 290. Complains that his troops are leaving him while the enemy grows stronger: R Malatesta to R de’ Visci, 27 May 1482, Otto, Resp, 1, 279. In Venice, L Loredan and L Zeno propose offering Lugo and Bagnacavallo to Girolamo Riario to avoid the pressure for M to go south: 1 June 1482, Sen Secr 30, 89-90. Ercole d’Este has written to Lorenzo suggesting an attempt to suborn M: E d’Este to Antonio da Montecatini, 2 June 1482, ASMo, ASE, ambasciatori, Firenze, 3. Reluctantly, the Venetian Senate send M south to assume command of the papal army; they respond to details sent by M of a visit by an envoy of Lorenzo (Alberto), seeking to persuade M to desert: 8 June 1482, ASV, Sen Secr, 30, 91-2. Comment on the proposal to win over M: E d’Este to Antonio da Montecatini, 9 June 1482, ASMo, cit. Antonio daMontecatini advises that Lorenzo says M’s army was arrested despite the safeconduct, and asks Ercole d’Este is to try to get him released; M has left for Rome: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 12 June 1482, ASMo, cit. Left with just a few followers: Otto to B Rucellai, 13 June 1482, Min, 12, 323-4. Ludovico Sforza has written to Federico da Montefeltro to suggest that the League to try to restore the Ordelaffi and Manfredi, while M is away from the Romagna: Z Saggi to F Gonzaga, 13 June 1482, ASMa, AG, 1627. A claim that M is not now going to Rome: G Bentivoglio to E d’Este, 13 June 1482, Dallari, 83. Federico da Montefeltro thinks it is too late to prevent M going to Rome: E d’Este to G Bentivoglio, 15 June 1482, Dallari, 84.

Ercole d’Este approached M via his Ferrarese doctor, Antonio da Lugo: S Sacramoro in Ferrara to G G Sforza, 17 June 1482, ASMi, SPE, Ferrara, 328. Has not left yet; it is said that the citizens (of Rimini?) advised him not to go: Z Saggi to F Gonzaga, 18 June 1482, ASMa, AG, 1627. Lorenzo is hopeful of winning him over to the League: B Castiglioni to G G Sforza, 20 June 1482, ASMi, SPE, Napoli, 239. News of Lorenzo’s pratica has reached Naples, where Ferrante says that he has written to Lorenzo about it: B Castiglioni to G G Sforza, 20 June 1482. When the Venetian provveditore became suspicious, M handed over the Florentine envoy who had been sent to him: Z Saggi to F Gonzaga, 22 June 1482, ASMa, cit. Is at Bosco, eighteen miles from Città di Castello: Otto to B Rucellai, 27 June 1482, Min, 12, 355-6. At La Fratta, with Lorenzo Zane: Otto to P Capponi, 2 July 1482, Min, 12, 372-3. Is reported to have determined upon a battle with Costanzo Sforza before he went south, but Costanzo moved to Città di Castello: S Ottieri and L Lanti in Rome to the Balia of Siena, 21 July 1482, ASS, Balia, 504, 73. Left for Rome post haste: Otto to T Ridolfi, 22 July 1482, Min, 12, 420. Letters from Florence of 19 July say that M left for Rome with twelve squadrons: Z Saggi to F Gonzaga, 23 July 1482, ASMa, cit. Arrived in Rome, accompanied by Girolamo Riario and the Venetian ambassador Francesco Diedo; is staying at S Maria Maggiore, 23-26 July: Pontani, 11-12; Gherardi, 105. It is said in Milan that Venice is recalling M because of Roberto di Sanseverino’s illness: Z Saggi to F Gonzaga, 1 Aug 1482, ASMa, cit. It is thought that M would not risk a direct attack on the army of Alfonso d’Aragona: A Arcamone in the Neapolitan camp at Civita Lavinia to Ferrante, 11 Aug 1482, ASMi, SPE, Napoli, 240. Went to lodge at Capo di Bore: L Lanti to the Balia of Siena, 15 Aug 1482, ASS, Balia, 505, 26. Account of M’s movements prior to the battle of Campomorto: B Castiglioni to G G Sforza, 20 Aug 1482, ASMi, cit. Accounts of the battle, 21 Aug: Lettere, VII, 34-5. Is said to have sent to Alfonso d’Aragona before the battle to urge him to withdraw, because he could not sustain an assault on the papal troops: B Castiglioni to G G Sforza, 27 Aug 1482, ASMi, cit.

Had a quarrel with Girolamo Riario; might be willing to serve the League if given a condotta for life: B Castiglioni to G G Sforza, 1 Sept 1482, ASMi, cit. Naples is going to try to win him over: F Gaddi to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 3 Sept 1482, Sig, X, VIII, 63, 142-5. Is ill with fever at Valmontone: L Lanti in Rome to the Balia of Siena, 3 Sept 1482, ------. Is expected in Rome tomorrow: L Lanti to the Balia of Siena, 7 Sept 1482, ASS, Balia, 505, 60. Is reported to have quarrelled with Riario, who wants him to leave for the Romagna; it is thought M might be feigning illness so as not to leave Rome: B Castiglioni to G G Sforza, 9 Sept 1482, ASMi, cit. Is gravely ill; has come to Rome: L Lanti to the Balia of Siena, 9 Sept 1482, ASS, Conc, 2049, 64. Died last night; Sixtus legitimised his two sons: Cardinal Gonzaga in Rome to Federico Gonzaga, 11 Sept 1482, ASMa, AG, 846. Died tonight, in the house of Cardinal Nardini: L Lanti to the Balia of Siena, 11 Sept 1482, ASS, Balia, 505, 70. Discussion in Milan of M as possible replacement for Federico da Montefeltro: Z Saggi to F Gonzaga, 12 Sept 1482, ASMa, cit. News of M’s death reached Lorenzo today: Lorenzo de’ Medici to N Michelozzi in Milan, 12 Sept 1482, Lettere, VII, 83. Report of the death: F Gaddi to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 16 Sept 1482, Sig, X, VIII, 63, 149-50.

Bibliog: P J Jones, The Malatesta of Rimini and the Papal State, Cambridge, 1974

 

Malavolta, Giovanni

Refs: Asks Lorenzo de’ Medici’s help against Pier Giovanni Ricasoli who has started working some Malavolti lands in the Florentine contado: 17 Sept 1485, MAP, 26, 414. Brother-in-law of Roberto di Sanseverino sent by him to threaten Siena: MAP, 39, 519, 19 May 1486.

 

Malavolti, Orlando

Refs: A request for help in getting some Sienese citizens to assist him in sorting out a financial matter: O Malavolti to the Signoria of Siena, 4 Feb 1483, ASS, Conc, 2051, 11. The Dieci di Balia write of O as ‘persona da bene et costumata ci e caro per la sua fede’: Dieci to the Balia of Siena, 25 June 1483, ASS, Balia, 512, 17; Dieci, Miss, 18, 26. Recommended as ‘mio amicissimo’ by Tommaso Soderini: T Soderini to the Balia of Siena, 9 July 1483, ASS, Balia, 512, 52. Recommendation of O: Lorenzo de’ Medici to the Balia of Siena, 11 July 1483, Lettere, VII, 291-2. Has told the Dieci that he was favourably received in Siena: Dieci to Balia of Siena, 31 July 1483, ASS, Balia, 512, 99; Dieci, Miss, 18, 50. The Balia give him letters requesting the Sienese to assist him in all possible matters: 6 Aug 1483, ASS, Balia, 404, 164.

 

Malegonnelle, Antonio di Piero 1451-1506

Career: Doctor of civil and canon law, Bologna. Legate to Perugia, Apr 1479, returning there Aug 1480. Accoppiatore, 1491. Podestà of Pisa, Mar-Sept 1491. Taught law at the Studio Pisano in the 1490s. Partisan of Savonarola, defending him in the Pratiche of 1498. One of three candidates for the post of Gonfalonier of Justice for life in 1502 who went forward to the second vote.

Refs: The Dieci approve his report on the causa of ‘ill. de Pistorio’: 23 Sept 1484, Dieci, Delib, 24, 55. They appoint him commissioner for the whole period of his captaincy of Borgo: 26 Nov 1485, Dieci, Delib, 24, 147.

 

Malegonnelle, Piero di Niccolò b. c. 1423

Career: Accoppiatore, 1471. Member of the Balia, 1471. Gonfalonier of Justice, July/Aug 1471. Member of first half of the Council of 70, 1480. Member of the Otto di Pratica, Apr-Oct 1480. 1480 Catasto: sostanze 3,397 fl.

Ref: In 1480 a member of the Otto together with Tommaso Soderini, Jacopo Guicciardini, Girolamo Morelli, Giovanni Serristori, Bongianni Gianfigliazzi, Angelo della Stufa and Bernardo Buongirolami: Lettere, V, 313.

 

Malerba

Refs: Arrived in Milan and made purchases: 11 Sept 1484, MAP, 48, 260. Is arranging for the purchase of cows for Lorenzo de’ Medici: 28 Dec 1484, MAP, 39, 415.

 

Malipiero, Girolamo

Ref: Is replacing Damiano Moro as captain of Venetian river fleet: 20 June 1482, ASV, Sen Terra, 8, 155.

 

Malvezzi, Achille

Ref: His illegitimate son is involved in Girolamo Riario’s plot against Faenza: 4 Nov 1484, MAP, 39, 371.

 

Malvezzi, Giulio

Ref: A brother of Lucio Malvezzi, passing through Florence on his way to Milan to deal with the reconciliation between Ludovico Sforza and Roberto di Sanseverino that he considers is certain: Lorenzo de’ Medici to J Guicciardini in Milan, 11 Aug 1486, Lettere, IX, 402-4.

 

Malvezzi, Lucio di Ludovico d. 1511

Career: Bolognese condottiere; son-in-law of Roberto di Sanseverino.

Refs: Met Nicola Orsini in a boat to give him news from the Venetian camp: J Guicciardini in Ferrara to Lorenzo, 30 May 1483, Dieci, Resp, 27, 376-7. Dismissed by Venice after failing to carry out properly a plot to capture Ercole d’Este, but soon after came to terms with Roberto di Sanseverino and married an illegitimate daughter of his, July/Aug 1483: Sanudo, Vite dei dogi, II, 372-3. With Marcantonio Malvezzi, spent Easter as Girolamo Riario’s guest at Imola: T Biringhucci to the Balia of Siena, 12 Apr 1485, ASS, Balia, 522, 19. Suspicious meetings with Marcantonio Malvezzi, Gaspare di Sanseverino, and Girolamo Riario connected with Roberto di Sanseverino’s intentions: 17 Apr 1485, Dieci, Resp, 34, 30. Included in the meetings was Giovan Francesco da Tolentino; the Malvezzi involvement in these secret negotiations makes it likely that Roberto is aiming at their home city of Bologna;Innocent informed Vespucci that Roberto told him some time ago that he was intending to overturn the regime in Bologna with the aid of the Malvezzi: G A Vespucci to the Dieci, -- Apr 1485, Dieci, Resp, 34, 48. A Sienese – possibly ‘m Cino’ – was involved in the Malvezzi negotiations with Gaspare di Sanseverino and the others: G A Vespucci to the Dieci, 22 Apr 1485, Dieci, Resp, 34, 52. Serving on papal side in the Barons War: 27 Feb 1486, Dieci, Resp, 33, 409. His peace proposals forwarded by Piero Capponi: 18 May 1486, Dieci, Miss, 6, 52-4. Acting as Roberto di Sanseverino’s representative to put forward peace proposals: Lorenzo de’ Medici to J Guicciardini in Milan, 26 May 1486, Lettere, IX, 309.

 

Malvezzi, Marcantonio

Refs: With Lucio Malvezzi, spent Easter as Girolamo Riario’s guest at Imola: T Biringhucci to the Balia of Siena, 12 Apr 1485, ASS, Balia, 522, 19. Suspicious meetings with Lucioio Malvezzi, Gaspare di Sanseverino, and Girolamo Riario connected with Roberto di Sanseverino’s intentions: 17 Apr 1485, Dieci, Resp, 34, 30. Included in the meetings was Giovan Francesco da Tolentino; Malvezzi involvement in these secret negotiations makes it likely Roberto is aiming at their home city of Bologna;Innocent informed Vespucci that Roberto told him some time ago that he was intending to overturn the regime in Bologna with the aid of the Malvezzi: G A Vespucci to the Dieci, -- Apr 1485, Dieci, Resp, 34, 48.

 

Malvezzi, Nestore

Ref: Correspondence between Neri Acciauoli and M intercepted: Lettere, VIII, 264-6, 277.

 

Mancini, Albizo di Andrea

Ref: Presumably a Medici agent: Lorenzo de’ Medici to the Balia of Siena, 29 Sept 1483, Lettere, VII, 310.

 

Mancini, Bartolomeo

Refs: Has taken mules from Biagino vecturale and Antonio Castrucci, so the Dieci send Antonio Francesco Sinibaldi to Pesaro to get them back: 2 Nov 1484, Dieci, Delib, 24, 64-6. Is refusing to have the case regarding the mulattieri judged in the town suggested by the Otto, so they write to Camilla and Giovanni Sforza of Pesaro: Otto, Miss, 4, 59-60.

 

Mancino da Siena

Ref: A soldier employed by Genoa who has left and gone towards Rome: 15 Mar 1485, Dieci, Resp, 30, 483.

 

Manente, Luigi

Ref: Genoese commissioner in Lucca to recruit provvisionati for Pietrasanta: 16 Sept 1484, Dieci, Resp, 32, 171.

 

Manenti, Alvise

Ref: Venetian secretary sent by the Ten to discover the truth regarding the alleged spending of false coin by Luca Savelli: 11 Mar 1485, ASV, Dieci, Misti, 22, 150-1.

 

Manerio, Francesco

Ref: His position to be as it was before the present war: peace treaty between Sixtus and the League, 12 Dec 1482: Lettere, VII, 489.

 

Manfredi, Astorre/Astorgio III 1485-1502

Career: Son of Galeotto Manfredi, whom he succeeded as signore of Faenza in 1488; m Bianca, daughter of Girolamo Riario and Caterina Sforza, 1494. A victim of Cesare Borgia’s military campaigns in the Romagna, he was imprisoned and murdered in Castel S Angelo, Rome.

Ref: Florence pledges herself to defend the stato of his father Galeotto for him in the event of Galeotto’s death: 7 June 1486, Dieci, Delib, 30, 124.

 

Manfredi, Carlo di Federigo

Ref: Involved with Girolamo Riario in a plot to return Ottaviano Manfredi to Faenza: Dieci, Resp, 33, 400.

 

Manfredi, Carlo di Astorre 1439-1484

Career: Signore of Faenza from the death of his father in 1468, though the de facto ruler was his brother Federico; ousted by their brother Galeotto in 1477; thereafter an exile. m Costanza di Rodolfo Vaiano.

Refs: M and his brother Galeotto are urged to settle their differences: F Sacramoro to Bona and G G Sforza, 8 Apr 1480, ASMi, SPE, Firenze, 299. Confirmation that Lorenzo de’ Medici is attempting to negotiate an agreement with M and Galeotto: F Sacramoro to Bona and G G Sforza, 11 Apr 1480, ASMi, cit. Cecco Ordelaffi’s sons received a letter of support from M: Otto to P F Pandolfini, 16 May 1480, Sig, X, VIII, 10, 213-14. M is involved with the plan of Cecco’s sons to take Forlì; Galeotto feared it was a plot backed by the Neapolitan/Milanese/Florentine League to take Faenza from him; Salarolo suggests M has Ferrante’s support: G F Salarolo in Forlì to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 19 May 1480, MAP, 38, 21. M is in Naples and Ferrante is well disposed to help him: Florentine Signoria to Corbizzo da Castrocaro, 24 May 1480, Miss 1a Canc, 48, 45. Is exploiting the border dispute between Faenza and Venice: 28 Feb 1481, ASV, Dieci, Misti, 20, 85. News from Naples that M wanted to leave either to seek his fortune elsewhere or to try and recover Faenza; Milan wanted Naples to prevent M from leaving: T Ridolfi to the Otto, 6 Apr 1481, Otto, Resp, 1, 118-19. Florence also felt it was important to keep M at Naples, as he might otherwise cause trouble: Otto to P Nasi, 7 Apr 1481, Min, 11, 301-2. Ferrante promised to try to restrain M, but declared he could not use force against him; M agreed not to leave: P Nasi in Matera to the Otto, 19 Apr 1481, Otto, Resp, 1, 162. Florence was pleased at this: Otto to P Nasi, 13 May 1481, Min, 11, 320-1. Ferrante paid part of Galeotto’s condotta to M in the hope solving the dispute between them: T Ridolfi to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 23 June 1481, MAP, 48, 83. M’s wife and children are in Rimini and it is said that M will arrive there with Girolamo Riario: Pier Andrea, captain of Cotignola, to G G Sforza, 2 July 1481, ASMi, SPE, Romagna, 192. The rumour that M might be in the Romagna was denied by Ferrante, although he was bound to be upset by Galeotto’s marriage: M Trotti at Barletta to G G Sforza, 8 Aug 1481, ASMi, SPE, Napoli, 234. It is reported that Galeotto has agreed to give M a 1,000-ducat per annum provisione; Ercole d’Este and Giovanni Bentivoglio are to ensure that this happens: G G Sforza to E d’Este, 29 Sept 1481, ASMi, SPE, Ferrara, 326. Girolamo Riario has asked Ferrante to send M to the Romagna to keep Galeotto on guard: P F Pandolfini to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 18 Dec 1481, MAP, 51, 68. Ferrante promised to detain M but has not done so: P Capponi to the Otto, 12 June 1482, Otto, Resp, 2, 404. Faenza’s ambassador in Naples says that M is plotting with Venice to escape and take a condotta with them: B Castiglioni to G G Sforza, 12 Apr 1483, ASMi, SPE, Napoli, 241. Ferrante thinks he should be given a decent sum of money: 4 Sept 1484, LC, II, V, 15, 132-3. His Genoese links: 21 Sept 1484, G Lanfredini, Copialettere, BNF, II, V, 15, 139-40.

