Pace da Montemignaio

Refs: Lorenzo asks the Sienese Balia to unblock money of his seized because of an offence committed against salt officials in Siena: Lorenzo de’ Medici to the Balia of Siena, 24 July 1485, Lettere, VIII, 235-6. The Sienese Balia orders the Monte and salt officials to decide a case involving P and his son Giovanni: 27 July 1485, ASS, Balia, 33, 116.

 

Paganelli, Antonio

Ref: Captain of Castrocaro, 1481: Lettere, V, 154.

 

Pagano, Ferrando

Refs: Alfonso d’Aragona describes P as ‘homo de casa nostra’; he is captain at Civitella: 10 Mar 1486, Dieci, Resp, 33, 564. Alfonso sends the Otto a copy of his letter; his discussions with Roberto di Sanseverino and others: 17 Apr 1486, Otto, Miss, 4, 177-80.

 

Pagano, Pietro

Refs: Sent by Alfonso d’Aragona to Milan to discuss his pay: T Ridolfi in Milan to the Otto, 20 Dec 1481, Otto, Resp, 2, 120-1. P was to leave Milan with Antonio Gazzo towards the end of Jan 1482, carrying 4,500 ducats of Alfonso’s pay: T Ridolfi to the Otto, 27 Jan 1482, Otto, Resp, 2, 202-3. The Dieci suggest that he be used as before to send cash to the Orsini, accompanied by some light cavalry: 10 May 1486, Dieci, Miss, 7, 22-3.

Paganucci, Antonio

Refs: Galeotto Manfredi’s chancellor; with Fra Silvestro da Forlì, sent by Manfredi to Florence: Dieci to P F Pandolfini, 24 Apr 1483, Dieci, LC, 5, 152-3. Has been paid 2,000 ducats for Ferrante, and 500 for Florence; to return for the rest of the money owed by Ferrante and with a mandate to settle a new condotta; left Florence yesterday: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 27 Apr 1483, ASMo, ASE, ambasciatori, Firenze, 3. With Fra Silvestro, will come to Florence to receive the money and make an agreement: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 27 May 1483, ASMo, cit.

 

Paganucci, Bartolomeo

Ref: Montepulcianese ambassador who is coming to Florence to settle the dispute between Montepulciano and Chianciano: 17 Mar 1485, Dieci, Resp, 33, 544.

 

Pagno, Francesco

Ref: Soldier for Florence in the Pietrasanta campaign of whom Lorenzo thought little: 3 Nov 1484, Dieci, Resp, 32, 377.

 

Pagolo dal Borgo [San Sepolcro]

Ref: Florentine constable captured and robbed by men of Pietrasanta: 10 Sept 1484, Otto, Miss, 3, 96-7.

 

Pagolo di Gilio da Ferrara

Ref: Infantry commander on the Florentine side: 5 Oct 1484, Dieci, Miss, 21, 50.

 

Paleologo, Bonifazio III 1424-1494

Career: Son of Gian Giacomo, marchese of Monferrato; succeeded to the title after the death of his brother Guglielmo in 1483. m (1) Orvietana Fregoso, (2) Hélène de Brosse-Penthièvre, (3) Marija Kantakuziana Brankovic.

Refs: Sent a chancellor to Pier Maria de’ Rossi to negotiate peace: 2 Aug 1482, Cron Lomb, 113. As his brother Guglielmo is ill, P will be governing his company; he should leave for the camp tomorrow: Z Saggi to Federico Gonzaga, 12 Aug 1482, ASMa, AG, 1627. Is leading his brother’s troops against Pier Maria de’ Rossi: Otto to P Capponi, 21 Aug 1482, Min, 12, 478-9. Ludovico Sforza ordered P to send help to Beltrame de’ Rossi: Z Saggi to F Gonzaga, 4 Sept 1482, ASMa, cit. At the siege of S Secondo: 6 Sept 1482, Cron Lomb, 115. One of those reporting from S Secondo an agreement with the Rossi: Z Saggi to F Gonzaga, 14 Oct 1482, ASMa, cit. Has been made signore by the troops of Marchese Guglielmo, who has just died: Z Saggi to F Gonzaga, 2 Mar 1483, ASMa, AG, 1628. Sent an envoy to Milan to negotiate the renewal of his condotta: G G Sforza to B Castiglioni, 15 Mar 1483, ASMi, SPE, Napoli, 241. Will have his brother’s condotta continued to his own name; has 463 men-at-arms: Z Saggi to F Gonzaga, 16 Mar 1483, ASMa, cit. P’s ambassador in Milan has not received any money yet; has been asked for the renewal of a perpetual league with Milan before the condotta is confirmed: Z Saggi to F Gonzaga, 26 Mar 1483, ASMa, cit. Has gone to Venice to negotiate with them; is offended by the fact that, after the death of his brother, Milan promised the title of captain to Federico Gonzaga: J Guicciardini in Ferrara to the Dieci, 27 Mar 1483, Dieci, Resp, 27, 191. Is very annoyed and not even bothering to ask for money from Milan: Z Saggi to F Gonzaga, 2 May 1483, ASMa, cit. Has been offered 12,000 ducats p a in peace and 36,000 in war; says this is not enough to keep his men-at-arms: Z Saggi to F Gonzaga, 12 June 1483, ASMa, cit. Alfonso d’Aragona urges Milan to continue efforts to prevent P going over to the enemy: Alfonso d’Aragona to G G Sforza, 16 Aug 1483, Lettere inedite di G Pontano, 159-62. Has virtually concluded a condotta with Venice, but would be ready to drop this and take a condotta offered with Milan; however, Ludovico has heard that the condotta with Venice has been concluded and wants to attack him: Z Saggi to F Gonzaga, 17 Aug 1483, ASMa, cit. Is reported to have come to terms with Venice and is being paid his prestanza in Genoa: Dieci to G A Vespucci, 19 Aug 1483, Sig, LC, 5, 423-5. Alfonso d’Aragona thinks Milan’s response to ‘protesto facto per li homini del signor Marchese di Monferrato in quilli feudi’ was appropriate: Alfonso d’A ragona to G G Sforza, 20 Aug 1483, Lettere inedite di G Pontano, 165-8. It is suspected in Milan that P has gone over to Venice; all his castles have been freshly supplied and it is said that he can re-arm all his men-at-arms who had been stripped of their arms in the Milanese: Z Saggi to F Gonzaga, 30 Aug 1483, ASMa, cit. Has shown a disposition not to abandon Milan, and has still not touched the money sent to Genoa for him by the Venetians; is paying careful attention to the choice of a wife; has been negotiating with Savoy a parentado for his nipote: Z Saggi to F Gonzaga, 8 Sept 1483, ASMa, cit. Still undecided between Milan and Venice; is ill; has taken a wife, the sister Marchese Gugliemo’s widow: Z Saggi to F Gonzaga, 15 Sept 1483, ASMa, cit. Has concluded a condotta and league with Venice, but is still waiting to consider serving the League if promised protection: Z Saggi to F Gonzaga, 24 Sept 1483, ASMa, cit.

Is still negotiating with Milan; it is thought that he will come over in the end: Z Saggi to F Gonzaga, 2 Oct 1483, ASMa, cit. The Dieci are wary that if they commit themselves to paying P money, Florentine merchants may be endangered: Dieci to J Guicciardini in the camp, 6 Oct 1483, Dieci, LC, 5, 300-2. The Dieci are ready to agree to mutual protection etc with P, but not to payments: Dieci to G A Vespucci, 7 Oct 1483, Dieci, LC, 5, 438-41. Although the Venetian ambassador has gone to Monferrato, P still appears to want to ally with Milan; it is said that he has received a large part of his prestanza from the Venetians in Genoa, but Ludovico Sforza denies this: Z Saggi to F Gonzaga, 7 Oct 1483, ASMa, cit. The Venetians wanted to use him to ravage the area around Milan, but when the Venetian ambassador reached P he had been persuaded by Milan to refuse the condotta: Oct 1483, Sanudo, Vite dei dogi, II, 380. Has decided to stay with Milan; is to have a provisione of 15,000 ducats; two envoys are due to arrive in Milan ‘per stipulare il contratto’: Z Saggi to F Gonzaga, 9 Oct 1483, ASMa, cit. His condotta has been ‘stipulata’ in Milan; his perpetual league is with Milan renewed; France sent an envoy to P to urge him not to go over to Venice; Federico Gonzaga also had a hand in the agreement: Z Saggi to F Gonzaga, 11 Oct 1483, ASMa, cit. Florentine ambassadors on their way to France are to visit P and congratulate him on joining the League: mandate, 8 Nov 1483, ------. Will not be having great celebrations for his wedidng: Z Saggi to F Gonzaga, 25 Nov 1483, ASMa, cit. At Ludovico Sforza’s request, P is sending the marchese of Saluzzo to represent him at the diet: Z Saggi to F Gonzaga, 25 Dec 1483, ASMa, cit. His hostility towards Ludovico: 24 Aug 1484, MAP, 48, 31. Refuses aid to the Genoese: 14 Sept 1484, Otto, Miss, 3, 97-8. Nominated as collegato and adherent of Milan after the peace of Bagnolo: 4 Oct 1484, Libri commemoriali, V, 289. Charles VIII reports to Charles of Savoy that there was a secret clause in the peace of Bagnolo by which the signatories would help Ludovico Sforza and Roberto di Sanseverino to make territorial gains in Montferrato; Ludovico denies this absolutely: 23 Oct 1484, ASMi, SPE, Venezia, 373. Bernardo Rucellai has learnt that a secret deal made during the negotiations at Bagnolo gave Montferrato to Ludovico: B Rucellai to Lorenzo[?], -- Dec 1484, MAP, 48, 267. The protonotary of Monferrato, a nipote of P, has been killed by men of the marchese of Saluzzo: 30 Mar 1485, Dieci, Resp, 33, 604. Poor relations between P and the marchese of Saluzzo: 31 Mar 1485, MAP, 26, 345.

 

Paleologo, Guglielmo VIII 1405-1483

Career: Succeeded his father Gian Giacomo as marchese of Monferrato 1464. m (1) Marie de Foix, (2) Elisabetta Maria Sforza, (3) Jeanne Bernardine de Brosse. Condottiere of long experience who almost invariably, and out of geographical necessity, fought for Milan.

Refs: Mentioned in the text of the league signed between Sixtus, Naples, Milan and Florence, 13 Mar 1480: Lettere, V, 289. Is sorry to hear about the flight of Ascanio Sforza; Ludovico Sforza is to have talks with his brother: G Paleologo to L Sforza, 20 June 1482, ASMa, AG, 1627. Ludovico wants Federico Gonzaga to see P’s letter; Zaccaria Saggi thinks this is because of the mode of address; Ludovico is thinking of sending P against Pier Maria de’ Rossi and suspects P of negotiating with Venice; Saggi suspects Ludovico thinks P is plotting with Ascanio Sforza: Z Saggi to F Gonzaga, 24 June 1482, ASMa, AG, 1627. It is thought that P will agree to set off with 20,000 ducats; if not, Milan will give him 30,000: Z Saggi to F Gonzaga, 26 June 1482, ASMa, cit. Is prepared to go on campaign against Rossi with payment of 20,000 – 400 men-at-arms, 500 provvisionati and sixty mounted archers: Z Saggi to F Gonzaga, 1 July 1482, ASMa, cit. Has asked for a member of the Milanese Consiglio Segreto as commissioner ‘per suo honore e per starli presso in campo’: Z Saggi to F Gonzaga, 5 July 1482, ASMa, cit. Has promised to be on his way with his company on 15 July: Z Saggi to F Gonzaga, 8 July 1482, ASMa, cit. Is joining his company against Pier Maria de’ Rossi: Otto to B Rucellai, 10 July 1482, Min, 12, 384-6. Has promised to be on his way by Thursday: Z Saggi to F Gonzaga, 20 July 1482, ASMa, cit. Ludovico Sforza is annoyed with P, who says he cannot move without money; Ludovico only incurred expense with P because he was afraid P would intrigue with Ascanio Sforza: Z Saggi to F Gonzaga, 26 July 1482, ASMa, cit. Has written that he will be leaving next Wednesday; Ludovico doubts this: Z Saggi to F Gonzaga, 28 July 1482, ASMa, cit. Should be leaving today: Z Saggi to F Gonzaga, 31 July 1482, ASMa, cit. Left Casale yesterday, going to his castello at Pomaro, en route to the Parmigiana; Ludovico wanted to go to speak to him, but changed his mind; neither of them trusts the other enough: Z Saggi to F Gonzaga, 1 Aug 1482, ASMa, cit. Has written to say he is ill; Ludovico is suspicious, sending someonce to check: Z Saggi to F Gonzaga, 2 Aug 1482, ASMa, cit. Ludovico left yesterday to meet P, who is ill at Bremo; P says he is determined to go to the camp, even if he has to be carried there, to still rumours that he will never go: Z Saggi to F Gonzaga, 5 Aug 1482, ASMa, cit. Ludovico returned from talks with P; P’s troops will leave for the Parmigiana on Sunday; P will follow in eight to ten days, but is weak and may not be able to travel: Z Saggi to F Gonzaga, 8 Aug 1482, ASMa, cit. Is not coming to the impresa in the Parmigiana: Otto to B Gianfigliazzi, 7/8 Aug 1482, Min, 12, 460-1. The Otto regret that P is not coming, as they feel he could have finished off Pier Maria de’ Rossi: Otto to B Rucellai, 8 Aug 1482, Min, 12, 463-4. Is ill again, so his departure has been delayed; his brother Bonifacio will command his company: Z Saggi to F Gonzaga, 10 Aug 1482, ASMa, cit. Is to be used against the Genoese?: Otto to B Rucellai, 14 Aug 1482, Min, 12, 472-4. Ludovico Sforza says that P is proposing himself as replacement for the late Federico da Montefeltro: Z Saggi to F Gonzaga, 13 Sept 1482, ASMa, cit. Sent to Milan to request pay for his troops; says he will desert if not paid: Z Saggi to F Gonzaga, 2 Oct 1482, ASMa, cit. Asked by Ludovico to send 150 men-at-arms to the Ferrarese/Romagna?: Z Saggi to F Gonzaga, 14 Oct 1482, ASMa, cit. Has offered six squadrons to Ercole d’Este and apparently had them accepted: Z Saggi to F Gonzaga, 1 Nov 1482, ASMa, cit. Refused to send 150 men-at-arms to the Romagna without money, although he is not owed anything: Z Saggi to F Gonzaga, 15 Nov 1482, ASMa, cit. Died on Friday (28 Feb); aged in his seventies: Z Saggi to F Gonzaga, 2 Mar 1483, ASMa, AG, 1628. News of his death reached Ferrara, 4 Mar 1483: Zambetti, 135. Ferrante of Naples is displeased by his death; commended him ‘per essere stato de grande virtu et reputatione: B Castiglioni to G G Sforza, 12 Mar 1483, ASMi, SPE, Napoli, 241. Marriage of P’s daughter to the duke of Savoy displeases Ludovico Sforza: 8 Apr 1485, Dieci, Resp, 34, 11. His daughter married the duke of Savoy: 15 Apr 1485, ASMi, SPE, Napoli, 245.