 

Manfredi, Federico di Astorre 1441-1484

Career: Younger brother of Carlo and Galeotto Manfredi; bishop of Faenza, 1469-84, but nevertheless a military man.

Ref: Effectively lord of Faenza until his brother Galeotto’s successful coup; godfather to Lorenzo de’ Medici’s daughter Contessina: Lettere, VIII, 171.

 

Manfredi, Galeotto di Astorre 1440-1488

Career: Condottiere who took control of Faenza from his brothers Carlo and Federico in a coup of Nov 1477. As a papal vicar it was difficult for him to side against the pope, but he had genuine fears of Girolamo Riario’s designs on Faenza. m Francesca di Giovanni Bentivoglio (1482) and fought alongside his father-in-law against the Venetians in 1482-3. In 1484 and 1487 he fought for Florence, his long-term ally, against Genoa. Took part in events leading to the murder of Riario in Apr 1488 and was himself murdered with the connivance of the Bentivoglio a few weeks later.

Refs: Mentioned in the text of the league between Sixtus, Naples, Milan and Florence, 13 Mar 1480: Lettere, V, 283, 285. Fabrizio, M’s chancellor, had come to Florence to see how M’s affairs stood; Florence had attempted to satisfy him as best they could and make him less afraid of war, in order to prevent him making other arrangements: F Sacramoro to Bona and G G Sforza, 29 Mar 1480, ASMi, SPE, Firenze, 299. Lorenzo de’ Medici accepted an invitation to negotiate an agreement between M and Carlo Manfredi: F Sacramoro to Bona and G G Sforza, 8 Apr 1480, ASMi, cit. Lorenzo denied a rumour that M had reached an agreement with Venice, on the basis of letters he had received from M’s chancellor, Fabrizio, which said M was in the same situation as when Lorenzo went to Naples (that is, he had no agreement with Venice or anyone else): F Sacramoro to Bona and G G Sforza, 8 Apr 1480, ASMi, cit. Lorenzo also dismissed a rumour that Alfonso d’Aragona and Federico da Montefeltro were planning an attack on Faenza; the Milanese orators in Rome were instructed to ask Sixtus to forgive M, among others, and to guarantee his safety; Milan promised that Ferrante would support this: F Sacramoro to Bona and G G Sforza, 8 Apr 1480, ASMi, cit. M’s assurances to Lorenzo: Francesco da Casate to Bona and G G Sforza, 10 Apr 1480, ASMi, cit. Besides a condotta, Ludovico Sforza wanted to secure M via a marriage alliance with the Sforza: P F Pandolfini to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 18 Apr 1480, Sig, X, VIII, 10, 183. Lorenzo wrote to M, assuring him that Sixtus and Ferrante would not cause any trouble, provided he stood firm and did not throw himself into Venice’s arms; Lorenzo assured M that Ferrante would be well disposed towards him: F Sacramoro to Bona and G G Sforza, 19 Apr 1480, ASMi, cit. Milan sent Francesco da Casate to Faenza to comfort M; they asked Giovanni Bentivoglio to write to M and Florence to do something similar to their action: P F Pandolfini to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 19 Apr 1480, Sig, X, VIII, 10, 184-6.

Lorenzo was concerned that M would join the Venetians and Riario: F Sacramoro to Bona and G G Sforza, 5 May 1480, ASMi, cit. M has been offered a daughter of Signor Bosio: P F Pandolfini to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 7 May 1480, Sig, X, VIII, 10, 199-200. Riario was planning to marry M to his own neice: P F Pandolfini to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 10 May 1480, Sig, X, VIII, 10, 202-3. Florence proposed that the League hire both Carlo and Galeotto Manfredi, in spite of the conflict between them: Otto to A Biliotti in Naples, 13 May 1480, Otto, LC, 1, 4-7. Another Florentine proposal was that the security of the Romagnol princes be stated explicitly in the new triple League: Signoria to P F Pandolfini, 16 May 1480, Lig, LC, 21, 12. On hearing that Cecco Ordelaffi’s sons intended, with the aid of Carlo Manfredi and perhaps also of Ferrante, to take Forlì, the Otto urge Milan to hasten with M’s condotta; M was very upset at news that one of Cecco’s sons had entered the citadel of Lugo and met Antonello da Forlì there, and that Carlo Manfredi was involved and expected there; he claimed it was a plot to dispossess him of Faenza, backed by the League of Naples, Milan and Florence: G F Salarolo to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 19 May 1480, MAP, 36, 21. Gian Filippo Salarolo has gone to Faenza and Forlì to discover what is happening; M learns that Naples is supporting Cecco’s sons and Carlo Manfredi against him: Francesco da Casate to Bona and G G Sforza, 21 May 1480, ASMi, SPE, Romagna, 189. Informed Corbizzo Corbizzi that Carlo Manfredi was ‘in paese’: C Corbizzi in Castrocaro to the Otto, 24 May 1480, Otto, Resp, 3, 72. Florence tries to reassure M by sending him word that Carlo is in Naples and that Ferrante is disposed to help M, who they urge to send someone to Florence to negotiate [his condotta?]: Signoria to C Corbizzi, 24 May 1480, Miss 1a Canc, 48, 45. Milan felt that, in order to prevent Forlì from falling into Venetian hands, the best solution was a quick conclusion with M and to work on Forlì through him; although on learning that Lucrezia Pico had accepted Venetian troops into Forlì, Milan decided Cecco’s sons were the League’s best bet: Bona and G G Sforza to F Sacramoro, 4 June 1480, ASMi, SPE, Firenze, 299. After the conclusion of M’s condotta, Lorenzo urged M to work with Lucrezia Pico to bring Forlì over to the League: F Sacramoro to Bona and G G Sforza, 6 June 1480, ASMi, cit. More on the idea of winning Forlì to the League’s side via M: P F Pandolfini to the Otto, 7 June 1480, Sig, X, VIII, 10, 230-1. Once M’s condotta was concluded, Milan sent Francesco da Casate to M to persuade him to do this: Bona and G G Sforza to F Sacramoro, 7 June 1480, ASMi, cit; P F Pandolfini to the Otto, 11 June 1480, Sig, X, VIII, 10, 231-2. Florence offers whatever help it can to M: Signoria to C Corbizzi, 17 June 1480, Miss 1a Canc, 48, 80. M reported to Lorenzo de’ Medici that all was not lost in the pratica of Forlì and that Florence gave him complete discretion to arrange what he could: F Sacramoro to Bona and G G Sforza, 17 June 1480, ASMi, cit. Francesco da Casate and Corbizzi were negotiating with M for a deal with Cecco Ordelaffi’s sons, as Lucrezia and Anton Maria Pico had gone over to Sixtus: Bona and G G Sforza to F Sacramoro, 18 June 1480, ASMi, cit. Florence advised Cecco’s son, when he left, to seek M’s help, but did not feel there was much chance of this: Otto to P Nasi, 28 June 1480, Miss 1a Canc, 48, 93-6.

When Cecco Ordelaffi’s sons entered Forlì, Milan asked M, as a relative, to give them secret help and ordered Roberto di Sanseverino to send troops to Faenza: Bona and G G Sforza to F Sacramoro, 9 July 1480, ASMi, SPE, Firenze, 300. News from M of trouble in Forlì, where the people have declared in favour of Cecco’s sons: P F Pandolfini to the Otto, 9 July 1480, Sig, X, VIII, 10, 263-4. Fear that Sixtus might have Roberto Malatesta strike at Forlì in retaliation for the League’s aiding Cecco’s sons: P F Pandolfini to the Otto, 13 July 1480, Sig, X, VIII, 10, 267-9. M sent the Ordelaffi brothers some artillery, but reported that forces were massing against them: F Sacramoro to Bona and G G Sforza, 13 July 1480, ASMi, cit. Later, the ‘dukes’ of Milan decided to have M write that, because of the Forlì affair, troops were massing at Ravenna and asking for support, so that they could order Roberto di Sanseverino’s troops to Cotignola and Faenza; they also sent Antonio d’Appiano to Faenza to help M: P F Pandolfini to the Otto, 14 July 1480, Sig, X, VIII, 10, 269-72. Papal forgiveness of M was one of the conditions that Milan attached to the plan to give Forlì to Girolamo Riario: P F Pandolfini to the Otto, 14 July 1480, Sig, X, VIII, 10, 269-72. Florence also promised to help M if his state was really endangered: Otto to G Manfredi, 18 July 1480, Otto, Miss, 1, 19. M refused to give Roberto di Sanseverino’s troops billets in Faenza: Bona and G G Sforza to F Sacramoro, 19 July 1480, ASMi, cit. Discussing their preference for offering Sixtus troops against Forlì, the Otto have no fears about Faenza (as Milan apparently did): Otto to A Ridolfi, 31 July 1480, Miss 1a Canc, 48, 116-18. Lorenzo says the pratica for the Rimini marriage will probably not be concluded as there is already a negotiation to marry the girl, Antonia Malatesta, elsewhere: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 5 Aug 1480, ASMo, ASE, ambasciatori, Firenze, 2. Procura for Gian Piccinino di Piccinini and Fra Silvestro da Forlì to go to Rimini and contract a marriage between M and Antonia Malatesta: 20 Aug 1480, Messeri, Galeotto Manfredi, 96-7. M has denied having any pratica with Urbino and Rimini other than for the marriage, and this is now off as the duchess of Milan has offered a bride: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 11 Sept 1480, ASMo, cit. M insisted that he would remain faithful to the League no matter what was offered him or whatever marriage alliance was proposed, and denied the rumours circulating about him: S Bettini at Faenza to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 28 Nov 1480, MAP, 38, 55.

A Venetian commissary had arrived at Faenza, probably to get M on their side: G F Salarolo at Bologna to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 6 Jan 1481, MAP, 38, 2. M is complaining about the Neapolitan refusal to pay him, particularly as he was being pressed for his census; Florence is refusing to lend the money, but it looks as if Lorenzo may do so: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 8 Jan 1481, ASMo, cit. Has been offered a condotta by Venice, but says he is going to stay with the League: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 25 Jan 1481, ASMo, cit. Lorenzo has offered to put up 1,500 ducats of the money needed by M; Milan will put up the rest: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 15 Feb 1481, ASMo, cit. Having heard the duke of Milan’s opinion of the affair in Faenza, the Otto will send someone to see what M has to say; the Otto highly approve Milan’s action, which is appropriate for these difficult times: Otto to T Ridolfi in Milan, 26(?) Feb 1481, Min, 11, 129-32. The Otto have had a long discussion with Filippo Sacramoro about Faenza and do not feel that discussions should be opened for a new condotta with M; as ‘we’ have kept ‘our’ bargain with him, there is no reason why he should desert ‘us’; in addition, Ferrante is paying M’s censo to Sixtus, so ‘we’ cannot negotiate a new contract without offending the king: Otto to T Ridolfi, 3 Mar 1481, Min, 11, 133-5. M’s marriage would avert the danger of him selling Faenza to Girolamo Riario: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 15 Mar 1481, ASMo, cit. At Gian Filippo Salarolo’s request, Lorenzo is to think about the problem of a bride for M: Antonio da Montecatini, 19 Mar 1481, ASMo, cit. Sixtus has agreed to remove the censures from his vicars if they pay their censi within four months; Faenza requires special attention ‘et oltri accio che si faccia ogni opera possibile chel Papa accepti i pagamenti de’ censi suoi in quel modo che la Maestà del Re ha comensso et consentito accioche Sua Signoria esca di questa contumacia’; of the disturbances in the Romagna, Ridolfi reports that M has pledged his fidelity to the League and the allies must now decide what to do: T Ridolfi to the Otto, 24 Mar 1481, Otto, Resp, 1, 99-100. M has promised to marry whoever Lorenzo chooses; Giovanni Bentivoglio has two daughters of whom the elder has been promised to Marco Pio’s son, but Bentivoglio could given the younger (aged twelve) to Pio and the elder (aged fourteen) to M: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 27 Mar 1481, ASMo, cit. M’s chancellor arrived yesterday to sort out the differences between him and Sixtus; they have been reduced to the question of payment of the censi; once this is done, M and the others will, according to the bull, be restored to papal favour; the chancellor said he had letters from Ferrante asking that 3,000 ducats of the papal subsidy be considered as census payment, but he doubts whether Sixtus will accept this; M is determined to raise the money somehow, either from Florence or by selling grain etc: G Vespucci in Rome to the Otto, 27 Mar 1481, Otto, Resp, 1, 102.

Sixtus rejected the idea of the Faenza censo being accredited to Ferrante and asked for cash down: G A Vespucci to the Otto, 1 Apr 1481, Otto, Resp, 1, 112. On hearing about Florence’s agreement to Alfonso Aragona’s condotta, Ferrante wrote to A Arcamone to press M’s case: P Nasi to the Otto, 4 Apr 1481, Otto, Resp, 1, 119. Sixtus, it was said, refused to accept a credit for the Faenza censo because he needed money desperately for the fleet being prepared in Genoa; Milan asked Naples and Florence to pay their shares of M’s condotta so that he could pay his census and avoid trouble with Sixtus: T Ridolfi in Milan to the Otto, 6 Apr 1481, Otto, Resp, 1, 118-19. M has been given 2,400 ducats because of the news that Venice was threatening him: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’E ste, 19 Apr 1481, ASMo, cit. Ferrante wants to try once more to get Sixtus to accept a deal over M’s census; if this fails, Naples will pay M in cash so that he can pay the census: T Ridolfi to the Otto, 6 May 1481, Otto, Resp, 1, 204-5. The idea of crediting M’s condotta against his census and subsidy broke down and therefore Florence urged Ferrante to pay his share of M’s condotta quickly: Otto to P Nasi, 13 May 1481, Min, 11, 320-1. News from Ferrara that M is planning to marry Pino Ordelaffi’ s widow, Lucrezia Pico; Francesco da Casate has been told to try and dissuade M from this match; Giovanni Bentivoglio, Ercole d’Este and Florence are being asked to do the same; Milan would be glad of a suggestion of a suitable wife for M: T Ridolfi to the Otto, 15 May 1481, MAP, 38, 179. Vespucci and M’s secretary were at work on the papers for Faenza’s absolution; Girolamo Riario seemed very enthusiastic about it: G A Vespucci to the Otto, 16 May 1481, Otto, Resp, 1, 271. According to Pandolfini, Sixtus pardoned M at Venice’s request: P F Pandolfini to G A Vespucci, 16 May 1481, ------. The Otto are pleased at Riario’s good intentions towards M and would be delighted to help find M as wife: Otto to Vespucci, 19 May 1481, Min, 11, 327-8. Ercole d’Este received Bentivoglio’s news of Lorenzo’s pratica for M marriage to Francesca Bentivoglio; Ercole has complied with Lorenzo’s request to dissuade Marco Pio from insisting on the conclusion of his Bentivoglio parentado and has asked M to break off his pratica to marry Lucrezia Pico: E d’Este to G Bentivoglio, 19 May 1481, Dallari, 53. Via Francesco da Casate, M has said there is no need to worry about his marriage plans, as he will not do anything without consulting ‘us all’: T Ridolfi to the Otto, 21 May 1481, Otto, Resp, 1, 244. Marco Pio obviously demurred at the proposal to abandon his Bentivoglio parentado: E d’Este to G Bentivoglio, 23 May 1481, Dallari, 54. Better news from Faenza; all is secure there and Sixtus is willing to forgive M if the census is paid and to issue bulls similar to those for Roberto Malatesta; Milan is delighted that M has changed his mind about his marriage: T Ridolfi to the Otto, 24 May 1481, Otto, Resp, 1, 261. The coup at Imola made Milan concerned for M’s security, that it might be a trick to involve M and provide an excuse for attacking him: Ridolfi to the Otto, 29 May 1481, Otto, Resp, 1, 286.