 

Pallavicini, Antoniotto Gentili 1442-1507

Career: Bishop of Ventimiglia, 1484-7; bishop of Orense, 1486-; cardinal, 1489; bishop of Lamego, 1492-3.

Refs: Has been appointed as datary: 1 Sept 1484, MAP, 39, 308. Although he is Genoese, could not be more helpful to the private interests of the Medici bank: 30 Dec 1484, MAP, 39, 418. Guidantonio Vespucci discussed with him the matter of Florence-Genoa negotiations; Vespucci has a high opinion of him: -- Apr 1485, Dieci, Resp, 34, 51.

 

Pallavicini, Giovan Francesco d’Orlando d. 1497

Career: m Giacoma Brandolini. Important figure at the Sforza court; member of the regency council of Gian Galeazzo Sforza and of the Concilio Segreto. In 1482 obtained S Secondo, expropriated from the Rossi.

Refs: At the end of Bona’s regency in Milan, the young duke ordered that her closest associates at court be replaced by P and other leaders of the rival faction: E d’Este to G Bentivoglio, 4 Nov 1480, Dallari, 45. An old border dispute between the Pallavicini and Pier Maria de’ Rossi has flared up again; a man who claimed to have been dismissed by Pier Maria offered to help the Pallavicini besiege a Rossi castle, but P was suspicious and had him arrested; now it seems his real mission was to murder Ludovico Sforza, Roberto di Sanseverino and P on Rossi’s orders; the ambassadors, informed of this, advised that the arrest be kept secret until Rossi’s son, Guido, arrived to explain Rossi’s side of the affair: T Ridolfi in Milan to the Otto, 19 Aug 1481, Otto, Resp, 1, 423-4. P, along with Antonio da Marliano and the Neapolitan orator, has been delegated to try to persuade Roberto di Sanseverino to come to Milan to reopen negotiations: T Ridolfi to the Otto, 25 Dec 1481, Otto, Resp, 2, 128-9. P was very well disposed towards the Medici because Cosimo or Piero sent him a book of Bl Orlando de’ Medici, whose body lay in one of their churches: B Rucellai to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 23 Feb 1482, MAP, 26, 295. The Pallavicini seemed to be the only ones at Milan enthusiastic for the campaign against the Rossi: B Rucellai in Milan to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 25 Feb 1482, MAP, 51, 79. P eventually joined the expedition against Rossi: B Rucellai to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 16 Mar 1482, MAP, 51, 89. According to ‘Iseppe del Sre Roberto’, the rift between Roberto di Sanseverino and Ludovico Sforza began when Ludovico and P became suspicious over Roberto’s desire to bring Bona back into the government; some secret correspondence between Ferrante of Naples and P: B Rucellai to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 7 Apr 1482, MAP, 51, 107. P went to Parma for a few days; was said to have taken command of a fortress from a supposed Rossi partisan: 3 July 1482, Cron Lomb, 111. Has been helping Beltrame de’ Rossi hold lands against brother Guido: Z Saggi to F Gonzaga, 8 Sept 1482, ASMa, AG 1627. Is said to have been expelled from the reggimento of Milan: L Lanti to the Balia of Siena, 5 Nov 1482, ASS, Balia, 506, 34. About this time the Sforza gave him Roccabianca: late Dec 1482, Cron Lomb, 120. Has been told by Ludovico Sforza that he will have to surrender Roccabianca with the other Rossi places; he has tried to get a ‘ friend’ among the papal troops to take it: Matteo da Conturgi da Volterra to E Malatesta, 10 May 1484, R Cessi, ‘Il convegno di Cesena del 1484’, Archivio della Società romana di storia patria, lvii (1944), 75-95. P as Milanese ambassador to Rome: 19 Mar 1485, Dieci, Resp, 30, 507.

Bibliog: Cerioni, I, 204

 

Pallavicini, Pallavicino di Rolando

Refs: His dispute with Obietto Fieschi over castles; Carlo Fieschi is P’s son-in- law and a nipote of Obietto: 14 Sept 1484, MAP, 48, 46. Tells Bernardo Rucellai that Milan had to come to terms at Bagnolo because she was so badly assisted during the war; claims that the friendly policy towards Venice and Roberto di Sanseverino is just to play them along: 19 Dec 1484, MAP, 48, 274. Among those to whom Lorenzo sent letters of credence for Francesco Gaddi: Prot, 317. N Michelozzi has letters of credence to him: 2 Jan 1485, Otto, Miss, 3, 111. He is being kept out of government secrets by Ludovico Sforza: 4 Jan 1485, MAP, 50, 17. P’s hatred for Battista Fregoso for having joined with the Torelli and Rossi in the recent past is a major factor in determining Ludovico Sforza’s line on Genoa; gave some help to Florence in getting Giovanni Spinola: 7 Jan 1485, MAP, 48, 280. His attitude towards the enterprise of his cognato Carlo Fieschi: 12 Feb 1485, MAP, 48, 287. As governor, witnessed the secret Milan-Venice treaty: 26 Feb 1485, Libri commemorali, V, 295. ‘Midwife’ for good relations between Ludovico Sforza and Filippo degli Eustachi, for he is a cognato of Sforza (or of Eustachi?): 20 Apr 1485, MAP, 51, 300. Among those offered by Guido Torelli for return of Montecchio to Ercole d’Este: 5 Nov 1485, MAP, 26, 477.

 

Palmerio, Pietro (Pierre Palmier)

Ref: French envoy to Rome at the conclusion of the Pazzi War; witnessed the league signed between Sixtus, Naples, Milan and Florence, 13 Mar 1480: Lettere, V, 289.

 

Palombara, Giovanni

Career: Experienced Neapolitan diplomat who tended to specialise in Burgundian affairs in the 1470s.

Refs: Neapolitan envoy, ill in Florence: Lorenzo de’ Medici to L de’ Rossi, 2 Sept 1480, Lettere, V, 59. With Federico d’Aragona and Camillo Pandone in France to discuss the money owed from the time of Federico’s marriage: F Gaddi to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 12 Oct 1481, Sig, X, VIII, 75, 57-8.

Bibliog: Cerioni, I, 204-5

 

Pandolfini, Agnolo di Pandolfo b. c. 1450

Career: 1480 Catasto: sostanze 1,164 fl.

Ref: The Dieci request Bernardo Villamarina and Francesco Imbuschetto to pay P and his brother Battista for grain they sold them in May: 19 July 1486, Otto, Miss, 5, 21.

 

Pandolfini, Battista di Pandolfo 1454-1511

Career: A merchant in Naples, where he lent large sums of money to Ferrante. The king admitted a loan from P of 38,000 ducats in Jan 1481 and further loans of 22,700. Allied to Filippo Strozzi in many commercial and banking ventures. Principally engaged in cloth dealing. Returned to Florence 1490, but ambassador to Ferrante in 1491. Member of the Otto, 1492. Excluded from office when the Medici fell. Prior, 1497.

Ref: While in Naples, witnessed the league signed between Sixtus, Naples, Milan and Florence, 13 Mar 1480: Lettere, V, 290. The Dieci request Bernardo Villamarina and Francesco Imbuschetto to pay P and his brother Agnolo for grain they sold them in May: 19 July 1486, Otto, Miss, 5, 21.

 

Pandolfini, Domenico di Carlo b. 1427

Career: Brilliant student who later moved in the circle of Janus Argyropoulos. General member of the Balia for S Giovanni, 1471. Sea consul at Pisa, June-Nov 1472. In Rimini with Roberto Malatesta, June-Aug 1475. Accoppiatore, 1477. Sea consul entrusted with selling grain to the Lucchese to prevent them raiding Pisan territory, ?Mar 1478-Mar 1479. Member of the first half of the Council of 70, 1480. One of the 12 Procuratori, Oct 1480-Apr 1481, Apr-Oct 1482, Apr-Oct 1483. One of the twelve Florentine ambassadors sent to Rome, Nov 1480. Podestà of Pisa, Apr-Oct 1481, Apr 1485-Oct 1486, Sept 1490-Mar 1491. Member of the Otto di Custodia, Nov 1482-Feb 1483. 1480 Catasto: sostanze c 1,000 fl.

Refs: In the consulta, supported the raising of new troops: 29 May 1482, Min, 11, 365-7. Leaves his post as one of Ufficiali dello Studio to become podestà of Pisa: 3 May 1485, MAP, 26, 335.

 

Pandolfini, Gianozzo di Pier Filippo d. 1525

Career: Bishop of Troia, 1484-1514.

Refs: Has been promoted to the bishopric of Troia, without Florence asking Sixtus to do so: Otto to G A Vespucci, 13 Mar 1484, Otto, LC, 2, 16-17. Piero Nasi has thanked Ferrante for P’s promotion: P Nasi in Naples to the Dieci, 20 Mar 1484, Dieci, Resp, 27, 169-70.

 

Pandolfini, Niccolò d. 1518

Career: Bishop of Pistoia 1474-1518[?].

Refs: Has been granted the abbey of Caserta; the Dieci ask Piero Capponi to help him gain possession of it: Dieci to P Capponi, 14 Nov 1482, Dieci, LC, 5, 187-8. Guidantonio Vespucci is ordered to help P in his dispute over the priorate of Volterra: Dieci to G A Vespucci, 2 June 1483, Dieci, LC, 5, 390-3. Has been ill and it was thought he would die; Giuliano della Rovere took the priorate of S Marco, Volterra: Dieci to G A Vespucci, 5 July 1483, Dieci, LC, 5, 404-8. The Dieci again write in favour of P and his priorato: Dieci to G A Vespucci, 6 Aug 1483, Dieci, LC, 5, 416-17. The Dieci want Innocent to let him serve for another year as the governor of Benevento: 18 Mar 1485, Dieci, Resp, 30, 506. A ‘ creatura’ of Giuliano della Rovere: 7 Nov 1485, ASMi, SPE, Napoli, 246. One of the papal emissaries to Naples: 29 Jan 1486, MAP, 26, 316. To Naples as papal emissary, in disguise: 30 Jan 1486, Dieci, Resp, 33, 248.

 

Pandolfini, Pier Filippo di Giannozzo 1437-1497

Career: Florentine diplomat from a culturally distinguished family. His grandfather Agnolo (d 1446) was one of the most respected intellectuals of his day and a close friend of Leonardo Bruni; his older brother, Pandolfo, was a pupil of Carlo Marsuppini; the family villa was supposedly built on the site of Boccaccio’s villa. P was one of the leading disciples of Janus Argyropoulos and much admired by Vespasiano da Bisticci; he had an important library. m (1) Maria di Francesco di Neroni Dietisalvi, by whom he had four sons and five daughters, (2) Cassandra di Angelo Ricasoli, by whom he had three sons. Nominated as conductor of a Catalonia/Sicily galley, Jan 1468. Missions to Piombino, Mar 1477; Naples, 1477; Venice, June 1478-Jan 1479. Accoppiatore, 1479. Mission to Rome, Mar-May 1479. Embassy to Milan, Oct 1479-July 1480. One of the second half of the Council of 70, 1480. One of the 12 Procuratori, Oct 1480-Apr 1481. Monte offical, Mar 1481-Mar 1484. Mission to Naples, Nov 1481-Mar 1482. In Rome, Mar-Apr 1482; then to Fossombrone and Urbino to join Luigi Guicciardini for consultations with Federico da Montefeltro. Mission to Rome, Feb-May 1483. Member of the Dieci, 1484. Member of the Otto di Pratica, 1482-6. In the camp for the negotiations at Bagnolo, Aug 1484. Missions to Rome, 1486, Apr 1487; to Milan, Dec 1489-Jan 1490. Accoppiatore, 1490. To Rome again, Mar 1490-Jan 1491. Captain of Pisa, 1494. In spite of his previous proximity to Lorenzo, one of the leaders of the anti-Medicean coup in 1494. 1480 Catasto: sostanze 801 fl.

Refs: Advised Lorenzo against going to Milan until he was asked with greater insistency and until there were more serious reasons for going: P F Pandolfini in Milan to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 2 Apr 1480, Sig, X, VIII, 10, 169-71. The Pandolfini were said to be friendly with Alfonso d’Aragona and suspect because of certain indiscretions in Florence; P protested his undying loyalty to Lorenzo: P F Pandolfini to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 6 Apr 1480, MAP, 34, 308. As it would offend Alfonso d’A ragona and others, Ercole d’Este should be dissuaded from pressing for the title of captain of the League, but promised that it would be arranged later: P F Pandolfini to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 8 Apr 1480, Sig, X, VIII, 10, 176-9. Anxious that Florence should hire Jacopo Antiquario, the Milanese first chancellor, of whom P thought very highly: P F Pandolfini to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 18 Apr 1480, Sig, X, VIII, 10, 183. Suggested that Cardinal d’Estouteville, a friend of Florence, exchange an abbey with Cardinal Riario-Sansoni in return for the commenda of the archbishopric of Pisa: P F Pandolfini to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 26 Apr 1480, Sig, X, VIII, 10, 190-2. Was very anxious that Ercole d’Este intervene to settle the internal problems of the Milanese government: P F Pandolfini to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 4 and 13 May 1480, Sig, X, VIII, 10, 197-8 and Sig, X, VIII, 10, 206-7. Suggested that Florence and Ferrante try to win over Federico da Montefeltro: P F Pandolfini to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 10 May 1480, Sig, X, VIII, 10, 202-3. Suggested that Fra Tomino be removed from Milan: P F Pandolfini to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 12 May 1480, Sig, X, VIII, 10, 205-6. Supported the idea of giving Faenza to Sixtus and Girolamo Riario in return for guaranteeing Costanzo Sforza’s security in Pesaro: P F Pandolfini to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 18 and 22 May 1480, Sig, X, VIII, 10, 210-11 and Sig, X, VIII, 10, 215-16. Sought permission to return home for personal reasons: P F Pandolfini to the Otto, 29 May, Sig, X, VIII, 10, 218; P F Pandolfini to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 1 June 1480, Sig, X, VIII, 10, 224. Suggested the compromise which was used to withdraw Leonardo Botta from Venice: P F Pandolfini to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 2 June 1480, Sig, X, VIII, 10, 224-5. Instrumental in persuading Duchess Bona to support Galeotto Manfredi: P F Pandolfini to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 8 July 1480, Sig, X, VIII, 10, 263. Permission to return to Florence: Otto to P F Pandolfini, 12 July 1480, Sig, X, VIII, 10, 272. The ‘dukes’ [Bona and Gian Galeazzo Sforza] would not let him leave Milan immediately: P F Pandolfini to the Otto, 19 July 1480, Otto, Resp, 1, 30. Left Milan on 26 July. Lorenzo asked to meet him next day at Cafaggiolo: 31 July 1480, Prot, 113. P acting as a sort of go-between for a number of ottimati (including Antonio Pucci and Jacopo Guicciardini) who favour an alliance with Venice, and Giovanni Lanfredini and Lorenzo; Lanfredini is being urged to conduct the negotiations: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 3 Dec 1480, ASMo, ASE, ambasciatori, Firenze, 2. One of the four citizens nominated to raise 60,000 ducats in tax in Florence and the contado: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 13 Jan 1481, ASMo, cit. P ‘la mano dirita cum la quale se segna Lorenzo, e precipue ne le cose de fora’: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 6 Feb 1481, ASMo, cit.