The Otto are pleased that Milan has decided to play down the Faenza affair and not stir up trouble: Otto to T Ridolfi at Milan, early June 1481, Min, 11, 329-30. Guidantonio Vespucci does not think Girolamo Riario has any immediate designs on Faenza; in fact, Rome has been very generous with M, remitting 4,000 ducats they claimed he owed beyond his census: G A Vespucci in Rome to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 2 June 1481, MAP, 38, 216. The Milanese orator urged Ferrante to pay his share of M’s condotta; Ferrante replied that he could not pay it until he received some subsidies; the orator urged Ferrante to oppose M’s intention to marry Lucrezia Pico; Ferrante replied he was reluctant to suggest a Neapolitan match for M as that might upset Carlo Manfredi, so he would leave the matter up to Milan: P Nasi to the Otto, 2 June 1481, Otto, Resp, 1, 298-9. Vespucci encloses a copy of the bull in favour of M: G A Vespucci to the Otto, 3 June 1481, Otto, Resp, 1, 304. D’Este sent Giovanni Manfredi to Faenza; this Manfredi reports that M has now been offered a Montefeltro bride with 12,000 ducats; Giovanni Bentivoglio had better improve his offer: E d’Este to G Bentivoglio, 4 June, Dallari, 56-7. M’s representative is leaving tomorrow well satisfied with his mission; Vespucci has been very useful to him: G A Vespucci to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 5 June 1481, MAP, 38, 204. To Antonio da Montecatini M said that he preferred the idea of the Pico marriage; Giovanni Bentivoglio was not really a signore and had offered a very small dowry; M felt insulted because Bentivoglio offered a larger dowry to Niccolò Rangoni; however, if the League would not let him marry who he wanted, he would marry the Bentivoglia providing her dowry was 4-5,000 ducats: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 5 June 1481, ASMo, cit. Lorenzo wants M to marry the Bentivoglia and leave him to settle the dowry; Antonio da Montecatini is leaving Ferrara today to discuss it further with M, calling at Bologna on the way; M has delayed terminating the pratica with Lucrezia Pico to avoid offending Riario just when his bull of investiture is due: E d’Este to G Bentivoglio, 6 June 1481, Dallari, 57. M has complained about his pay; he has received nothing from Naples and two-thirds of what Florence owes him; his enissary, Andrea, got no satisfaction in Florence; yet, he has to pay his census and his troops are clamouring for money: C Corbizzi to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 10 June 1481, MAP, 38, 214. The Otto direct Nasi again to press Ferrante to pay M’s condotta for fear he will leave the League: Otto to P Nasi, 14 June 1481, Min, 11, 341-2. In repsonse to Milanese pressure to pay the Manfredi and Gonzaga condotte, Ferrante asked why he should listen to others’ requests when no-one listened to his about the Sienese exiles, his allies will not help him against the Turks etc; Ferrante thinks it would be dangerous for M to marry at all, as Carlo Manfredi will become difficult to control as soon as he does; however, he leaves it to Milan, Ferrara and Lorenzo to think of a solution: T Ridolfi to the Otto, 15 June 1481, Otto, Resp, 1, 334; T Ridolfi to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 15 June 1481, Sig, X, VIII, 4, 47-8. M’s emissary says that M has heard from Rome that Ferrante will not pay him anything; Ridolfi and Ludovico Sforza have both assured him that Ferrante will pay once Otranto has been recovered, but M may well do something desperate: T Ridolfi to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 15 June 1481, Sig, X, VIII, 4, 47-8. Giovanni Bentivoglio is said to be ready to give 6-7,000 ducats cash as a dowry: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’E ste, 15 June 1481, ASMo, cit. Andrea da Faenza has now returned to Florence; M wants a dowry of 12,000 ducats and guarantees that Ferrante will pay what he owes: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 17 June 1481, AMO, cit. M has complained to Lorenzo that Giovanni Bentivoglio has failed to restore some of his provvisionati who fled to Castel Bolognese: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 19 June 1481, ASMo, cit. M insists on the 12,000 ducat dowry; Giovanni Bentivoglio will offer no more than 8,000: Antonio da Montefeltro to E d’Este, 22 June 1481, ASMo, cit. Ridolfi has suggested to Milan that M should discreetly be warned that he may have to be patient and wait for the Neapolitan share of his soldo until Ferrante’s expenses have decreased; the duke said he would pass this on to Nicodemo and get E d’Este, his relative, to tell him: T Ridolfi in Milan to the Otto, 27 June 1481, Otto, Resp, 1, 363-4. Florence has called out the militia and ordered her rectors to aid Faenza if asked; the militia has been called out in Church lands and the men-at-arms in the Marche could pose a serious threat to M, who is right to be alarmed: Otto to T Ridolfi, 30 June 1481, Min, 11, 257-8.

M’s visit to Lorenzo at Cafaggiuolo: Lettere, V, 248. At the same time trouble was breaking out in the Romagna because of Venetian aggressiveness towards Faenza, Carlo Manfredi’s claims, and Girolamo Riario’s imminent arrival; M’s secret visit to Florence was seen as related to this by one correspondent: Pier Andrea to G G Sforza, 2 July, ASMi, SPE, Romagna, 192. Lorenzo’s review of the meeting with M: Lorenzo de’ Medici to T Ridolfi, 3 July 1481, Lettere, V, 256. M’s meeting with Lorenzo at Cafaggiuolo: Francesco da Casate at Bologna to G G Sforza, 6 July 1481, ASMi, cit. Antonio de’ Medici’s mandate instructs him to recommend M to Ferrante at an appropriate moment: 7 July 1481, Sig, LC, 21, 25-8; Min, 11, 289. Milan is pleased with the Florentine decision to call out the militia: T Ridolfi to the Otto, 9 July 1481, Otto, Resp, 1, 370. Federico da Montefeltro sends M a sort of guarantee that Riario will not attempt anything against his state without his permission; Riario has confirmed that his trip to the Romagna is only to see his own lands: Federico da Montefeltro to G Manfredi, 11 July 1481, Otto, Resp, 1, 372-3. M replied that he had to be wary of Riario since his state lay between Forlì and Imola, but he relied on the League’s support; M absolutely rejected the idea of selling his state, which Federico implied by saying that Riario would do nothing against Faenza without M’s permission: G Manfredi to Federico da Montefeltro, 13 July 1481, Otto, Resp, 1, 373. In fact, Montefeltro’s agent, Francesco da Urbino, had sounded out M about selling Faenza and suggested that Cardinal Foscari was coming to negotiate this; M had firmly rejected this idea and said Federico was contradicting himself by assuring him of Riario’s good faith and then suggesting that he wanted Faenza; M said he did not fear Roberto Malatesta and Venice, as he trusted in the League’s defence; discussed idea of M marrying Federico’s daughter; M sent a copy of his reply to Federico, so that Milan can know all about it: A d’Appiano in Faenza to G G Sforza, 13 July 1481, Otto, Resp, 1, 372. M’s wariness of and defences against Riario in the Romagna; Lorenzo had written to him: Lorenzo de’ Medici to T Ridolfi in Milan, 14 July 1481, Lettere, VI, 14-15. Lorenzo attributes to Ercole d’Este the success of the Bentivoglio/Manfredi parentado: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 16 July 1481, ASMo, cit.

M wants his pay so that he can mobilise his troops; he has heard that Riario is paying his men in Forlì; Milan will pay up to last June and wants Florence to do the same: T Ridolfi to the Otto, 2 Aug 1481, Otto, Resp, 1, 410. Advice to M regarding Riario’s visit to the Romagna: Lorenzo de’ Medici to N Michelozzi, 5 Aug 1481, Lettere, VI, 33-4. M has sent Corbizzo Corbizzi to Lorenzo to discover what the dowry is and Gian Filippo Salarolo is coming from Bologna for the same purpose: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 7 Aug 1481, ASMo, cit. Corbizzi and Salarolo have been in Florence to hear about the dowry; Lorenzo has decided that the formal sum should be 10,000 ducats but that only 7,000 should be paid (3,000 now, 1,000 as the trousseau, 3,000 later): Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 10 Aug 1481, ASMo, cit. M’s chancellor, Napoleone, has arrived at Bologna to discuss the dowry and will take away 2,000 ducats: G F Salarolo to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 19 Aug 1481, MAP, 38, 295. Giovanni Bentivoglio is soon to ‘fare la festa del maritaggio del S di Faenza’: T Ridolfi to Otto, 5 Sept 1481, Otto, Resp, 1, 439. There is a rumour that M has agreed to give Carlo Manfredi 16,000 ducats p a provisione: G G Sforza to E d’Este, 29 Sept 1481, ASMi, SPE, Ferrara, 326. M informs Lorenzo that Roberto Malatesta has brought troops to S Giustina to escort Riario through M’s territory; Riario’s troops have been moving to Forlì and there is a rumour that he has called out the militia: G Manfredi to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 13 Oct 1481, MAP, 38, 344. A Venetian provveditore has been to Forlì and M is worried: G Manfredi to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 15 Oct 1481, MAP, 137, 448. Pier Filippo Pandolfini’s mandate as orator to Naples instructs him to ask Ferrante to look favourably on M and to pay his provisione so that he would not have to look elsewhere: 19 Oct 1481, ------. M has been persuaded by Giovanni Bentivoglio to pay 1,000 ducats a year provisione to Carlo Manfredi; pressure for this has come from Naples via Ludovico Sforza: E d’E ste to G Bentivoglio, 4 Nov 1481, Dallari, 61-2. The desire of Sixtus and Riario to implicate M, Bentivoglio and possibly Ercole d’ Este in the plot at Forlì: Lettere, VI, 89. On Riario’s behalf, Lorenzo Giustini has asked Ferrante what Riario should do about M’s enmity and asked him to send Carlo Manfredi to the Romagna; but he was then ordered by Rome to stop this intrigue, as the Venetians had taken offence, regarding M as their protégé; Giustini promptly left for Naples: P F Pandolfini in Naples to the Otto, 19 Dec 1481, Otto, Resp, 2, 116-17. The Otto regarded Giustini’s intrigue as important, since Faenza was important to the League and it was necessary to keep M on bad terms with Venice and on good ones with Sixtus: Otto to P F Pandolfini, 26 Dec 1481, Min, 12, 101-2. The Venetians are claiming that Riario is encouraging them against Ferrara in the hope that he can grab Faenza in the ensuing confusion: Ferrante to A Arcamone, 27 Dec 1481, Otto, Resp, 2, 137-8. Giovanni Bentivoglio’s chancellor has reported what Lorenzo said about Riario’ s interest in an impresa against Faenza; Bentivoglio will have Gian Filippo Salarolo join the other ambassadors in making representations to Ferrante about this: G Bentivoglio to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 28 Dec 1481, MAP, 38, 380.

The duke is pleased that Florence agrees to stand by Faenza: T Ridolfi to the Otto, 2 Jan 1482, Otto, Resp, 2, 145-6. M’s representative had an audience with Sixtus, who reprimanded him for his disobedience, but pardoned him: G Tornabuoni in Rome to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 5 Jan 1482, MAP, 38, 69. With his troops, M was mentioned in the instructions to Lorenzo de’ Medici prior to the diet at Cremona: 10/11 Feb 1483, Lettere, VII, 502-3. The captain of Castrocaro is to prepare 100 infantry and place them at M’s disposal when he asks for them: Otto to Antonio del Vigna, captain of Castrocaro, 2 Mar 1482, Otto, Miss, 2, 69. M’s chancellor claims that Naples owes M 12,000 ducats and wanted Bernardo Rucellai to have it paid out of the money Florence owed Alfonso d’Aragona, but Rucellai replied he could not do this: B Rucellai at Milan to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 6 Mar 1482, MAP, 51, 137. M is now about to go over to Sixtus despite lack of pay and Riario’s blandishments: G Manfredi to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 30 Mar 1482, Messeri, Galeotto Manfredi, 101-2. Ludovico Sforza wants Florence to send money and infantry to M: B Rucellai to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 30 Apr 1482, MAP, 51, 130.

Milan advises Florence to try to keep M happy, just as Milan is doing: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 1 May 1482, ASMo, cit. M sent 200 infantry and sixty elmetti to Ercole d’Este: 3 May 1482, Caleffini, 281. Is still owed 5,000 ducats from his old condotta with Milan and has not yet received his prestanza from them for new one: Otto to B Rucellai, 8 May 1482, Min, 12, 251-2. M is returning to Faenza, to defend it against Roberto Malatesta: 13 May 1482, Caleffini, 290. Florence gave M infantry to guard Russi: Otto to B Rucellai, 28 May 1482, Min, 12, 274-5. The Dieci are worried that M may feel abandoned: mandate to L Alamanni, 29 May 1482, Min, 12, 279. Says he cannot billet any Florentine troops at the moment and suggests that Costanzo Sforza’s men go to the Bolognese or Ferrarese: L Alamanni at Castrocaro to the Otto, 6 June 1482, Otto, Resp, 2, 390. Refused to receive Costanzo and his troops in Faenza; the Florentines do not think they can pressure M on this: Otto to C Sforza, 6 June 1482, Min, 12, 305. M did not want to receive them during harvest; complains that his terms with the League are not being observed, particularly by Ferrante: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 7 June 1482, ASMo, cit. The Otto agree to pay the Neapolitan share of M’s prestanza from a contribution to Alfonso d’Aragona’s condotta: Otto to B Rucellai, 27 July 1482, Min, 12, 436-8. Branda Castiglioni believes that M may be lost to the League if his prestanza is not paid; Antonello Petrucci says that some of it has been paid in Florence against Alfonso d’Aragona’s credit: B Castiglioni to G G Sforza, 9 Aug 1482, ASMi, SPE, Napoli, 240. Trouble between M and Antonio [da Montefeltro?]: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 15 Aug 1482, ASMo, ASE, ambasciatori, Firenze, 3. Says that if Giovanni Bentivoglio does not go to Ferrara, he will not go either: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 23 Aug 1482, ASMo, cit. Alfonso d’A ragona is prepared to sacrifice M to Riario, who wants Faenza, because of M’s vacillating attitude in the Forlì impresa: F Gaddi in Naples to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 5 Sept 1482, Sig, X, VIII, 63, 147. Naples believes M is revealing the League’s plans to the enemy, or possibly saying this to encourage Lorenzo to abandon him: F Gaddi to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 11 Sept 1482, Sig, X, VIII, 63, 147-9. Is advising against attack on Imola: Z Saggi to F Gonzaga, 14 Sept 1482, ASMa, AG, 1627. Ferrante agrees with the League ambassadors, who say that the League cannot abandon M and let Riario have Faenza: League ambassadors in Naples, 14 Sept 1482, ASMi, SPE, Napoli, 240. Following the death of Roberto Malatesta, Naples decides to stop negoiations with Riario regarding Faenza: F Gaddi to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 16 Sept 1482, Sig, X, VIII, 63, 149-50. M suggests the next impresa should be against Forlì; the Dieci are ready to accept his opinion, though they feel Imola is possibly an easier target: Dieci to B Gianfigliazzi, 5 Oct 1482, Dieci, LC, 5, 77-80. M heard of negotiations that were going on in Naples, but his ambassador there has been reassured: F Gaddi to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 9 Oct 1482, Sig, X, VIII, 63, 164-5. Ercole d’Este asked M to send two squadrons and 100 infantry to Argenta: E d’Este to G Bentivoglio, 12 Oct 1482, Dallari, 289. Has been ordered by Milan to go to Ferrara and obey Ercole: G G Sforza to B Castiglioni, 12(?) Oct 1482, ASMi, cit. The Dieci want to get M into action: Dieci to B Rucellai, 17 Oct 1482, Dieci, LC, 5, 85-6. M says he cannot send the troops for which Ercole asked; various excuses: E d’Este to Antonio da Montecatini, 19 Oct 1482, ASMo, cit. Ferrante promises to do something about money he owes M: F Gaddi to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 22 Oct 1482, Sig, X, VIII, 63, 168-72. Ercole has asked M to send at least one squadron to Fusignano: E d’E ste to Antonio da Montecatini, 29 Oct 1482, ASMo, cit. The Dieci agree to E d’Este’s request to ask M to send at least one squadron to Fusignano: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 2 Nov 1482, ASMo, cit. The Dieci will write to M and ask him to help Ercole with troops; at least he should send the squadron requested by Ercole: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 7 Nov 1482, ASMo, cit. M says will send half the troops wherever the Dieci and Lorenzo require; they can move as soon as Florence sends money; the Dieci say they will send it tomorrow: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 8 Nov 1482, ASMo, cit.