Initially declined the Neapolitan embassy: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 31 Aug 1481, ASMo, cit. Appointed as legate to Naples 26 Sept 1481. Mandate dated 19 Oct 1481. Left Florence 2 Nov 1481 and returned 18 Apr 1482. Was very helpful to Francesco Nacci when the latter was trying to straighten out the affairs of the Medici bank at Naples: F Nacci to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 27 Dec 1481, MAP, 38, 379. Refers to the blame aimed at him and Lorenzo in Florence over the delay in the restituion of the towns claimed by Siena; ‘benche sotto il mantello vostro ogni cosa posso soportare’, he defends himself on the grounds that he has been fulfilling his office as he sees it, i e to report faithfully what is said, both to the Otto and to Lorenzo; P says he always knew he was elected because of his reputation for being a ‘servidore et afettionato al re et io gli sono stato et amico et nimino secondo a fatto la città’: P F Pandolfini in Naples to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 5 Jan 1482, MAP, 51, 9. P feels he has fulfilled his duties of reporting what the king or others say without altering anything; also ‘vedendo la natura di costoro lunghissima nel deliberare’; he suggests the Otto give him permission to return, both because his presence in unnecessary and because of his own affairs; this, he thinks, might move Ferrante to action: P F Pandolfini to the Otto, 5 Jan 1482, Otto, Resp, 2, 154. The Milanese await confirmation that the giudizio on the towns has been given: P F Pandolfini to the Otto, 13 Feb 1482, Otto, Resp, 2, 246. After reporting that the Milanese orators were leaving Naples, P also expects his own recall: P F Pandolfini to the Otto, 18 Feb 1482, Otto, Resp, 2, 265. The Otto send P permission to return, as the Milanese orators have been recalled and the principal object of his mission – the giudizio on the towns – had been achieved; he is to return with or soon after the Milanese ambassadors in case there are any commissions they can fulfil together; he will be replaced: Otto to P F Pandolfini, 22 Feb 1482, Min, 12, 143-4. Milan suggested the orators returning from Naples go via Urbino to negotiate Federico da Montefeltro’s condotta: B Rucellai in Milan to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 1 Mar 1482, MAP, 51, 131. Florence nominated Luigi Guicciardini to go to Urbino, although his mandate of 7 Mar mentioned that P would join him in this mission. P requested special instructions for this mission, but the request was turned down on account of Guicciardini’� s instructions. This refusal was countermanded and P was instructed by the Otto to go to Urbino, as his last letter announced he was already intending to do this: Otto to P F Pandolfini, 8 Mar 1482, Min, 12, 146. P arrived Rome on 9 Mar, intending to go with the Milanese and Ferrarese orators to Urbino: G A Vespucci in Rome to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 9 Mar 1482, MAP, 38, 109. He fulfilled his duties at Urbino and left there with Federico da Montefeltro’s permission: L Guicciardini to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 14 Apr 1482, MAP, 51, 121. Was due to spend the night at Borgo S Sepolcro and to be in Florence on 17 Apr: P F Pandolfini at Lamole to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 15 Apr 1482, MAP, 67, 20. Ferrante made some complimentary remarks about P: commission to P Capponi, 22 Apr 1482, Sig, LC, 21, 39-41.

As one of the Dieci, P told Antonio da Montecatini their attitude towards the peace negotiations: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 5 Nov 1482, ASMo, ASE, ambasciatori, Firenze, 3. Is dissatisfied with the peace terms, e g with the provisions regarding Città di Castello and the condotta for Girolamo Riario: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 4 Dec 1482, ASMo, cit. P said that Sixtus should have more regard for Florence than for Siena or Genoa: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’E ste, 24 Dec 1482, ASMo, cit. Has said that Ercole d’Este should agree to pay Florence’s share of Riario’s condotta from his own condotta: E d’Este to Antonio da Montecatini, 7 Jan 1483, ASMo, cit. It is said in Rome that P wil not leave Florence until Sforza Bettini has made some progress there: L Lanti to the Signoria of Siena, 19 Jan 1483, ASS, Conc, 2054, 45. Appointed ambassador to Sixtus 27 Jan 1483. Mandate: 2 Feb 1483, Sig, LC, 21, 44-6. Left Florence the previous day with the ratification of peace: Dieci to B Rucellai, 4 Feb 1483, Dieci, LC, 5, 49-50. Has been robbed of his goods and money worth 1,000 fl on his way to Rome: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 13 Feb 1483, ASMo, cit. The Dieci are considering sending P to Naples to replace Piero Capponi: Dieci to P F Pandolfini, 24 Mar 1483, Dieci, LC, 5, 143. Reluctantly accepted the order to go to Naples: P F Pandolfini in Rome to the Dieci, 30 Mar 1483, Dieci, Resp, 27, 192-3. The Dieci will allow P to return to Florence, as he does not want to go to Naples, and appoint a replacement: Dieci to P F Pandolfini, 5 Apr 1483, Dieci, LC, 5, 146-7. Dieci want P to stay in Rome until Riario leaves: Dieci to P F Pandolfini, 8 Apr 1483, ------. The Dieci want P to stay in Rome until Guidantonio Vespucci arrives: Dieci to P F Pandolfini, 21 Apr 1483, Dieci, LC, 5, 151-2. P will leave Rome today: P Nasi to the Dieci, 10 May 1483, Dieci, Resp, 27, 328. Has returned to Florence: Dieci to G A Vespucci, 17 May 1483, Dieci, LC, 5, 385-7. Member of a commission of the Dieci to discuss with Sienese ambassadors the league between Siena and Florence: A Aringhieri and B Sozzini in Florence to the Balis of Siena, 2 June 1483, ASS, Balia, 511, 5. Was robbed of some silver at Baccano; the Dieci trying to help him regain it: Dieci to G A Vespucci, 5 July 1483, Dieci, LC, 5, 404-8.

Has given information to Antonio da Montecatini about Matthias Corvinus and the signore of Segna: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Aragona, 2 Jan 1484, ASMo, cit. Advised the Neapolitan ambassador to Florence not to press the Dieci about a prestanza for Alfonso d’Aragona at the moment, so that they are not forced into a position from which it will be difficult to move; P should receive a letter from Alfonso and one in support from Ludovico Sforza: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 22 Mar 1484, ASMo, cit. P asked Angelo Tovaglia to give some of Ercole d’Este’s grain to Jacopo d’Appiano; Tovaglia refused: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 24 Mar 1484, ASMo, cit. Has come to see the Sienese envoy about Jacopo d’Appiano’s condotta: G Nani in Florence to the Balia of Siena, 6 May 1484, ASS, Balia, 518, 40. Is making difficulties in discussions with the Ferrarese ambassador about grain sales: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 8 May 1484, ASMo, cit. Elected to join the peace negotiations [at Bagnolo]: Otto to N Michelozzi, 27 July 1484, Otto, LC, 4, 50. Will leave Florence tomorrow: Otto to N Michelozzi, 29 July 1484, Otto, LC, 4, 50-1. Ambassador and commissioner-general in Milan and the camp: 1 Aug 1484, Otto, Miss, 3, 84. His instructions from the Signoria for the Bagnolo negotiations: 3 Aug 1484, Sig, LC, 21, 61-3. Instructed to protect the rights of Florentine merchants who suffered at hands of the Torelli when they were backing the Rossi and Venice: 3 Aug 1484, Sig, LC, 21, 63. Wrote on 5 Aug, reporting on his arrival in the camp: Otto to P F Panodlfini, 7 Aug 1484, Otto, LC, 3, 84-5. Lorenzo’s ricordo to P regarding not sending an emissary to Venice immediately: 9 Aug 1484, MAP, 48, 19. P commends the correctness of Lorenzo’s judgement regarding relations between Savoy and Milan: 30 Aug 1484, MAP, 48, 32. P thinks that the Florentine merchants should wait until the Torelli are forced to repay a Perpignan merchant for damage done to him before pursuing their claim against them: 4 Sept 1484, Dieci, Resp, 32, 120.