M’s envoy in Naples has asked Florence, Milan and Ferrante to nominate him as an ‘ adherente, recommandato et colligato’ to avoid falling within the terms of the clause about rebels against the pope; Ferrante says Anello Arcamone reports that Sixtus would not object: B Castiglioni to G G Sforza, 15 Jan 1483, ASMi, SPE, Napoli, 241. M expressed his fears to Sigismondo della Stufa about the clause allowing the pope to punish his vicars freely; M feels the League has not protected him as it should; Sixtus has given two benefices in Faenza to an enemy of M, an associate of Girolamo Riario; M does not like the Venetians, but would yield to the Turk to escape Riario; is sending his envoy Fra Silvestro to Lorenzo (or perhaps to the Dieci): S della Stufa to the Dieci, 17 Jan 1483, Dieci, Resp, 26, 49. The Dieci are concerned at M’s anxiety regarding the said clause and think the League must offer him protection and get a pardon for him from Sixtus: Dieci to P Capponi, 19 Jan 1483, Dieci, LC, 5, 198-200. M is sending copies of Sigismondo della Stufa’s letter regarding M to the Florentine ambassadors at Naples, Milan and Ferrara so that the allies can consult: Dieci to B Rucellai, 19 Jan 1483, Dieci, LC, 5, 48. Is reported to have sent a man to Venice; Ferrante supports the proposal that Florence should send to M to assure him of the League’s protection as he renews his condotta; Ferrante is prepared to use Carlo Manfredi against him if need be: B Castiglioni to G G Sforza, 2 Feb 1483, ASMi, cit. Pier Filippo Pandolfini is instructed to obtain a guarantee of security for M when negotiating a new league: mandate to P F Pandolfini, 2 Feb 1483, ------. The Florentine ambassador in Naples is helping M’s ambassador to put his demands to Ferrante: B Castiglioni to G G Sforza, 14 Feb 1483, ASMi, cit. M insists that he must have back pay for his old condotta before he agrees to a new one; if this is not paid, he will have to accept Venetian offers: B Castiglioni to G G Sforza, 15 Feb 1483, ASMi, Napoli, 241. There have been reports from Bologna that M is well disposed towards the League, but Milan is afraid this may change unless Ferrante pays him: G G Sforza to B Castiglioni, 15 Feb 1483, ASMi, cit. The Dieci will not pay M until they hear what Lorenzo has arranged with him: Dieci to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 17 Feb 1483, MAP, 38, 399. The Dieci instruct Pandolfini to complain to Sixtus about his refusal to guarantee that he will not give benefices in Faenza to enemies of M: Dieci to P F Pandolfini, 21 Feb 1483, ------. As Lorenzo suggested, the Dieci spoke on behalf of M to Marino Tomacelli; they do not think M’s importance is sufficiently appreciated in Rome and have written to Pandolfini about this again: Dieci to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 28 Feb 1483, ------.

The diet at Cremona decided that M’s condotta be renewed and that Sixtus was to accept him into the League despite the clause about being free to chastise vicars: Dieci to P F Pandolfini, (14-20?) Mar 1483, Dieci, LC, 5, 140-1. Yesterday M met Lorenzo in the Mugello; he is very discontented and threatens to go over to the enemy if he is not satisfied within fifteen days: Dieci to P F Pandolfini, 21 Mar 1483, Dieci, LC, 5, 141-2. Ferrante has instructed Anello Arcamone to pay Sixtus 3,000 ducats for Faenza’s census, though M’s ambassador says only 2,000 ducats is owed: B Castiglioni to G G Sforza, 25 Mar 1483, ASMi, cit. M has sent a letter to Florence indicating that he is ready to go over to the enemy: Dieci to B Rucellai, 31 Mar 1483, Dieci, LC, 5, 54-7. Has also sent Fra Silvestro and Antonio Paganucci to Florence: Dieci to P F Pandolfini, 24 Apr 1483, Dieci, LC, 5, 152-3. Has imprisoned Lorenzo di Dietisalvi Neroni, a Florentine exile, for spying for Venice: 17 June 1483, Caleffini, 105. M had seemed to be settled on the League side, but now Milanese revocation of the commission to pay him has unsettled everything again; Florence is very critical of this Milanese action: Dieci to B Rucellai, 10 July 1483, Dieci, LC, 5, 463-4. Sixtus has urged Florence to pay M, but the Dieci say Florence has already paid him all they owe: Dieci to G A Vespucci, 20 Sept 1483, Dieci, LC, 5, 431-4. A guarantee for M is one of Florence’s essential requirements for peace: Otto to B Buongirolami, 24 Mar 1484, Otto, LC, 3, 36-8. M is sure that Luffo Numai has gone to Venice to intrigue against him: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 3 Apr 1484, ASMo, cit.

M refuses to help Ercole d’E ste with two squadrons as he has not been paid by Milan or Ferrante: Otto to B Buongirolami, 18 June 1484, Otto, LC, 3, 78-80. M’s security is crucial, given the fact that Faenza is one of the gates of Florence: mandate to P F Pandolfini for the Bagnolo negotiations, 3 Aug 1484, Sig, LC, 21, 62. The Dieci’s great concern is that M not be molested; Alfonso d’Aragona and Ludovico Sforza suggest that he be entered in the new league as a raccomandato, as he was in the previous one: 9 Aug 1484, Dieci, Resp, 32, 21. Antonio Boscoli is sent to M as a mandatory: 20 Aug 1484, Dieci, Delib, 24, 53. Carlo Borromei promised M 3,000 ducats on behalf of Ferrante: 3 Sept 1484, Acq e Doni, 352, 103. His mandatory in Rome is seeking permission for M to be able to attack Girolamo Riario: 25 Sept 1484, MAP, 39, 337. M wants to use Guidantonio Vespucci to engineer a marriage between one of his illegitimate sons and a granddaughter of Pope Innocent: 25 Sept 1484, MAP, 39, 337. Antonio Boscoli is sent to him again regarding the request for military aid: 29 Sept 1484, Dieci, Delib, 24, 58. Nominated as collegato and aderente of Milan: 4 Oct 1484, Libri commemoriali, V, 289. Sent men-at-arms and infantry to help Florence: 10 Oct 1484, Dieci, Miss, 21, 58. Ludovico Sforza’s debt to him for his salary: 13 Nov 1484, Dieci, Miss, 22, 2. One of Florence’s raccomandati: Sig Miss 1a Canc, 49, 157. The Otto justify to him the Florentine seizure of silk belonging to Genoa: 9 Dec 1484, Otto, Miss, 4, 57-9. Sends his chancellor Napoleone to Florence to collect money: 15 Jan 1485, Dieci, Resp, 30, 160. Under the Milan-Naples deal, he will be hired by Florence: 19 Jan 1485, Dieci, Resp, 30, 194. Complains to Lorenzo regarding Giovanni Bentivoglio scheming against his stato and person: G Manfredi to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 9 Apr 1485, MAP, 26, 348. Tommaso da Castrocaro is going to Faenza for the baptism of M’s son Astorre; Lorenzo’s suggestion for a present for M’s wife: Lorenzo de’ Medici to N Michelozzi, 19 Apr 1485, Lettere, VIII, 171. Ludovico Sforza has been trying to persuade the Otto to induce M to expel Anton Maria Ordelaffi, as he is a source of fear and suspicion to Girolamo Riario; M answers that Riario is sheltering rebels and enemies of his: 4 May 1485, Otto, Miss, 3, 132-3. The Otto tell M of a plot by Ordelaffi against Riario; they urge Milan to tell Riario to stop harbouring M’s rebels, but also urge M to expel Ordelaffi: 5 May 1485, Otto, Miss, 4, 66-7. M’s representative to Lorenzo is Vandino de’ Vandini: 9 May 1485, MAP, 26, 370. Recommends Lorenzo da Colle for a post in the Florentine Studio: 12 May 1485, MAP, 26, 372. The Otto report to him Ludovico Sforza’s grievances against him harbouring Anton Maria Ordelaffi, so angering Riario; they are angry that Innocent and Riario have got involved in this private but serious affair; the Otto urge M to stop occupying Forlivese territory and digging up the road between Imola and Faenza to impede Riario; if M has grievances against Riario (e g harbouring Faentine banditi) Florence will get Milan to pressure Riario to expel the banditi; Napoleone is M’s ambassador in Florence: 4 May 1485, Otto, Miss, 3, 132-3; 7 June 1485(?), Otto, Miss, 4, 64-5. Lorenzo had written to Giovanni Lanfredini on 5 Aug regarding M’s wish to be paid the rest of what was owed him: 12 Aug 1485, G Lanfredini, Copialettere, BNF, II, V, 18. M asks Lorenzo for his argenti back; he will employ his chancellor Girolamo to do this: 27 Nov 1485, MAP, 26, 488. Tells Lorenzo that he will dispatch two squadre once cash has been sent: 8 Jan 1486, MAP, 39, 432. Seeks release with his two squadre from obligation to the League: 18 May 1486, Dieci, Miss, 6, 52-4. His condotta with Florence: 7 June 1486, Dieci, Delib, 30, 123-5. Florence hires him for three years at 10,000 ducats p a to stop him being hired by Innocent or Venice: 9 June 1486, Otto, Miss, 5, 8. Had Innocent or Venice hired him Florence would have had to withdraw her forces from the impresa so as to defend against an attack from that quarter: 21 June 1486, Otto, Miss, 5, 14. Sforza’s debt to M: Dieci, Miss, 6, 74-5, 22 Aug 1486.

Bibliog: A Messeri, Galeotto Manfredi, signore di Faenza, Faenza, 1904

 

Manfredi, Guidaccio di Taddeo (Giacomo) d. post-1499

Ref: Has been to see Antonio da Montecatini in Florence; he will be welcome in Ferrara with his troops, but he should get as much prestanza as he can from the Venetians first: E d’Este to Antonio da Montecatini, 25 July 1483, ASMo, ASE, ambasciatori, Firenze, 3. A son of T Manfredi has gone to Bologna: E d’Este to Antonio da Montecatini, 27 Aug 1483, ASMo, cit. Made a failed attempt on Imola: 1 Jan 1486, Dieci, Resp, 33, 139.

 

Manfredi, Ottaviano di Carlo 1472-1500

Ref: Girolamo Riario’s plot to return him and his partisans to Faenza; Riario is offering him one of his daughters in marriage: Dieci, Resp, 33, 400.

 

Manfredi, Taddeo di Guidantonio 1431-c. 1486

Career: Succeeded his father as signore of Imola in 1448; m Marsobilia Pio. Imola became Girolamo Riario’s base in the Romagna after M sold it for 40,000 ducats in 1473. His later years were spent in relative want and with no fixed abode.

Refs: Has asked to be recommended to Bona Sforza; since he could well be useful to Florence, Pandolfini should do so: Otto to P F Pandolfini in Milan, 13 May 1480, Sig, X, VIII, 10, 207-8. The Florentines applaud Milan’s actions over M, in response to their requests: F Sacramoro to Bona and G G Sforza, 24 May 1480, ASMi, SPE, Firenze, 299. In their instructions to Tommaso Ridolfi, Florentine ambassador to Milan, the Otto mention M as one of the people he should visit there: instructions to T Ridolfi, 3 July 1480, Missive originali, I, 28-9; Lettere, V, 253-9; cf Otto to T Ridolfi, 3 July 1480, Sig, Miss 1a Canc, 48, 226-7. M is still in Florence seeking help, and has high hopes: F Sacramoro to Bona and G G Sforza, 16 July 1480, ASMi, SPE, Firenze, 300. Girolamo Riario told the Bolognese ambassador that he resented Bologna’s harbouring of M: Milanese orators, 24 Jan 1481, ASMi, SPE, Roma, 87. Has been ordered to leave Bologna with his men: G F Salarolo to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 7 Feb 1481, MAP, 26, 297. Francesco da Casate has had the eight-day time limit extended and M’s son Sigismondo has gone to Florence to seek asylum there: Franceco da Casate in Bologna to G G Sforza, 18 Feb 1481, ASMi, SPE, Romagna, 191. M left Bologna encouraged by his son’s reception in Florence: Francesco da Casate to G G Sforza, 26 Feb 1481, ASMi, cit. Gian Galeazzo Sforza will have heard that M is in considerable difficulties and the suspicions which surround him and his children grow daily; he has been faithful to ‘us’ and may some day be useful, so ‘we’ recommend him to the duke and ask him to look after him: Otto to T Ridolfi in Milan, 3 Mar 1481, Min, 11, 133-5. Arrived in Florence seeking shelter and alms; is in hospital: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 3 Mar 1481, ASMo, ASE, ambasciatori, Firenze, 2. Has left for Milan: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 8 Mar 1481, ASMo, cit. Tommaso Ridolfi again recommended M to Ludovico Sforza: T Ridolfi to the Otto, 10 Apr 1481, Otto, Resp, 1, 133. Ridolfi complained that a safe-conduct had still not been issued for M: T Ridolfi to the Otto, 17 Apr 1481, Otto, Resp, 1, 156.

M asked for an audience with Gian Galeazzo Sforza, but the duke asked for the orators’ advice, as Sixtus had sent him away from Bologna; the Neapolitan orator said Duke Galeazzo Maria’s promises to M should be honoured and that he should be given every consideration, particularly in view of M’s help to the league in 1467; Tommaso Ridolfi and the Ferrarese orator agreed: T Ridolfi to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 22 May 1481, MAP, 48, 76. M has been given billets at Vercelli and promised support for the time being; M regards this as a sort of imprisonment; he is very discontented and would rather go to Tuscany; the duke has assured him he can go wherever he wants, but he probably cannot afford to give up this minimal support; perhaps Florence should write again on his behalf: T Ridolfi to the Otto, 24 May 1481, Otto, Resp, 1, 261. Milan is falling over backwards not to offend anyone over M; Ludovico feels M is not very reliable, so Ridolfi does not know what can be done for him: T Ridolfi to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 24 May 1481, MAP, 48, 79. It seems that M will accept the offer and go to Vercelli: T Ridolfi to the Otto, 26 May 1481, Otto, Resp, 1, 273. The Otto are disappointed at Milan’s reception of M, as they feel he deserved better; Ridolfi is to do anything he can for him: Otto to T Ridolfi, early June 1481, Min, 11, 329-30. Ridolfi is doing what he can: T Ridolfi to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 4 June 1481, Sig, X, VIII, 4, 43-4. Ridolfi is trying to help M and advising him to accept his situation for the time being, but it is very difficult: T Ridolfi to the Otto, 4 June 1481, Sig, X, VIII, 4, 43-4. M is outside the walls of Milan; it has been agreed he is to have 300 ducats p a, which seems ridiculously little: T Ridolfi to the Otto, 7 June 1481, Otto, Resp, 1, 312. M is complaining bitterly; Milan is keeping him outside the city like a rebel, offering him only 300 ducats p a and billets in a strange place, instead of the 4,000 ducats he is owed; Ridolfi has been able to do nothing for him; still, Florence sent him here and Ridolfi will remain faithful to him: T Manfredi to the Otto, 9 June 1481, Otto, Resp, 1, 317. The Otto repeat that 300 ducats p a is too little: Otto to T Ridolfi, (15?) June 1481, Min, 11, 338-9. M is now to go to Colornio in the Parmigiana, one of Roberto di Sanseverino’s castles, but there is no change in his provisione: T Ridolfi to the Otto, 23 June 1481, Otto, Resp, 1, 357. The Otto order Ridolfi to intercede again for M, who has asked for favours from them and complained that he had been badly treated; they agree, as M has served ‘us’ well and can still be useful in the future: Otto to T Ridolfi, 18 Sept 1481, Miss 1a Canc, 48, 197. Ridolfi’s efforts to obtain more than 300 ducats for M have had no success; he may soon leave Milan and go to Florence: T Ridolfi to the Otto, 31 Oct 1481, Otto, Resp, 2, 34-5.

Federico da Montefeltro had suggested that the Ordelaffi be restored to Forlì and M likewise to Imola to create trouble for Girolamo Riario in the Romagna: P F Pandolfini to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 25 Mar 1482, MAP, 51, 96. Ludovico Sforza wants to try to restore M to Imola: Z Saggi to F Gonzaga, 13 June 1482, ASMa, AG, 1627. Reference to M in the peace beween Sixtus and the League, 12 Dec 1482: Lettere, VII, 491-2. M is said to have gone over to the Venetians: B Rucellai in Milan to the Dieci, 17 Apr 1483, Dieci, Resp, 27, 263. The Dieci are sorry to hear that M has gone over to the Venetians: Dieci to B Rucellai, 21 Apr 1483, Dieci, LC, 5, 61-4. He is being sent to lodge near Ravenna: 13 June 1483, ASV, Sen Terra, 9 12.

 

Mangieri, Domenico

Ref: Piero Capponi’ s chancellor: 11 July 1486, Dieci, Miss, 7, 69-70.

 

Mannelli, Alessandro

Ref: Reports to Lorenzo from Lyon on politics and finance: 30 Jan 1485, MAP, 39, 73.

 

Mannelli, Carlo

Ref: Is trying to block the reservation of a benefice [almost certainly Passignano] by Giovanni Tornabuoni and Lorenzo de’ Medici: 22 Jan 1485, MAP, 39, 69.

 

Mannelli, Guido di Francesco 1434/5-1499

Career: m (1) Francesca di Tolosino de’ Medici, (2) Bartolomea Cavalcanti. Together with Lorenzo de’ Medici and others, formed a company in 1484 to exploit the new alum mines in Campiglia. Emissary to Genoa, 1484-5. Captain of Livorno, Apr-Aug 1499.

Refs: Sent with Niccolò Martelli on a mission to overthrow the regime of Paolo Fregoso in Genoa and restore Battista Fregoso; has already handled most of the pratica: 22 Nov 1484, Dieci, Delib, 24, 67. Sent to join Battista Fregoso and the Spinola: 16 Dec 1484, Dieci, Delib, 24, 83-4. Florentine commissioner in the camp: 23 Dec 1484, Otto, Miss, 3, 108-9. Commissioner in Serravalle: 2 Jan 1485, Dieci, Resp, 30, 12. Involved in the deposit of 6,000 ducats: Lorenzo de’ Medici to B Rucellai, 4 Feb 1485, MAP, 48, 285. M asks Lorenzo for instructions: 11 Feb 1485, MAP, 39, 84. Difficulties put in the way of the Genoese impresa both by the Milanese and by representatives of Naples; the 6,000 ducats is to be used to pay an unnamed friend: 25 Feb 1485, MAP, 48, 294. M’s letter to Lorenzo and the Otto’s reply: 27 Feb 1485, Otto, Miss, 3, 119-20. The Dieci’s instructions to him regarding reaching agreement with the Genoese; three partiti proposed: 8 Apr 1485, Dieci, Resp, 34, 10. The Dieci are sending him to Rome to negotiate privately regarding an accord with the Genoese: 29 Apr 1485, Dieci, Resp, 34, 73. Has a Roman contact with things to say regarding the Sienese exiles’ plot: 9 May 1485, MAP, 26, 369.

 

Mannelli, Jacopo

Ref: Has a papal brief sent by Innocent to the Signoria regarding the affair of Domenico Ottavanti: 26 Nov 1484, MAP, 39, 412.

 

Mannelli, Melo

Ref: An interested party in the Passignano affair: 12 Mar 1485, MAP, 39, 103.

 

Manni, Girolamo di Manno, da Cantiana

Refs: An envoy from Federico da Montefeltro to Florence: Otto to B Gianfigliazzi, 1 June 1482, Min, 12, 291. Has been conducting negotiations with Agostino Fregoso, on instructions from Ottaviano Ubaldini, and has reached an agreement that the Florentines are prepared to accept: Otto to O Ubaldini, 5 Apr 1484, Otto, LC, 4, 14-16. Agostino Fregoso is apparently trying to change the terms agreed with M; the Florentines cannot accept this: Otto to G Manni, 21 Apr 1484, Otto, LC, 4, 18-19. A representative of Ranuccio Farnese: 14 Aug 1484, Otto, Miss, 3, 91. A representative of Guidantonio da Montefeltro in Florence: 8 Mar 1485, Dieci, Miss, I, 23, 62. An envoy of Guidantonio da Montefeltro witnessing the Orsini condotta: 2 Nov 1485, Dieci, Delib, 30, 118.

 

Manolesso, Giovanni

Refs: A Venetian commanding part of their river fleet, May 1482: Sanudo, Vite dei dogi, I, 244. Captain of the barche; ordered to leave Venice tonight: 2 May 1482, ASV, Sen Terra, 8, 148.

 

Mantegna, Andrea c. 1431-1505

Career: Painter who was based in Mantua from 1459, serving the marchesi Ludovico, Federico and Francesco Gonzaga. Worked for Innocent VIII in Rome, 1488-90.

Refs: During his two-day visit to Mantua, prior to the diet at Cremona, Lorenzo visited M’s studio: Francesco Gonzaga to Federico Gonzaga, 23 Feb 1483, ASMa, AG, 2105, filza 4. Requests employment of Lorenzo: 26 Aug 1484, MAP, 39, 298.

 

Maraschi, Bartolomeo d. 1487

Career: Bishop of Città di Castello, 1474-87.

Refs: As Guido de’ Rossi has now openly rebelled, Milan wants Sixtus to send M to Guido Torelli, as he had decided to do: G G Sforza to B Castiglioni, 13 Jan 1483, ASMi, SPE, Napoli, 241. Is at Ferrara; has instructions from Sixtus to go to Guido Torelli and try to make peace: Eleonora d’Aragona to Antonio da Montecatini, 30 Jan 1483, ASMo, ASE, ambasciatori, Firenze, 3. Papal envoy negotiating with Ludovico and Ascanio Sforza, Francesco Secco (for Guido Torelli) and Francesco di Federico Gonzaga regarding an agreement with Torelli: E Malatesta to Federico Gonzaga, 20 Feb 1483, Secco d’A ragona, Giornale, 325. Arrived in Genoa by 28 Feb: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 3 Mar 1483, ASMo, cit. Has told the Florentines that Venice does not think much of the League’s fleets and says that Ferrante does not want expenditure; has passed through Florence in a great hurry on his way to Rome, to discuss Genoa with Sixtus: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 8 Apr 1483, ASMo, cit. Has reported in Rome: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’E ste, 17 Apr 1483, ASMo, cit. Sent to the German princes about the wedding of the archduke of Austria: G A Vespucci to the Dieci, 23 May 1483, Dieci, Resp, 27, 357-8. Has been in Milan; paid a formal visit to and blessed the duke, as Sixtus desired: Z Saggi to F Gonzaga, 8 July 1483, ASMa, AG, 1628. Put in charge of the papal palace guard: 25 Aug 1484, MAP, 39, 555.

 

Marcello, Jacopo di Cristoforo d. 1484

Ref: Brought the Venetian fleet from Corfu to attack the Neapolitan coast; entered port of Gallipoli on 18 Mar 1484; killed in the assault on the town: Sanudo, Vite dei dogi, II, 456.

 

Marchese, Francesco

Refs: Genoese envoy to Milan: G G Sforza to F Sacramoro, 22 Jan 1481, ASMi, SPE, Firenze, 302. His instructions, especially concerning Sarzana: Doge and councillors of Genoa to F Marchese, 24 Jan 1481, ASG, Arch Seg, 1804, 13-14.

 

Marchesi

Refs: Architects who once served Girolamo Riario but are now providing the Dieci with a model of how to reinforce the town and citadel of Pietrasanta: 14 Mar 1485, Dieci, Resp, 30, 477.

 

Marchetti, Antonio

Refs: The Pistoiese governor of Giuliano della Rovere’s three abbeys in the kingdom of Naples; Ferrante proposes using him as an intermediary in the peace negotiations: F Gaddi in Naples to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 7 Oct 1482, Sig, X, VIII, 63, 162-4. It has been decided not to send him because the Spanish ambassadors are going to Rome: F Gaddi to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 9 Oct 1482, Sig, X, VIII, 63, 164.

 

Marco da Bologna

Ref: Possibly connected with the Medici estate at Poggio a Caiano: Lorenzo de’ Medici to Clarice Orsini de’ Medici, 18 Sept 1480, Lettere, V, 62.

 

Marco, Giovanni

Ref: Lucchese ambassador to Milan: 4 Sept 1484, Dieci, Resp, 32, 120.

 

Margarit y Pau, Joan, cardinal d. 1484

Career: Chancellor of Aragon; bishop of Elne, 1453-61; bishop of Gerona, 1461-84; Spanish ambassador in Italy; cardinal, 1483.

Refs: M, as Ferdinand of Aragon’s ambassador, sought to persuade Venice to join an anti-Turkish league: T Ridolfi to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 9 June 1481, Sig, X, VIII, 4, 45. He and the other Spanish ambassador, Bartolomeo Verino, want to leave Naples for Rome; Ferrante, on the advice of League ambassadors, asked them to stay until those orators have replies from their governments about this Spanish mission: B Castiglioni to G G Sforza, 20 Aug 1482, ASMi, SPE, Napoli, 240. Formally asked Ferrante to let them get on with their mission or put them in prison, to make it clear that they were staying against their will: B Castiglioni to G G Sforza, 22 Aug 1482, ASMi, cit. They are leaving tomorrow for Rome: B Castiglioni to G G Sforza, 18 Oct 1482, ASMi, cit. Arrived Rome on Saturday; M gave a long oration today about peace: Cardinal Gonzaga to F Gonzaga, 30 Oct 1482, ASMa, AG, 846. One of the Spanish ambassadors in Rome for the peace negotiations: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 7 Nov 1482, ASMo, ASE, ambasciatori, Firenze, 3. A dangerous man because he favours the interests of Naples: 8 Nov 1482, ASV, Sen Secr, 30, 145-6. It is said he will be made a cardinal: L Lanti in Rome to the Balia of Siena, 12 Nov 1482, ASS, Balia, 506, 40. Mentioned in the text of the peace treaty between Sixtus and the League, 12 Dec 1482: Lettere, VII, 481, 486-8, 498. Gave a decision very favourable to Sixtus when asked to adjudicate about Città di Castello, presuambly because he wants a cardinal’s hat: P F Pandolfini to the Dieci, 25 Mar 1483, Dieci, Resp, 27, 186-7. With Bartolomeo Verino, was given a good welcome in Venice: 21 Apr 1483, ASV, Sen Secr, 31, 12-13. One of Alfonso d’Aragona and Ludovico Sforza’s candidates for the papacy: 21 Aug 1484, MAP, 39, 292. Among those cardinals favoured by the League, he is one of the four favourites: 22 Aug 1484, Dieci, Resp, 32, 60. Rising in the papal stakes: 25 Aug 1484, MAP, 55, 38. Rodrigo Borgia backed his candidacy for a while: 29 Aug 1484, MAP, 39, 302. Innocent has conferred S Stefano in Pace on M, who was one of his main backers in the conclave: 9 Sept 1484, MAP, 39, 319. Legate in Campania: 22 Sept 1484, ASMi, SPE, Roma, 96. His death today: 21 Nov 1484, Dieci, Resp, 32, 409.

Bibliog: R B Tate, Joan Margariti i Pau, cardinal-bishop of Gerona, Manchester, 1955

 

Mariano

Ref: Galley proprietor or captain: Lorenzo de’ Medici to N Michelozzi, 7 June 1485, Lettere, VIII, 220.

 

Mariano da Montealto

Ref: Recommendation for M, a friend: Lorenzo de’ Medici to the Balia of Siena, 25 June 1484, Lettere, VII, 413.

 

Mariano da Prato

Ref: Alfonso d’Aragona’s emissary in Urbino: 19 Apr 1486, Otto, Miss, 4, 182-3.

 

Mariano da Settignano

Ref: Debtor of Giulio Cesare da Vaiano: 13 Apr 1486, Otto, Miss, 4, 172-3.

 

Mariceta, Francesco

Ref: Opponent of the Sienese regime whose sentence was reduced from confinement to Pistoia to living within ten miles of Siena: 19 May 1486, MAP, 39, 506.

 

Marigliano, count of, see Carafa, Alberico

 

Marinari, Tommaso

Ref: Sends household objects to Clarice Orsini: MAP, 40, 335.

 

Marino da Formia

Refs: Arrived in Rome this evening on his way to Siena as orator: Milanese orators to G G Sforza, 30 July 1481, ASMI, SPE, Roma, 89. Ludovico Sforza is pleased at the Otto’s decision to send Antonio Braccesi to Siena, as it would coincide with the arrival of M, who may be able to sort things out: T Ridolfi at Milan to the Otto, 26 Aug 1481, Otto, Resp, 1, 427. Described as a ‘gentilhomo napolitano exercitato in officio, assai prudente et de bona conditione et fama …’: M Trotti to G G Sforza, 27 Aug 1481, ASMi, SPE, Napoli, 234. Ferrante intends to send to M his giudizio on the towns disputed by Florence and Siena: P F Pandolfini in Naples to the Otto, 5 Dec 1481, Otto, Resp, 2, 89. The Sienese wanted to send an ambassador to Venice, but M persuaded them to reverse this decision: P F Pandolfini to the Otto, 24 Dec 1481, Otto, Resp, 2, 124-5. Jacopo Tolomei and M have written to Marino Tomacelli in Florence suggesting a delay over the restitution of the towns: Otto P F Pandolfini, 26 Dec 1481, Min, 12, 101-2. The Otto send a complaint about the Sienese: Otto to Marino da Formia in Siena, 13 Jan 1482, Otto, Miss, 2, 39. When Marino Tomacelli goes to Siena to publish the giudizio, he is to do this with Jacopo Tolomei and ‘Tommaso’ da Formia: Ferrante to M Tomacelli, 24 Jan 1482, Otto, Resp, 2, 194. Tomacelli is going to Siena this morning and then to S Fiora with M to pronounce the giudizio; however, there is no mention of him being present when the giudizio was read: Otto to B Gianfigliazzi in Ferrara, 1 Feb 1482, Min, 12, 127. M and Tolomei wrote to Naples from Siena on 18 Feb; they had a letter from Sixtus encouraging them to join him and refuse the restitution: P F Pandolfini to the Otto, 25 Feb 1482, Otto, Resp, 2, 286-7.

 

Mariotto, maestro

Ref: Medici family doctor: Lettere, IX, 392.

 

Mariotto Giovanni di Firenze

Ref: At the request of Lorenzo de’ Medici, the sale of Sienese salt to M was annulled; the bulk of the sale money is paid back to Pierozzo da Vespignano, Lorenzo’s mandatory: 19-21 May 1485, ASS, Balia, 33, 84.

 

Mariotto di ser Maccani da Montepulciano

Ref: Infantry commander for the Florentines: 20 Sept 1484, Dieci, Resp., 32, 194.

 

Mariotto da Pistoia

Ref: Infantry constable employed by Florence: 21 Jan 1485, Dieci, Resp, 30, 227.

 

Mariotto da San Casciano

Ref: Cavallaro for the Otto: 7 Aug 1484, Otto, Miss, 3, 85. Cavallaro of the Signoria, Dec 1485: Prot, 339.

 

Mariscotti, Achille d. 1485

Career: Of Bologna; bishop of Cervia, 1475-85.

Refs: Witness to the peace treaty between Sixtus and the League, 12 Dec 1482: Lettere, VII, 498. Is being sent with Guidantonio Arcimboldi to Naples to solicit Ferrante to do his duty; ‘E huomo piuttosto ardito che savio, e sanza troppi righuardi solliciterà e importunera La Maesta del Re’: P F Pandolfini to the Dieici, 8 Apr 1483, Dieci, Resp, 27, 237. Arrived in Naples today; saw Ferrante without the other ambassadors being present: B Castiglioni to G G Sforza, 21 Apr 1483, ASMi, SPE, Napoli, 241. Informed Girolamo Riario that the fleet which set sail was not as big as it ought to have been, and that the Neapolitan troops were not moving: G A Vespucci in Rome to the Dieci, 22 May 1483, Dieci, Resp, 27, 355. Has been replaced as the man in charge of infantry guarding the door of the papal palace: 24 Aug 1484, Dieci, Resp, 32, 69. Under Sixtus IV he had been in charge of the papal palace guard: 25 Aug 1484, MAP, 39, 555.

 

Marliano, Giovanni Francesco di Antonio

Career: Milanese lawyer in ducal service. At the fall of the Sforza he sought refuge in Venice but was handed over to the French and imprisoned.

Refs: Is being sent from Milan to attend Ludovico Sforza, who is ill with a fever: Z Saggi to F Gonzaga, 12 June 1483, ASMa, AG, 1628. Described as ‘ doctore e del consiglio di iustitia’; being sent as ambassador to Mantua: Z Saggi to F Gonzaga, 17 July 1483, ASMa, cit. One of six Milanese ambassadors elected for Rome: 9 Sept 1484, Dieci, Resp, 32, 137. Milanese ambassador to Rome: 19 Mar 1485, Dieci, Resp, 30, 507. ‘Giovan Francesco da Milano’ is one of the Milanese ambassadors to Rome: 28 May 1485, ASMi, SPE, Roma, 97.