Wrote to Bartolomeo Calco asking him to urge Ludovico Sforza to do what the Florentines want regarding troops: 16 Oct 1484, ASMi, SPE, Firenze, 307. Talked with Filippo Strozzi about the government’s fiscal needs: 27 Oct 1484, C Strozz, 3 ser, 247, 215. Lorenzo tells Strozzi that P is well informed of ‘ our need’ and of Lorenzo’s wishes, so refers Strozzi to him: Lorenzo de’ Medici to F Strozzi, 28 Oct 1484, Lettere, VIII, 33. Letter to Bartolomeo Calco (the hand is that of Bartolomeo Scala) urging the Florentine position regarding the dispatch of ambassadors to Rome: 30 Oct 1484, ASMi, cit. P is waiting to learn from Lorenzo who he wants sent in the place of Piero Nasi: 1 Nov 1484, MAP, 124, 4. Is against Lorenzo going to the camp at Pietrasanta: 3 Nov 1484, MAP, 39, 370. Tells Lorenzo that the scrutiny will be prolonged in the manner he suggests: 5 Nov 1484, MAP, 39, 374. Gives strong backing for proceeding immediately to attack Sarzana: 8 Nov 1484, MAP, 39, 380. One of the magistrates deputed to deal with the case of Giovanni Biolco: 9 Nov 1484, ASMi, cit. Elected commissioner-general outside Florence for fifteen days: 9 Jan 1485, Dieci, Delib, 24, 89. Commissioner in Livorno: 12 Jan 1485, Dieci, Resp, 30, 128. Approves Lorenzo’s reply to Milan: 20 Jan 1485, MAP, 39, 66. Niccolò Michelozzi is to inform P and the Dieci of the contents of Francesco Gaddi’s letter to Lorenzo regarding discussions with Obietto Fieschi: Lorenzo de’ Medici to N Michelozzi, 26 Mar 1485, Lettere, VIII, 146. Michelozzi is to inform P of the details of the Lionetto de’ Rossi business; Lorenzo leaves the case of Simone Vespucci to P and the Otto: Lorenzo de’ Medici to N Michelozzi, 31 Mar 1485, Lettere, VIII, 152. At the end of a discussion of foreign policy matters, Lorenzo accuses P of being ambiguous: Lorenzo de’ Medici to P F Pandolfini, 17 Apr 1485, Lettere, VIII, 165. Lorenzo will write to P regarding matters not covered in his letter to Niccolò Michelozzi, but Michelozzi is to show to P and Jacopo [Guicciardini] the content of the enclosed minute: Lorenzo de’ Medici to N Michelozzi, 29 Apr 1485, Lettere, VIII, 175. Lorenzo has kept Jacopo [Guicciardini] and P up to date regarding the Sienese situation: Lorenzo de’ Medici to N Michelozzi, 13 May 1485, Lettere, VIII, 200. Lorenzo has told Jacopo [Guicciardini] and P that has sent Pietro Paolo dalla Sassetta to Piombino: Lorenzo de’ Medici to N Michelozzi, 14 May 1485, Lettere, VIII, 203. Lorenzo has written to P regarding news from Livorno and Milan: Lorenzo de’ Medici to N Michelozzi, 7 Sept 1485, Lettere, VIII, 252-3. Lorenzo has written to P at length: Lorenzo de’ Medici to N Michelozzi, 11 Sept 1485, Lettere, VIII, 263. Niccolò Michelozzi is to consult with Jacopo [Guicciardini] and P regarding Bernardo Rucellai’s recall; Roberto di Sanseverino has written to Jacopo and P regarding a further 500 ducats to be paid to Filippo da Nola: Lorenzo de’ Medici to N Michelozzi, 16 Sept 1485, Lettere, VIII, 280. P as one of the inner circle discussing the Neapolitan crisis without consulting the Dieci: 17 Sept 1485, MAP, 26, 442. In the inner circle discussing the Orsini condotta: 27 Sept 1485, MAP, 26, 451. Lorenzo keeps P in touch with public and private business: Lorenzo de’ Medici to N Michelozzi, 28 Sept 1485, Lettere, VIII, 303. A member of the Dieci leaving on 26 Jan on an embassy to Alfonso d’Aragona in Montepulciano: 25 Jan 1486, Dieci, Miss, 6, 10. The Dieci’s commission to P and to Giovanni Serristori as ambassadors to Alfonso: 25 Jan 1486, Sig, X, VIII, 77, 223-4. Returned to Florence: 3 Feb 1486, Otto, Miss, 4, 97-8. Lorenzo keeps P and Bernardo Rucellai informed, so he has little to tell Michelozzi: Lorenzo de’ Medici to N Michelozzi, 15 May 1486, Lettere, IX, 291. Leaves to Rucellai the job of keeping Lorenzo in touch with current affairs in Florence: 17 May 1486, MAP, 39, 483. Michelozzi is to tell P and Rucellai all the news Lorenzo has had from the camp and from Bracciano: Lorenzo de’ Medici to N Michelozzi, 17 May 1486, Lettere, IX, 293.

 

Pandone, Camillo

Refs: Has been in Florence on Ferrante’s behalf: Otto to P Nasi in Naples, 13 May 1481, Min, 11, 320-1. Arrived yesterday and will leave tomorrow for France: T Ridolfi in Milan to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 19 May 1481, MAP, 38, 184. P had passed through Florence on his way to France: Lorenzo de’ Medici to F Gaddi at Tours, 26 May 1481, Lettere, V, 209-10. Presented himself to Louis XI some days ago and was well received: F Gaddi to the Otto, 20 July 1481, Otto, Resp, 1, 381. Has stated his commission: (1) Ferrante asks for a league with Louis and for the latter to explain why he is angry with him, (2) that Federico d’Aragona’s marriage settlement be put into effect, as he was promised a state worth 12,000 francs a year and received 1 worth 4,000; Louis replied that he was displeased with Ferrante because he had waged war against Florence and failed to restore her towns; the Neapolitan reply was that this had been done to please Sixtus and to keep the Sienese from becoming desperate; however, Louis would send someone to discuss the idea of a league; Louis intended that Federico should have what was promised: F Gaddi at Tours to the Otto, 29 July 1481, Otto, Resp, 1, 401. P has gone to join Don Federico and awaits the reply: F Gaddi to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 29 July 1481, MAP, 38, 276. With Giovanni Palombara, P has been trying to work out a new marriage settlement for Federico, who has returned to the court: F Gaddi to the Otto, 12 Oct 1481, Sig, X, VIII, 75, 57-8. P has been at Milan on his way back from France: B Rucellai to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 25 Apr 1482, MAP, 51, 128. Is being sent to France from Naples at the end of the month: P Nasi to the Dieci, 18 Jan 1484, Dieci, Resp, 27, 55. Ferrante is giving him a letter of credence for the duke of Milan: Ferrante to G G Sforza, 28 Feb 1484, ASMi, SPE, Napoli, 241. Arrived in Lyon as Neapolitan ambassador: received 30 July 1484, MAP, 39, 271. Arrived in Milan on his way to Naples from Savoy where he dealt with the duke: MAP, 48, 32, 30 Aug 1484.

 

Panichi, Mariano

Ref: A knight of Pistoia who asks for a safeconduct for Maurizio Cibo: M Panichi to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 8 May 1485, MAP, 39, 166.

 

Panuzzi, Silvio di Niccolò

Ref: Podestà of Barga, 1481: Lettere, VI, 24.

 

Paolo and Florio di Andrea

Ref: Their report regarding Turkish preparations, probably from the area around Ragusa: Dieci, Resp, 30, 406.

 

Paolo da Colle

Ref: Correspondent of Lorenzo in the Levant: Lettere, V, 223.

 

Paolo di ser Federighi

Refs: Came to the French court on bahalf of certain Lucchese merchants arrested by a Savoyard: F Gaddi to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 18 Sept 1481, Sig, X, VIII, 75, 54-5. Was a relative of the Franciotti and asked that their bank be used as the ‘depositeria’ of the French decima, but Louis XI apparently refused: F Gaddi to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 12 Oct 1481, Sig, X, VIII, 75, 57-8. P, a Lucchese merchant and governor of the new Franciotti bank at Lyon, has come to offer Louis, on behalf of Sixtus and Giuliano della Rovere, a decima of which the king can have a share; he has also asked for certain concessions for Lucchese merchants and a monopoly of French business with Rome for his bank; this last was refused: F Gaddi at Tuais (Poitou) to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 11 Jan 1482, MAP, 38, 75.

 

Papino di Nicolaio da Vignone

Refs: Appeal on behalf of P, a man of good family and devoted to the Medici: Lorenzo de’ Medici to the Balia of Siena, 21 July 1484, Lettere, VII, 445-6. Request that the Sienese Balia amend his death sentence to one of life imprisonment: Lorenzo de’ Medici to the Balia of Siena, 17 Aug 1484, Lettere, VIII, 10.

 

Paralupi, Bernardino di Jacopo

Ref: The heirs of Luca Branchanzieri have committed to P the task of collecting credits they have in Mantua: Lorenzo de’ Medici to Francesco Gonzaga, 10 Oct 1485, Lettere, VIII, 313.

 

Parenti, Piero

Ref: A Florentine resident in Pisa but visiting the camp at Pietrasanta and keeping F Strozzi in touch with what is going on there: 8 Nov 1484, C Strozz, III, 247, 214.

 

Parentucelli, Anton Maria d. 1485

Career: Kinsman of Nicholas V; bishop of Luni-Sarzana, 1469-85.

Ref: Died on 25 Dec; Guidantonio Vespucci tried without success to persuade Innocent to give P’s benefice to a Florentine: 30 Dec 1484, MAP, 39, 417.

 

Pacino di Vimercato

Refs: With Luigi di Vimercato, has been arrested and confessed to plotting to kill Ludovico Sforza and restore Bona in Milan with the help of Roberto di Sanseverino: B Buongirolami to the Dieici, 5 Jan 1484, Dieci, Resp, 27, 15-16. Luigi told him of the plot, but P was not really involed: Z Saggi to F Gonzaga, 5 Jan 1484, ASMa, AG, 1628. Ludovico has pardoned him, at the request of his relatives, but he may be exiled outside the duchy: Z Saggi to F Gonzaga, 7 Jan 1484, ASMa, cit.

 

Paris Spagnuolo

Refs: Infantry constable serving Florence in the Pietrasanta campaign: 8 Dec 1484, Dieci, Miss, I, 22, 38. Assigned to the fleet for the Portovenere campaign: 11 Dec 1484, Dieci, Delib, 24, 80.

 

Particini, Bartolomeo

Ref: Podestà of Poggibonsi: 23 Jan 1485, Dieci, Resp, 30, 246.

 

Particino, Giovanni

Ref: Secretary of Cardinal Gonzaga; in touch with Ercole d’Este: Lettere, VII, 523.

 

Paseti, Cosimo

Career: Ferrarese ambassador in Florence, 1484-5.

 

Pasqua di Domenico, d’A rezzo (Pasquale d’Arezzo) d. c. 1490

Career: Condottiere who served Milan against Burgundy in Piemonte in 1475, Florence against Venice in the Romagna in 1482, against Genoa at Sarzana in 1484, and against the Church in 1486.

Refs: Commander of the 200 provvisionati Florence sent to Ferrara: Otto to B Gianfigliazzi, 8 Mar 1482, Min, 12, 148-9. Florentine constable sent to Ferrara with 240 provvisionati: Otto to P Capponi in Naples, 23 May 1482, Min, 12, 265-7. The Otto ask him, at Lorenzo’s request, to accept Giannino de Galeata as an infantry corporal: Otto to Pasqua, 26 May 1482, Otto, Miss, 3, 57. Ercole d’E ste wants P at his disposal: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 9 Aug 1482, ASMo, ASE, ambasciatori, Firenze, 3. To be sent to Argenta: Dieci to B Gianfigliazzi, 13 Oct 1482, Dieci, LC, 5, 84. Has finally turned up with his company, but it is well below strength and discontended because unpaid; one of P’s men, in Florence, said he had been ordered to take only half his company with him: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 2 Nov 1482, ASMo, cit. A chancellor of P left today with more money for him: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 5 Nov 1482, ASMo, cit. Captured at the rout of Argenta: 6 Nov 1482, Sanudo, Vite dei dogi, I, 301. Ludovico Sforza said that P had only 100 infantry (before the rout at Argenta?): Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, ASMo, cit; Z Saggi to F Gonzaga, 10 Nov 1482, ASMa, AG, 1627. The remainder of his troops are to be put under his son’s command: Dieci to B Gianfigliazzi, 12 Nov 1482, Dieci, LC, 5, 94. Lorenzo is said to have doubts about the loyalty of P’s troops because they do not obey P’s son: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 13 Feb 1483, ASMo, cit. The Dieci ask Ercole d’Este to work for the exchange of prisoners (including P?): Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 13 Mar 1483, ASMo, cit. The League has sent to Venice for P’s release: J Guicciardini in Ferrara to the Dieci, 7 Apr 1483, Dieci, Resp, 27, 234. Jacopo Guicciardini has been trying to obtain P’s release by exchange: J Guicciardini to the Dieci, 22 Apr 1483, Dieci, Resp, 27, 284-5. Negotiations to exchange him: P Alamanni to the Dieci, 22 Sept 1483, Dieci, Resp, 29, 160. P is annoyed that he has not yet been exchanged; is thinking of serving Venice; Florence has promised that no other prisoners be exchanged with the Venetians until he is released: Dieci to J Guicciardini, 11 Oct 1483, Dieci, LC, 5, 303. Ercole urges Florence to send P to replace his son at Argenta as they have promised: E d’Este to Antonio da Montecatini, 3 Nov 1483, ASMo, cit. Has been given a condotta by Florence of 220 provvisionati and ten mounted archers; will send his men to Argenta as he raises them: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 8 Nov 1483, ASMo, cit. Will be leaving Florence shortly: Dieci to J Guicciardini, 11 Nov 1483, Dieci, LC, 5, 307-8. Some of his corporals left for Argenta yesterday with c 600 provvisionati: Dieci to J Guicciardini, 11 Nov 1483, Dieci, LC, 5, 307-8. Was given 700 ducats this morning: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 13 Nov 1483, ASMo, cit. Up to yesterday he had sent 160 provvisionati; will himself leave for Argenta tomorrow: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 16 Nov 1483, ASMo, cit. Differing reports of how many men he has at Argenta; some of his men have been sent by Ercole d’Este to Bagnacavallo; the Dieci say he has 340: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 2 Jan 1484, ASMo, cit. The Dieci say that P has a full contingent of men: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 10 Jan 1484, ASMo, cit. P wants twenty more provvisionati; the Dieci are ready to agree: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 6 Feb 1484, ASMo, cit. Ercole has been forced to give P a licenza for lack of money; he is coming to Florence for a new condotta: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 25 May 1484, ASMo, cit. Arrived in Florence yesterday; today a condotta was agreed for him and his son: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 29 May 1484, ASMo, cit. Will leave Florence in a day or two: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 31 May 1484, ASMo, cit. One of Florence’s infantry commanders in the Pietrasanta campaign: 16 Sept 1484, Dieci, Resp, 32, 171. His role in the impresa to overthrow the Genoese regime: 22 Nov 1484, Dieci, Delib, 24, 68. The fleet departed on 29 Nov with 700 provvisionati led by P and Leonardo di Alfonso on board: M Sacramoro to G G Sforza, 2 Dec 1484, ASMi, SPE, Firenze, 307. Governor of all Florentine infantry serving with Battista Fregoso and co against Genoa: 13 Dec 1484, Dieci, Miss, 22, 41. Bernardo Rucellai or Lorenzo is trying to secure his release (after he was taken prisoner on 18 Dec 1484): 25 Feb 1485, MAP, 48, 294. Reports to Lorenzo regarding disease at Bagno a Vignone: 6 Sept 1485, MAP, 26, 427. Hired by Florence with 220 provvisionati and ten mounted archers and given two whole paghe: 22 Dec 1485, Otto, Miss, 4, 80-2. Sent to join Nicola Orsini: 30 Dec 1485, Dieci, Miss, 6, 4-6. His chancellor came to Florence to complain that P was not receiving the pay he had been promised: 6 Apr 1486, Otto, Miss, 4, 161-2.