Bibliog: Cerioni, I, 193

 

Marretta, el

Ref: Together with one of his brothers and one of his sons, exiled from Siena for five years: 15 Sept 1484, MAP, 39, 328.

 

Marretta, Francesco di Andrea

Refs: Member of the new Sienese Balia: 30 Oct 1482, ASS, Balia, 26, 129-30. With Marino Baliseo and Antonio Spinello, appointed by the Balia (of which he was a member) a commissioner to supervise the operation to recover Monteriggioni: 1 Feb 1483, ASS, Balia, 27, 8. Appointed as Sienese ambassador to Florence, in place of the man originally elected, who is ill and cannot go; his mission isto thank the Florentine regime for its help over the Noveschi exiles at Monteriggioni: 28 Feb 1483, ASS, Balia, 27, 32. Sent as ambassador to Florence, with letters of credence to the Dieci, the Signoria, and the Neapolitan and Milanese ambassadors: 3 Mar 1483, ASS, Balia, 404, 44. Received by the Dieci: F Marratta to the Balia of Siena, 5 Mar 1483, ASS, Balia, 508, 56. Thanked the Florentines for their help in the recovery of Monteriggioni, but is not in fact friendly to Florence; a member of Monte del Popolo and friendy with members of the Monte di Nove; also visited the Neapolitan and Milanese ambassadors: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 5 Mar 1483, ASMo, ASE, ambasciatori, Firenze, 3. Left Florence as soon as Lorenzo de’ Medici returned from the diet at Cremona: Dieci to P Capponi, 17 Mar 1483, Dieci, LC, 5, 205-6.

 

Marroni, Giovanni di Niccolò

Ref: Orator from Pietrasanta for the capitoli relating to that territory, 27 Nov 1484: Lettere, VIII, 320.

 

Martelli, Braccio di Domenico b. c. 1442

Career: Grandson of the condottiere Braccio de Montone and son of a leading lawyer. m Costanza di Piero de’ Pazzi, who inspired their children with hatred of the Medici. Prior, 1474. In Apr 1475 Carlo Fortebraccio and Deifebo dell’Anguillara stayed in M’s house due to their family connections. In Urbino, Sept 1482. In Ferrara, 1485. Gonfalonier of Justice, 1489. One of the delegates sent to meet Charles VIII in 1494. Had been a confidant of Lorenzo but abandoned Piero when he fled and, as one of the twenty accoppiatori, took a hand in the formation of the new government. Member of the Dieci di Libertà e Pace, 1495. Orator in Genoa, 1496. Captain of Pistoia, 1497. Commissary with the army at Pisa and responsible for the arrest of Paolo Vitelli, 1499. 1480 Catasto: sostanze c 1,500 fl.

Refs: Left Florence for Urbino, 11 Sept: M Sacramoro to G G Sforza, 12 Sept 1482, ASMi, SPE, Firenze, 305. Is on his way at full speed to Urbino: Dieci to L Alamanni in the camp, 12 Sept 1482, Dieci, Miss, 14, 9-10. Envoy to Ottaviano Ubaldini: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 19 Sept 1482, ASMo, ASE, ambasciatori, Firenze, 3. Elected Florentine ambassador to Ferrara: 12 June 1484, Otto, Miss, 3, 75. Is to be sent to Ferrara as ambassador: Otto to B Buongirolami, 14 June 1484, Otto, LC, 3, 75-6. Described as ‘docta creatura & de zentile spirito’; has been ambassador at Urbino, where was commended; is close to Lorenzo: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 15 June 1484, ASMo, cit. Is preparing to leave as quickly as possible: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 25 June 1484, ASMo, cit.

 

Martelli, Carlo d’Ugolino 1439-1499

Career: m Oretta di Giovanni de’ Medici. Factor in the Rome branch of the Medici bank in the 1460s. Owner and patron of a ship sailing in 1465 via Crete to Pera. Patron of one of the 1469 Flanders galleys, but his nomination not approved by the Consiglio del Cento. A Carlo Martelli is mentioned by Benedetto Dei in his list of Florentine merchants in Montpellier in 1469. Sent to Flanders in 1469 to sort out the alum controversy between the Rome and Bruges branches of the Medici bank. Does not seem to have returned to Rome until 1477, when he set up on his own account. Was said to have been involved with Bernardo Masi in the embezzlement of funds in Bruges. Patron with Antonio Martelli(?) in a company in Lyon founded in 1484 with capital of 10,000 fl. 1480 Catasto: house in piazza S Michele, Leon d’Oro. Bought the Antinori palace in the 1490s.

Refs: Consult M for information on the situation in Rome: Signoria to A Ridolfi and P Nasi in Rome, 2 May 1480, Miss, 1a Canc, 48, 14-15. Medici correspondent in Rome, passing on a letter to Girolamo Riario: 24 Nov 1481, C Strozz I, 3, 96. According to Giovanni Tornabuoni, M was responsible for an attempt to create a run on the Medici in Rome and impede the re-establishment of the bank: G Tornabuoni in Rome to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 22 Dec 1481, MAP, 73, 383. Has got Lorenzo a phaeton: 28 Dec 1484, MAP, 39, 415. Piero de’ Medici is bringing his cosa to Lorenzo: 10 Jan 1485, MAP, 39, 58.

Bibliog: De Roover, Rise and decline

 

Martelli, Domenico

Ref: Spared from going to Ferrara as Florentine ambassador: 11 Aug 1484, Dieci, Delib, 24, 53.

 

Martelli, Giovanni Battista d’Ugolino (Martello Martelli)

Career: Brother of Carlo. One of the anti-Medicean Florentines who cultivated Girolamo Riario in Rome, though most of the Martelli were loyal to the Medici. A Hospitaller (from 1480) who arranged an exchange between a benefice of his outside Corneto with S Jacopo in Campo Corbolini, his order’s principal preceptory in Tuscany, which Lorenzo de’ Medici intended for Luigi Tornabuoni. Obtained this benefice in 1487. Prior of Pisa from 1495.

Refs: Guidanontio Vespucci persuaded Sixtus to revoke a bull in favour of M: G A Vespucci to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 2 June 1480, MAP, 38, 216. The bull was torn up in front of M: G A Vespucci to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 5 June 1480, MAP, 38, 204. M and Carlo Martelli ‘mostrando bene le nature loro’ in their opposition to the Medici: Lorenzo de’ Medici to N Michelozzi, 5 Aug 1481, Lettere, VI, 32. Corresponded with B Dei, 4 Feb 1483: Lettere, VII, 167-8. Requests Lorenzo’s help regarding S Jacopo in Campo Corbolino: 31 July 1486, MAP, 39, 534. Asks Lorenzo to stop favouring his adversaries and let the sequestro be executed: 2 Aug 1486, MAP, 39, 543. Asks for Lorenzo’s help with a causa: 18 Aug 1486, MAP, 39, 551.

 

Martelli, Girolamo

Ref: Reprisals granted to him against the Sterlini: 15 Mar 1485, MAP, 39, 106.

 

Martelli, Niccolò 1436-1484

Refs: [May refer to this or another Niccolò Martelli: M’s return to Milan will not offend Bona Sforza, but might offend Roberto di Sanseverino: P F Pandolfini to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 6 Apr 1480, MAP, 34, 307.] Elected Florentine commissary-general of the fleet for fifteen days: 19 Nov 1484, Dieci, Delib, 24, 67. Ordered to overthrow the Genoese regime with the fleet and the aid of Genoese dissidents, led by Battista Fregoso and Agostino Adorno: 22 Nov 1484, Dieci, Delib, 24, 67-8. Elected commissioner to the fleet: 7 Dec 1484, Dieci, Delib, 24, 77-9. Commissioner for the fleet at Livorno: 3 Jan 1485, Dieci, Resp, 30, 15. M’s pessimistic assessment of the naval situation: N Martelli to the Dieci, 24 Jan 1485, Dieci, Resp, 30, 257.

 

Martelli, Ugolino di Niccolò 1400-1484

Career: A rich Florentine wool merchant who was one of the most ardent supporters of Cosimo de’ Medici. m Betta di Francesco Serragli; father-in-law of inter alia Pier Giovanni Ricasoli. Matriculated in the Calimala guild. Catasto offical, 1431. In partnership in Pisa with Cosimo de’ Medici, Carlo Marsuppini and Matteo di Cristoforo Nasi, 1431/2. His houses and goods suffered heavily at the hands of the Albizzi during his exile in 1433. Captain of Pistoia, 1438, 1445, 1465. Formed a company in Pisa with Matteo Masi of that city, 1442; Cosimo de’ Medici put up 4,000 fl, M and Masi 1,000 each. Captain of Livorno, 1443. Sea consul, Mar 1446-Mar 1447. Antonio and Ugolino Martelli and Co of Pisa founded Nov 1450; Cosimo put up 4,000 fl, the Martelli 3,000 and Matteo Masi (their manager) 1,000. Captain of Arezzo, 1456. Sea consul and governor of Pisa, 1468. Gonfalonier of Justice, 1449, 1452, 1458. Captain of Pisa, July 1462-Jan. 1463, Mar-Sept 1477. Provveditore della dogana di Livorno, from July 1463. Sea consul, July 1467-July 1468. Original deputy in the Balia for S Giovanni, 1471. Antonio and Ugolino Martelli and Co of Pisa founded Mar 1475, with Bernardo Bonsi as manager. One of first half of the Council of 70, 1480. Member of the Otto di Pratica, Oct 1481-Apr 1482. Master of the Zecca, Sept 1483-Mar 1484.

Bibliog: De Roover, Rise and decline

 

Martinengo, Luigi da, see Luigi da Martinengo

 

Martini, Evangelista

Ref: Roman racehorse owner: Lettere, V, 36.

 

Martino d’Arezzo

Ref: One of Lorenzo’s grooms, who accompanied Andrea del Fede to Siena for the second palio of 1480: Lettere, V, 38-9.

 

Martino di Baldo

Ref: Vassal of Jacopo d’Appiano, whose recommends his case to Lorenzo de’ Medici as Lorenzo is judging it; it was a case that occurred in Campiglia: 29 May 1485, MAP, 26, 389.

 

Martino da Nibbio

Refs: Appointed a Milanese orator to Matthias Corvinus: B Rucellai in Milan to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 8 Mar 1482, MAP, 51, 85. Referred to as ‘Martino da Negia’: Otto to B Rucellai, 16 Mar 1482, Min, 12, 157-8. Came to Parma as the new governor: 31 Dec 1482, Cron Lomb, ------.

 

Martinozzi, Cino

Ref: Together with Ludovico Martinozzi, this leading Sienese exile was arrested on Innocent’s order: G A Vespucci to the Dieci, 14 May 1485, Dieci, Resp, 34, 115.

 

Marzoccho da Pizicatone

Ref: Infantry constable on the League side: 8 Mar 1486, Dieci, Resp, 33, 477.

 

Mascardi, Francesco

Career: Bishop of Todi, 1474-99; castellan of Castel S Angelo from 1483.

Refs: Maestro di casa for Cardinal Riario-Sansoni; castellan of Castel S Angelo: 21 Aug 1484, Dieci, Resp, 32, 59. Holding Castel S Angelo for the Sacred College: 25 Aug 1484, MAP, 39, 555.

 

Maschi, Rinieri de’

Refs: Giovanni Tornabuoni recommends the request of this Riminese political exile that a parente of his receive an office in Florence: G Tornabuoni to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 2, Jan 1485, MAP, 39, 59. Innocent has sent him to negotiate with Roberto di Sanseverino: 16 Sept 1485, MAP, 26, 441. Papal emissary to Siena to persuade them to help with the impresa of Reame: 23 Oct 1485, Otto, Miss, 3, 172-3.

 

Masi, Giovanni

Career: A close business associate of the Medici, sent to Naples in 1481 after the premature death of Antonio de’ Medici to assist Pier Filippo Pandolfini with organising the bank’s affairs there.

Refs: General reference to M’s departure for Naples: Lorenzo de’ Medici to P F Pandolfini in Naples, 16 Nov 1481, Lettere, VI, 76. Similar reference: Lorenzo de’ Medici to P F Pandolfini, 26 Nov 1481, Lettere, VI, 104. Arrived in Naples yesterday: P F Pandolfini to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 10 Dec 1481, MAP, 51, 64. Lorenzo has written a joint letter to M, who is in Puglia, and to Francesco Nacci: F Nacci to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 10 May 1482, MAP, 38, 447.

 

Masi, Ludovico di Antonio b. c. 1428

Career: Florentine who matriculated in the Cambio guild. A factor of the Martelli in Pisa from at least 1455. In 1461 he went with galleys to Constantinople, possibly as patron. In 1462 he was the patron of one of three commercial galleys to Constantinople; the creditors were Antonio and Bartolomeo Martelli. Assistant to Francesco Nori in the Florentine Tavola of the Medici Bank, 1470-78, serving as manager 1478-84. Captain of Pisa, Mar-Sept 1472. Master of the Zecca, Sept 1482-Mar 1483. Member of the Otto di Custodia, Mar-June 1484. Member of the Otto di Balia, June-Sept 1495. Member of the Sei della Mercanzia, Nov 1495-Mar 1496. 1480 Catasto: sostanze 1,609 fl.

Bibliog: De Roover, Rise and decline

 

Masino

Ref: Galley proprietor or captain: Lorenzo de’ Medici to N Michelozzi, 7 June 1485, Lettere, VIII, 220.

 

Masino di Randello d’Arezzo

Ref: Upset by the Dieci’s orders as he has a good company: 8 Mar 1485, Dieci, Resp, 30, 425. Fifty provvisionati under M’s command are to guard Lorenzo de’ Medici as he travelled between Vignone and S Filippo: Lettere, VIII, 241.

 

Massaini, Massaino

Refs: Commissioner at Soana to whom Piero Capponi and others complain: 15 Mar 1486, Dieci, Resp, 33, 538. Sienese commissioner in an area ravaged by League troops: 27 Mar 1486, Otto, Miss, 4, 153-4.

 

Mastrillis, Gilio de’

Ref: Neapolitan courtier from Nola who witnessed the accord for the restitution of Poggibonsi, Colle Val d’Elsa and Monte S Savino, 29 Mar 1481: Lettere, V, 309.

 

Matteo da Capua

Refs: Senior Neapolitan captain who owed the Medici 1,800 ducats; he was with Alfonso d’Aragona at Buonconvento: A Biliotti to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 26 June 1480, MAP, 34, 345. Possibly mentioned in connection with the seige of Otranto: P Nasi at Naples to the Otto, 21 May 1481, Otto, Resp, 1, 248. A ‘Sig. Matteo’ mentioned again: P Nasi to the Otto, 18 June 1481, Otto, Resp, 1, 347-8.

 

Matteo da Castiglione

Ref: Instructed to depart on Sunday: Lorenzo de’ Medici to N Michelozzi in Milan, 12 Sept 1482, Lettere, VII, 81-2.

 

Matteo da Libano

Refs: Florentine constable leaving Pisa in few days with 150 infantry: 11 Mar 1486, Otto, Miss, 4, 135-6. Will leave tomorrow: 20 Mar 1486, Otto, Miss, 4, 144-5. Seized enemy property on Sienese territory; the Dieci think he should be allowed to keep it despite grumblings in Siena: 24 Apr 1486, Dieci, Miss, 7, 1.

 

Matteo di Lippo da Romena

Refs: Request that his banishment for murder be reversed: Lorenzo de’ Medici to the Balia of Siena, 20 Nov 1485, Lettere, IX, 52-3. Missing deliberation regarding him: 4-7 Dec 1485, ASS, Balia, 34, 30.

 

Matteo di Paolo da Fucecchio

Ref: Request that either M’s grain or his money be restored to him: Lorenzo de’ Medici to the Balia of Siena, 23 Aug 1483, Lettere, VII, 302-3.

 

Matthias Corvinus, king of Hungary 1440-1490

Career: Son of Janos Hunyadi; king of Hungary from 1458. m (1) Catherine, daughter of Georg Podiebrad, king of Bohemia, (2) Beatrice, daughter of Ferrante, king of Naples, 1476. Conflict with the Habsburgs, combined with his own imperial ambitions, formed a constant theme throughout his reign, while the Italian states loomed increasingly large in his dynastic, military and cultural vision, especially following his marriage to Beatrice d’Aragona. Loyalty to her kin in Naples and Ferrara was matched by implacable hostility to Venice.

Refs: Florence’s refusal to pay M for his support against Venice surprised Ludovico Sforza: B Rucellai to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 28 Sept 1482, MAP, 48, 95. Wants a papal bull to certify that if he declares war on Venice, he can declare peace whenever he wants: 14 June 1484, Otto, Miss, 3, 75-6. Gives cash, horses and privileges to Salvestro di Ugolino di Vieri as a reward for Ugolino’s panegyric of him: 13 Aug 1484, Otto, Miss, 3, 89-90. The proposed marriage between M’s illegitimate son and Ludovico Sforza’s sister Bianca: B Rucellai to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 1 Aug 1485, MAP, 51, 330. His offer of military assistance to his father-in-law Ferrante: J Guicciardini in Milan to the Dieci, 9 Jan 1486, Dieci, Resp, 33, 171. Writes to Cardinal Rangone that if Innocent does not desist, he will withdraw every Hungarian prelate from Rome and call a general council: 23 Feb 1486, Dieci, Resp, 33, 396. His support for the idea of a council: 2 Mar 1486, Dieci, Resp, 33, 455. Offers military aid to Ferrante: J Guicciardini to the Dieci, 5 Apr 1486, Dieci, Resp, 36, 29. His attempts to expand the league against Innocent, to include Milan, Venice and Hungary: J Guicciardini to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 30 Apr 1486, MAP, 39, 474; 2 May 1486, Dieci, Miss, 6, 48-9. Lorenzo is sceptical regarding the value of Hungary as a counterbalance to Venice: Lorenzo de’ Medici to J Guicciardini, 6 May 1486, Lettere, IX, 266-73.

 

Maximilian, king of the Romans, see Habsburg, Maxmilian von

 

Mazzaferrata

Refs: A constable leaving Pisa with sixty infantry in a few days: 11 Mar 1486, Otto, Miss, 4, 135-6. To be left to guard Pitigliano and Sorano: 12 May 1486, Dieci, Miss, 7, 23-4.

 

Medici, Andrea di Bernardo de’ (‘il Brutto’) d. post-1513

Ref: A has told Lorenzo he is going to stay another year in the house where he is at present; Michelozzi is to relate this to M Tomacelli: Lorenzo de’ Medici to N Michelozzi, 28 Sept 1485, Lettere, VIII, 307.

 

Medici, Antonio di Bernardo de’ 1438-1481

Career: 1465-71 assistant manager of the Bruges branch of the Medici bank, but so unpopular there that had to be recalled. In Aug 1477 elected patron of one of the eastern galleys but begged to be excused as he had to make a journey to Milan. Assistant manager of the Milan branch of the Medici bank, 1477-9. In July 1479 sent by Lorenzo to Sultan Mehmet to thank him for having arrested B Bandini, one of the fugitives after the Pazzi conspiracy. Returned from Constantinople with Bandini in 1480; Mehmet was thanked for his cooperation. Member of the Otto di Custodia, Mar-June 1480. One of the twelve Florentine ambassadors sent to Rome, Nov 1480. Sent to Naples as Florentine emissary, July 1481. Died at Barletta. 1480 Catasto: sostanze 1,689 fl.

Refs: Appointed, as Piero Nasi’s replacement, as legate to Ferrante; discussed by the Council of 70 and finally approved by the Cento: 28 June 1481, Sig, LC, 21, 25. His mandate included congratulating Ferrante on the sultan’s death: 7 July 1481. Arrived in Siena this morning; had an honourable interview; will leave tomorrow: Antonio de’ Medici to the Otto, 10 July 1481, Otto, Resp, 1, 369. Had waited two days for an audience with Sixtus, but had not been able to have one, as the pope was resting after illness; is due to leave Rome today: Antonio de’ Medici in Rome to the Otto, 21 July 1481, Otto, Resp, 1, 383. Arrived in Naples yesterday and was well received; had an audience with the queen: Antonio de’ Medici to the Otto, 27 July 1481, Otto, Resp, 1, 397. Had an audience with the duchess of Calabria; intended to go to Puglia to see Ferrante as quickly as possible: Antonio de’ Medici to the Otto, 30 July 1481, Otto, Resp, 1, 403-4. Will leave for Puglia tomorrow: Antonio de’ Medici to the Otto, 2 Aug 1481, Otto, Resp, 1, 406. Arrived at Barletta today, but is ill with fever; received a very honourable welcome: Antonio de’ Medici to the Otto, 7 Aug 1481, Otto, Resp, 1, 409. Is still incapacitated with fever; asks for extra money to cover the cost of his illness and suggests the Otto find some other way to carry out their wishes if they are urgent: Antonio de’ Medici to the Otto, 14 Aug 1481, Otto, Resp, 1, 415-16. Doctors thought his fever was diminishing: Antonio de’ Medici to the Otto, 15 Aug 1481, Otto, Resp, 1, 417. Bartolomeo Scala had shown his letter to Lorenzo, as the Otto were not in session, and would do what he could for his needs: B Scala to Antonio de’ Medici, 21 Aug 1481, Min, 11, 224-5. Died at Barletta on 17 Aug: Otto to T Ridolfi, 30 Aug 1481, Otto, Resp, 1, 429-30. A state funeral in Florence ordered: 16/20 Oct 1481, Provv 172, 121-2.

Bibliog: De Roover, Rise and decline

 

Medici, Antonio di Bernardo de’ d. 1485

Career: Franciscan; bishop of Marsi, 1485.

Refs: The Otto want M to have ‘ii ministrato della provincia di Toscana’ or some other job from Sixtus ‘fuora delle religione’: Otto to G A Vespucci, 29 Jan 1484, Otto, LC, 2, 6. Guidantonio Vespucci suggests M as a possible Florentine cardinal; he is well liked at the papal court and by Giuliano della Rovere: 2/3 Sept 1484, MAP, 39, 322. His disadvantages as a candidate: 13 Sept 1484, MAP, 39, 325. Ferrante agreed that he should receive the bishopric of Marsi: 3 Mar 1485, Acq e Doni, 352. The Dieci’s letter to Giovanni Lanfredini in his favour: 21 Mar 1485, Dieci, Resp, 30, 522. Lanfredini wants the Signoria to write to Ferrante regarding M’s bishopric: 15 June 1485, G Lanfredini, Copialettere, BNF, II, V, 18, 17. Granted possession of the bishopric of Marsi: 12 July 1485, G Lanfredini, Copialettere, BNF, II, VI, 18. His death: LC, II, V, 18, 23 July 1485. His appointment to Marsi was one of the grievances of Antonello di Sanseverino: 7 Aug 1485, G Lanfredini, Copialettere, BNF, II, V, 18.

 

Medici, Attilio di Nicolò b. c. 1416

Career: m (1) Benedetta di Daniele Canigiani, 1460, (2) Agnoletta di Bernardo Soldani, 1477. Gonfalonier of Justice, 1481. In Apr 1482 he became one of the 12 Procuratori; does this mean that he was also a member of the Council of 70? 1480 Catasto: sostanze 1,081 fl.

Refs: As gonfalonier, M gave Costanzo Sforza an ornate helmet when he took command of Florentine troops: Lettere, VI, 47. In the consulta, supported raising more troops and taxes, but advised that taxes be equitably distributed: 29 May 1482, Min, 11, 365-7. Captain and commissioner at Sarzanello: 19 Aug 1484, Otto, Miss, 3, 92-3. Captain at Sarzanello: 12 Apr 1485, Otto, Miss, 3, 127-8. Florentine commissioner who has made an agreement regarding the frontiers between the lands of Gabriele Malaspina and those of Sarzana and Sarzanello; the Otto ask him to favour this matter: 18 Feb 1486, Otto, Miss, 4, 112. Commissioner to Sarzanello to settle the agreement with Genoa: 8 Mar 1486, Dieci, Miss, 6, 28-30.

 

Medici, Averardo di Bernardo d’Antonio de’ b. 1436

Career: m (1) Camilla d’Antonio de’ Pazzi, 1480, (2) Leonora di ser Matteo da S Quintino. Prior, 1464 and 1484. Patron of a Sicily galley, June/July 1466. Patron of one of the Catalonian galleys that returned in Sept 1466. General member of the Balia for S Giovanni, 1471. Gonfalonier of Justice, 1485 and 1513. Captain of the old citadel at Pisa, Dec 1480-. Captain of Livorno, Aug-Dec 1488. Imprisoned in 1495 for having aided the escape of Alfonsina Orsini, wife of Piero di Lorenzo de’ Medici, disguised as a man. 1480 Catasto: sostanze 2,002 fl.

Ref: One of the camerlenghi of the Signoria and the Dieci di Balia: 30 Oct 1486, Dieci, Delib, 30, 173.

 

Medici, Bianca de’ d. 1488

Career: Daughter of Piero di Cosimo de’ Medici and Lucrezia Tornabuoni; sister of Lorenzo de’ Medici; m Guglielmo de’ Pazzi (1437-1516) in 1459; mother of seven sons and seven daughters. Her husband’s exile from Florence in 1478 and rebel status from 1479 put her in a difficult position.

Refs: Lorenzo fears that the confession of Giovanni Antonio d’Arezzo may harm her: Lorenzo de’ Medici to N Michelozzi, 18 Oct 1484, Lettere, VIII, 30. Her daughters may marry Florentines without those Florentines suffering loss of officeholding rights: 29 Oct 1484, Provv, 175, 122-3. Has written to Guglielmo [de’ Pazzi?] at the instance of Bernardo Rucellai, asking him to agree to Rucellai’s request in the matter of the Pisan canonry; Lorenzo asks Piero to tell him to agree: Lorenzo de’ Medici to Piero de’ Medici, 26 Nov 1484, Lettere, VIII, 78.

 

Medici, Braccio di Carlo di Nicola de’

Career: m Isabella Valori, 1470.

Refs: Lorenzo thanks the marquis of Mantua for what he has done for M’s heirs regarding the credit that they had in Mantua: Lorenzo de’ Medici to Francesco Gonzaga, 11 Oct 1485, Lettere, VIII, 315. On the same matter: Lorenzo de’ Medici to F Gonzaga, 2 Dec 1485, Lettere, IX, 56.

 

Medici, Clarice de’, see Orsini, Clarice

 

Medici, Francesco di Giuliano di Giovencho de’ d. 1528

Career: Came to the fore as a merchant dealing in jewels and other luxury objects. Trading in Constantinople, 1470-1. Camerlengo of Arezzo, 1482. Podestà of Carnugnano[?], 1484. In 1484 formed a banking partnership with Gabriello Davicano with capital of only 600 fl. Captain of Borgo S Sepolcro, 1487. In 1488 he entered banking on a large scale with partners Bastiano di Leonardo Bruni, Miniato Busini and Co, and capital of 3,000 fl. In 1491 he entered into a woollen partnership with his father and brother; expanded to five partners in 1496. Niccolò Considoni was the principal factor for these companies in the Levant. Was closely associated with Lorenzo de’ Medici in building projects, but was not exiled in 1494. Came to the fore again under Piero Soderini. Commissary at Cortona, 1507. Commissary at Pisa, 1512. Gonfalonier of Justice, 1515. Again in Constantinople, 1521.

 

Medici, Giovanni di Lorenzo de’ 1475-1521

Career: Son of Lorenzo de’ Medici and Clarice Orsini; brother of Lucrezia, Piero, Maddalena, Contessina, Giuliano and Luigia de’ Medici. Apostolic protonotary and abbot of Fontdouce from 1483; commendatory abbot of Passignano from 1484; commendatory abbot of Monte Cassino from 1486; cardinal, 1489 (effettive from Mar 1492 on account of his youth); governor of Florence in the name of Julius II, 1512-13; elected pope as Leo X, 11 Mar 1513.

Refs: Giovanni Tornabuoni has thanked Sixtus for what he has offered to do for M regarding benefices; the problem at the moment is the dispensation to hold them: G Tornabuoni in Rome to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 31 Dec 1481, MAP, 38, 125. If Gaddi gets the chance, he will talk to Louis XI about ‘le deliberazioni fatte di vostro figliuolo’: F Gaddi to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 5 Feb 1482, Sig, X, VIII, 75, 62-5. The French have rejected Lorenzo’s request that they write in favour of benefices for M, on the grounds that a general recommendation would disturb their special agreement with Sixtus: F Gaddi to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 22 Feb 1482, Sig, X, VIII, 75, 65-6. Lorenzo was unsuccessful in his request for French benefices for M: Louis XI at Plessis-les-Tours to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 17 Feb 1483, Desjardins-Canestrini, I, 190-1; MAP, 45, 79(?). M as perpetual commendatory abbot of Ste Marie de Fontdouce: procura, 5 June 1483, Not Antecos, B2321, 112. Cardinal Hugonet took M’s side in the allocation of Fontdouce: Lettere, VII, 179. Has been granted an archbishopric [‘Vis’] in France by the king: Dieci to G A Vespucci, 8 June 1483, Dieci, LC, 5, 395. Involvement of the Medici bank in the Fontdouce case: 4 Aug 1484, MAP, 39, 276.

Ascanio Sforza persuades Cardinal Domenico della Rovere to cede S Stefano in Pace to Lorenzo for Giovanni de’ Medici: MAP, 39, 329, 16 Sept 1484. Request for the propositura of Arezzo for M: Lorenzo de’ Medici to G A Vespucci, 18 Sept 1484, MAP, 39, 332. Lorenzo’s wish for a benefice in Dauphiné (‘Piesbocha d’oro’) for M: 30 Sept 1484, MAP, 39, 419. The bull for Fontdouce has been sent: 1 Oct 1484, MAP, 39, 341. Confirmation of the special reservation to M of the monastery of S Michele di Passignano, first granted by Sixtus: 10 Jan 1485, Coll Podocataro, II, 374. Lorenzo’s letter of 8 Jan to Guidantonio Vespucci regarding the illness of the abbot of Passignano: 12 Jan 1485, MAP, 39, 60. Innocent intends to make M a cardinal: 13 Jan 1485, MAP, 39, 61. Lorenzo’s letter of 11 Jan to Vespucci regarding Passignano: 15 Jan 1485, MAP, 39, 64. Lorenzo’s letter to Vespucci regarding the death of the abbot of Passignano: 3 Mar 1485, MAP, 39, 94. The force used by Florentine troops to take over the abbey of Passignano has been denounced by the general of the Vallombrosan Order: 12 Mar 1485, MAP, 39, 103. Writing to Giovanni Lanfredini on 16 Mar, Lorenzo asked Ferrante to see that the bull for Passignano was not being blocked in consistory by Cardinal d’Aragona: 26 Mar 1485, G Lanfredini, Copialettere, BNF, II, V, 15, 224. M’s classical studies: [11 Sept 1485?], MAP, 26, 421. Lanfredini is looking out for a benefice for M in line with Lorenzo’ s instructions, that is an abbey and not a bishopric: 22 Oct 1485, G Lanfredini, Copialettere, BNF, II, V, 18, 102. Ferrante is going to give him the abbey of S Lorenzo di Aversa: G Lanfredini to Lorenzo de’ Medici, early Nov 1485, G Lanfredini, Copialettere, BNF, II, V, 18, 108. Innocent has given abbey of S Lorenzo di Aversa to Orso Orsini, bishop of Teano and a subject of Ferrante: 5 Nov 1485, G Lanfredini, Copialettere, BNF, II, V, 18, 112. M’s abbey in France: 14 Apr 1486, MAP, 39, 461. Lorenzo asks M, as abbot of Passignano, to give the priory of Vigesimo to his maestro Bernardo: Lorenzo de’ Medici to Giovanni de’ Medici, 13 May 1486, Lettere, IX, 290. Ferrante intended to give M the abbeys of Cava and Monte Vergini in the Regno, but now Alfonso d’Aragona wants him to have S Germano instead: Lorenzo de’ Medici to [J Guicciardini in Milan, 10 July 1486], Lettere, IX, 369. Guglielmo Capponi cedes to M properties of the hospital of S Jacopo of Altopascio, properties jointly known as ‘lo Spedaletto’: 23 Aug 1486, C Strozz, 3 ser, 177, 216. Benefices for M: Ferrante of Naples to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 23 Aug 1486, MAP, 61, 86.

Bibliog: G B Picotti, La giovinezza di Leone X, Milan, 1981

 

Medici, Giuliano di Mariotto de’

Refs: The priors of Arezzo report to Lorenzo the attempted kidnap of M’s wife Margherita by Giovanni Pico: 10 May 1486, ASA, Delib dei Priori, ser 24, 3, 210-11. The priors and gonfalonier of Arezzo apologise for kidnap of M’s wife; M wasa scrivano of the gabelle of Arezzo: 10 May 1486, MAP, 39, 487. Asks Lorenzo what he should do regarding his wife’s kidnap and subsequent rescue: 11 May 1486, MAP, 39, 490. Lorenzo thanks the Aretines for their apologies: Lorenzo de’ Medici to the priors and gonfalonier of Arezzo, 13 May 1486, Lettere, IX, 281-3

 

Medici, Giuliano di Giovencho di Giuliano de’ b. c. 1422

Career: Ran a subsidiary of the main firm of Bernardo d’Antonio and Co, of which his father was a patron. In 1458 this subsidiary was renewed until 1461. In 1463 he took his father’s place in the main company, which was renewed in 1464. This continued as an established firm under his name until at least 1492. Gonfalonier of Justice, 1487. Catasto: sostanze 1,204 fl.

 

Medici, Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de’ (‘il Popolano’) 1463-1503

Career: Following the death of their father in 1476, Lorenzo and his brother Giovanni (1467-1498) were brought up under the guardianship of their cousin, Lorenzo the Magnificent. m Semiramide di Jacopo d’Appiani in 1485. Pupil of Poliziano and Ficino. Patron of Botticelli: Primavera and Birth of Venus were commissioned for his villa at Castello. One of the ambassadors sent to France to honour Charles VIII on his accession in 1483. Exiled by Piero di Lorenzo de’ Medici for a personal affront. Returned in triumph in 1494 after the fall of Piero. With his brother he changed his name to Popolano and was one of the 20 accoppiatori of 1494, although under age. Ambassador to Naples, 1495; and to France again, 1501. 1480 Catasto: his extensive properties included three houses in Via Larga and a third of the Medici bank offices in Florence; ‘siamo in famiglia bocche 40 tra in ville e in Firenze’ which costs 400 fl a year and 400 fl a year for maintenance of properties; sostanze 34,219 fl.

Refs: The secret pratica of Lorenzo to marry M to a daughter of Jacopo d’A ppiani: Antonio da Montecatini to E dEste, 30 Sept 1480, ASMo, ASE, ambasciatori, Firenze, 2. This parentado is said to have been concluded and a chancellor has gone to Piombino, but they do not want to make it public yet: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 26 Nov 1480, ASMo, cit. Ordered to return home now the French mission been executed: Otto to G Becchi, A Canigiani and L de’ Medici, Florentine ambassadors in France: 3 Jan 1484, Otto, LC, 4, 1-2. Jacopo d’Appiani is lodging in his house while in Florence: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 17 Feb 1484, ASMo, ASE, ambasciatori, Firenze, 3. Simone Nori writes to M from Pisa regarding merchandise: 28 Aug 1484, MAP, 39, 118. Jacopo d’Appiani thanks M for his help and refers to him as his cognato: 13 May 1485, MAP, 26, 374.

 

Medici, Lucrezia de’, see Tornabuoni, Lucrezia di Francesco

 

Medici, Lucrezia di Lorenzo de’ 1470-1550

Career: Daughter of Lorenzo di Piero de’ Medici and Clarice di Giacomo Orsini, and named after her paternal grandmother, Lucrezia Tornabuoni; m Jacopo Salviati (1461-1533) in 1485; mother of Maria (1499-1543, m Giovanni ‘delle Bande Nere’ de’ Medici), and of Francesca Salviati (d 1546, m Ottaviano de’ Medici).

 

Medici, Lucrezia di Piero de’ (‘Nannina’) 1450-1493

Career: Daughter of Piero de’ Medici and Lucrezia Tornabuoni; sister of Lorenzo de’ Medici; m Bernardo Rucellai, 1466.

Ref: Her illness: Lorenzo de’ Medici to N Michelozzi, 31 Mar 1485, Lettere, VIII, 154.

 

Medici, Maddalena di Lorenzo de’ 1473-1528

Career: Daughter of Lorenzo di Piero de’ Medici and Clarice di Giacomo Orsini, and named after her maternal grandmother; m Franceschetto Cibo (1452-1519), son of Innocent VIII, in 1487; mother of Cardinal Innocenzo Cibo (1491-1550).

 

Medici, Maria di Piero de’

Career: Illegitimate daughter of Piero di Cosimo de’ Medici; m Lionetto di Benedetto de’ Rossi, manager of the Medici bank in Lyon.

 

Medici, Nannina de’, see Medici, Lucrezia di Piero de’

 

Medici, Pandolfo de’

Ref: Guidantonio Vespucci suggests M as a candidate for a cardinal’s hat: 13 Sept 1484, MAP, 39, 325.

 

Medici, Piero di Lorenzo de’ 1471-1503

Career: Eldest son of Lorenzo de’ Medici and Clarice Orsini; brother of Lucrezia, Maddalena, Giovanni, Contessina, Giuliano and Luigia de’ Medici; m Alfonsina di Roberto Orsini in 1488; father of Lorenzo (1492-1519), duke of Urbino, Clarice (1493-1528) and Cosimo (d in infancy). His love of outward show led him to assume the trappings of a prince. In 1494 he was forced to surrender unconditionally to Charles VIII. In doing this he lost the confidence of the Florentines without gaining that of the French, and he was driven into exile by a revolution inspired by Savonarola. He made several half-hearted attempts to regain the city by force and finally drowned in the Garigliano.

Refs: M is to visit Paolo Gherardi with letters of credence from Lorenzo, together with assurances of good wishes and of the desire to preserve the present regime in Siena: Lorenzo de’ Medici to P de’ Medici, 26 Nov 1484, Lettere, VIII, 68-9. Left for Rome with the Florentine ambassadors on 27 Nov: 7 Dec 1484, ASMi, SPE, Firenze, 307. His good behaviour at the papal court: 9 Dec 1484, MAP, 39,398. Much caressed by Innocent during the public audience: 17 Dec 1484, MAP, 39, 405. While in Rome he paid visits with Giovanni Tornabuoni: 2 Jan 1485, MAP, 39, 59. Lorenzo requests M’s immediate return from Rome; he takes his leave of Innocent today and will depart tomorrow: G Tornabuoni to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 7 Jan 1485, MAP, 39, 55. Leaves Rome for Florence, avoiding Civita Castellana on the advice of Archbishop Rinaldo Orsini because the area is full of desperate Savelli supporters; is going to visit Virginio Orsini at Bracciano: 10 Jan 1485, MAP, 39, 58. Accompanied by Baccio Ugolini, visited Virginio Orsini: 13 Jan 1485, MAP, 39, 61. Lorenzo had written to Niccolò Michelozzi complaining about M’s dress habits: 26 Apr 1485, MAP, 39, 425. Michelozzi discussed with M the matter of his dress: 28 Apr 1485, MAP, 39, 430. Lorenzo thinks that he must talk to M in person; in the meanwhile Michelozzi is to counsel him as seems best: Lorenzo de’ Medici to N Michelozzi, 29 Apr 1485, Lettere, VIII, 179. His classical studies: [11 Sept 1485?], MAP, 26, 421. Lorenzo requests a copy of Dio Cassius for him: Lorenzo de’ Medici to E d’Este, 5 Feb 1486, Lettere, IX, 165.

 

Medici, Pier Paolo d’Alamanno de’

Career: Castellan of Torre Stampace in Pisa, Apr-Oct 1470.

 

Medici, Pietro Paolo de’

Ref: Exercising the job of doganiere of Pisa for F Cambini: 22 Mar 1485, Dieci, Resp, 30, 521.

 

Medici, Tommaso di Tolosino de’

Refs: The matter of his benefice falling vacant: Lorenzo de’ Medici to N Michelozzi, 17 May 1486, Lettere, IX, 295-6.

 

Medinno

Ref: Has taken property belonging to Florentine merchants: 2 Aug 1484, Otto, Miss, 4, 53-4.

 

Mehmet II, Sultan 1432-1481

Career: Son of Sultan Murad II, whom he succeeded in 1451; his sons included Bayazid II and the fugitive Djem. The Ottoman conquest of Constantinople in May 1453 gave him the title ‘the Conqueror’< /font>

Ref: News of M’s death (3 May 1481) reached Florence on 30 May: P Nasi at Barletta to the Otto, 22 and 23 May 1481, Otto, Resp, I, 251 and 259.

Bibliog: F C H Babinger, Mehmed the Conqueror and his time, Princeton, NJ, c 1978

 

Mei, Andrea di Biagio

Ref: An appeal on behalf of the exiled son of a leading citizen of Lucca and former ambassador to Florence: Lorenzo de’ Medici to the Signoria of Lucca, 21 Apr 1483, Lettere, VII, 243-4.

 

Melina

Ref: A corsale with a case against Niccolò Capponi and Rinaldo Altoviti, who are being favoured by Jacopo d’Appiani: 18 Oct 1485, MAP, 26, 464.

 

Mellini, Antonio di Duccio

Refs: Is representing the Medici bank before the Parlement de Paris in case of Guglielmo Bacci, who is suing the bank: 11 Aug 1484, MAP, 39, 280. Tried to get a papal bull for the benefice of Fontdouce without using Guidantonio Vespucci and failed: 21 Aug 1484, MAP, 39, 292. Visited Tommaso Tachini in Paris regarding a benefice (‘Piesbocha d’oro’) in Dauphiné wanted by Lorenzo for Giovanni de’ Medici: 30 Sept 1484, MAP, 39, 419. Is in Paris regarding the legal case of del Biscia; trying to get it referred to Bruges: 1 Jan 1485, MAP, 39, 51. Lorenzo Spinelli suggests him as a replacement for Lionetto de Rossi: 11 Feb 1485, MAP, 39, 83. Recommends to Lorenzo his brother Nofri, as he has no aviamento: 31 May 1485, MAP, 26, 393. Lionetto de’ Rossi keeps him in Paris because of the Bacci case: 5 June 1485, MAP, 26, 395. Justifies himself to Lorenzo against the slanders of some members of the Lyon branch, particularly Francesco Sassetti: 8 Dec 1485, MAP, 26, 494. Reports from Paris on affairs at court: 11 July 1486, MAP, 39, 532.

 

Mellini, Piero di Francesco di Duccio b. c. 1410

Career: Castellan of the citadel of Pisa, May-Aug 1447. Special investigator in Pisa, 1470. An original deputy for S Croce in the Balia, 1471. Accoppiatore, 1472. Member of the Dieci di Balia, 1479-83(?). Member of the first half of the Council of 70, 1480. Member of the Otto di Custodia, Mar-June 1480. One of the 12 Procuratori, Apr-Oct 1480. Member of the Otto di Pratica, Oct 1480-Apr 1481, from Apr 1482 until the Dieci di Balia was established. A portrait of him by Benedetto de Maiano in 1474 is now in the Bargello. Was also the patron of Benedetto’s pulpit in S Croce. 1480 Catasto: banker, in partnership with Guido di Giovanni Guiducci and Benedetto di Francesco Gondi.

Ref: As a member of the Dieci di Balia, listed in the capitoli of Pietrasanta, 27 Nov 1484: Lettere, VIII, 319.

 

Melocchi, Niccolò

Ref: Niccolò Michelozzi is to tell M, a Pistoiese, not to come to Pisa: Lorenzo de’ Medici to N Michelozzi, 4 Mar 1486, Lettere, IX, 186 and 189.

 

Mendoza, Iñigo Lopez de

Refs: Count of Tendilla; Spanish ambassador in Italy: 15 May 1486, MAP, 39, 499. Comments on his Italian mission: Lorenzo de’ Medici to F Gaddi in Pisa, 15 June 1486, Lettere, IX, 328-30. The Dieci want to know the results of M’s negotiations with Innocent in Rome: 11 July 1486, Dieci, Miss, 7, 70.

 

Menghi, Matteo, da Forlì

Career: Archdeacon of Forlì.

Refs: Had tried to bring Ludovico Sforza round to Lorenzo’s way of thinking [probably in connection with Federico da Montefeltro’s condotta]: M Menghi in Milan to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 11 July 1481, MAP, 38, 256. Ludovico is well disposed towards our plans and has initiated a new pratica: M Menghi to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 3 Aug 1481, MAP, 38, 280. Ludovico is sending the archpriest of Vaici to Girolamo Riario to dissuade him from going to Venice: M Menghi to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 18 Aug 1481, MAP, 38, 292. M left on 20 Aug to go to the Romagna; he is trying to reconcile Riario with Milan: T Ridolfi in Milan to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 22 Aug 1481, MAP, 48, 89. M had spoken to Riario ‘circa la nostra pratica’; reassures Lorenzo about Riario’ s trip to Venice: M Menghi in Imola to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 2 Sept 1481, MAP, 38, 319. Accompanied Riario on his trip to Venice and, after returning to Forlì, sent Lorenzo an account of it; was due to leave for Milan for a few days and then to go to Rome via Florence: M Menghi to Lorenzo de’ Medic, 23 Sept 1481, MAP, 38, 330. Passed through Ferrara on his way from Milan to Rome: B Gianfigliazzi to the Otto, 25 Dec 1481, Otto, Resp, 2, 127. Giovanni Tornabuoni expresses the hope that M will visit Rome as he is ‘tutto vostro’: G Tornabuoni in Rome to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 9 Jan 1482, MAP, 73, 388. Guidantonio Vespucci spoke to M about Sixtus hiring ‘ser Marco’ [Pio?]: G A Vespucci to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 28 Feb 1482, MAP, 38, 102.

M sent a man to Ferrante with peace proposals: F Gaddi to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 22 Oct 1482, Sig, X, VIII, 63, 168-72. Anello Arcamone will sound out the situation in Rome via M’s man Girolamo: F Gaddi to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 26 Oct 1482, Sig, X, VIII, 63, 172-3. Riario has sent M, his auditor and secretary, to Florence and then to Lombardy; he will go via Siena; ‘e homo da bene dichi el conte fa buona reputatione’: L Lanti in Rome to the Balia of Siena, 19 Nov 1482, ASS, Balia, 506, 52. Is to go to Florence regarding the peace negotiations: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 22 Nov 1482, ASMo, ASE, ambasciatori, Firenze, 3. Has been sent to Milan and Florence by Riario: Colombino in Rome to Federico Gonzaga, 4 Dec 1482, ASMa, AG, 846. M is leaving Florence well pleased with Lorenzo; came to Florence only to reconcile Lorenzo and Riario, but Lorenzo has discussed all the peace terms with him: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 4 Dec 1482, ASMo, cit. Has returned to Florence, after receiving orders from Riario to go to Milan: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 12 Dec 1482, ASMo, cit. The Milanese ambassador told Riario why the duke of Milan was not confiding in M; Riario said he would recall him: G A Sangiorgio to G G Sforza, 7 Jan 1483, ASMi, SPE, Roma, 91. Riario is sending M to organise the tax on the Florentine clergy to pay for the fleet; M is pro-Florentine: P F Pandolfini in Rome to the Dieci, 8 Apr 1483, Dieci, Resp, 27, 237. Will leave Rome today, with permission to raise up to 24,000 ducats from the clergy: P F Pandolfini to the Dieci, 24 Apr 1483, Dieci, Resp, 27, 293. The Florentines are not happy about a foreigner being appointed to raise the decima; they say it will lead to delays: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 24 Apr 1483, ASMo, cit. If Cardinal Riario-Sansoni does not like the way the tax has been imposed on the clergy, should blame M because he organised it all: Dieci to G A Vespucci, 7 Oct 1483, Dieci, LC, 5, 438-41. In the matter of Riario’s complaint about the massing of Florentine troops, the Dieci judge M’s report to be adequate: 19 Apr 1486, Dieci, Miss, 6, 45-6.

 

Menscalco, Giannino

Ref: Mantuan emissary sent to buy horses in Sicily: 27 Sept 1485, ASMa, AG, 2901, Lib 124, 76.

 

Meo di Cristofano da Valsavignone

Ref: Appeal concerning livestock on behalf of M and of Meo di Giovanni Angelo da Collelungo: Lorenzo de’ Medici to the Balia of Siena, 3 Sept 1483, Lettere, VII, 304.

 

Meo di Giovanni Angelo da Collelungo

Ref: Appeal concerning livestock on behalf of M and of Meo di Cristofano da Valsavignone: Lorenzo de’ Medici to the Balia of Siena, 3 Sept 1483, Lettere, VII, 304.

 

Mezzo, Giacomo del

Career: Venetian ambassador in Rome, 1478, when he complained that knowledge of Venetian policy and governmental decisions was freely available there. Provveditore with the army, 1482-3.

Refs: Provveditore in the Romagna with Roberto Malatesta: 14 Apr 1482, ASV, Sen Secr, 30, 69-70. His mandate as provveditore: 25 Apr 1482, Sen Secr, 30, 76-7. With Gabriele Loredan, returned from his mission to Roberto di Sanseverino: 3 Mar 1483, Malipiero, 278. Brought money to the Venetian camp and then returned to Venice: J Guicciardini in Ferrara to the Dieci, 13 May 1483, Dieci, Resp, 27, 334.