 

Pasquale

Ref: Incaudel ‘tiene el primo luogho per messer Pasquale sopra l’entrate del Re’: 15 Oct 1484, Dieci, Resp, 32, 294.

 

Pasqualigo, Giovan Francesco

Refs: Elected as Venetian orator to Genoa: 10 Sept 1482, ASV, Sen Secr, 30, 118. His commission: 20 Oct 1482, ASV, Sen Secr, 30, 131. Venetian ambassador in Genoa: 6 Nov 1484, ASV, Sen Secr, 32, 105.

 

Pasquino, Guasparre d’Antonio

Refs: Ministro sopra le munizioni de’ Dieci, 1485-86: Dieci, Delib, 30, 300-2. The Otto are using P and the Spannocchi bank in Siena to get cash from Stefano Taverna to Gian Giacomo Trivulzio: 23 Apr 1486, Otto, Miss, 4, 187-9. The Dieci will use him to carry cash to Piero Capponi via Siena: 12 May 1486, Dieci, Miss, 7, 23-4.

 

Passerini, Antonio

Ref: Infantry constable hired by Florence: -- Jan 1485, Dieci, Resp, 30, 287.

 

Pastore, Franzino

Refs: Naples gives P to Florence to go with the galleys: 15 Oct 1484, G Lanfredini, Copialettere, BNF, II, V, 15, 154. With Bernardo Villamarina’s fleet: 22 Dec 1484, Dieci, Miss, 22, 61. Brought help to Rhodes despite the Turkish fleet: 29 Nov 1484, G Lanfredini, Copialettere, BNF, II, V, 15, 180. His return to Naples: 15 Mar 1485, Dieci, Resp, 30, 482. Will serve Florence with his galley if he receives Ferrante’s permission: 8 Apr 1485, Dieci, Resp, 34, 13. Is very keen that the Florentines hire him: 20 Apr 1485, Dieci, Resp, 34,42.

 

Patanio, Lorenzo

Ref: Recommendation of Agostino Biliotti’s mission to Lyon to clear up the Medici bank branch there after the Lionetto de’ Rossi period: Signoria to L Patanio, 11 July 1485, Sig, Miss 1a Canc, 49, 144.

 

Patrizi, Agostino d. 1496

Career: Secretary of Pius II and Cardinal J Ammannati; papal master of ceremonies; bishop of Pienza, 1484-96.

Ref: News that Sixtus had appointed P as bishop of Pienza: F Piccolomini to the Balia of Siena, 19 Jan 1484, ASS, Balia, 521, 39.

 

Patrizi, Francesco 1413-1494

Career: Bishop of Gaeta, 1463-94.

Refs: Will be one of the Neapolitan ambassadors to the newly elected pope: 21 Sept 1484, G Lanfredini, Copialettere, BNF, II, V, 15, 140. Enters Rome: 18 Nov 1484, C Strozz, III, 133, 126.

 

Pavoni, Cassandra

Ref: Long-term mistress of Galeotto Manfredi and mother of his son: Lettere, V, 243.

 

Pazzi, Guglielmo di Antonio de’ 1437-1516

Career: m Bianca de’ Medici, Lorenzo’s sister, 1459. After the Pazzi conspiracy in 1478, exiled with all his present and future heirs; declared a rebel in 1479 after he broke his confini.

Refs: Captured while on his way, in disguise, from France to Siena, supposedly to settle accounts with some merchants: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 5 Mar 1483, ASMo, ASE, ambasciatori, Firenze, 3. Has taken away account books of a company he was in with Francesco Nasi; this is considered an insult to Florence by a rebel: T Biringhucci in Florence to the Balia of Siena, 29 June 1483, ASS, Balia, 512, 26. The Balia have arranged for the disputed account books to be held in Siena for six months so that both Nasi and P can consult them; can P stay in Siena for that period?: Balia of Siena to the Dieci di Balia, 28 July 1483, ASS, Balia, 404, 152. Until the dispute over the accounts is settled, the Dieci will not consider P as coming within the terms of the treaty with Siena concerning rebels: Dieci to the Balia of Siena, 24 Aug 1483, ASS, Balia, 514, 27. Provision permitting his daughters to marry: 29 Oct 1484, Provv, 175, 122-3. Lorenzo tells Piero de’ Medici what to do if his is accosted in Rome by P or his sons or nephews; he should tell P to agree to Bernardo Rucellai’s request for the canonry in Pisa, for Rucellai is offering to help him return to the city: Lorenzo de’ Medici to Piero de’ Medici, 26 Nov 1484, Lettere, VIII, 77-8. The Dieci’s licence to all P’s sons to come to the Florentine contado despite their banishment: 12 June 1486, Dieci, Delib, 24, 177.

 

Pazzi, Niccolò di Piero di Andrea de’

Ref: Declared a rebel for having broken the confini assigned him outside Italy for twenty years in Apr 1482: 11 July 1485, Angeloni da Bibbiena, Nota di ribelli, BNF, Magl, XXV, 352, 13.

 

Peccio, Gianni Arrigo

Ref: New Milanese ambassador to Rome: 20 Sept 1485, Otto, Miss, 3, 167-8.

 

Pecori, Guidaccio di Giovanni

Ref: Recommendation to the captains of the Parte Guelfa of P’s request for a pension: Lorenzo de’ Medici to P Dovizi and Giovanni Antonio d’Arezzo, 27 Oct 1486, Lettere, IX, 436.

 

Peckenschlager, Johann d. 1489

Career: Bishop of Nagy-Varád, 1465-7; bishop of Erlau/Eger, 1467-74; archbishop of Esztergom, 1474-84; bishop of Vienna (in administration), 1480-2; archbishop of Salzburg, 1482-9.

Ref: Among those to whom Lorenzo de’ Medici addressed credentials for Baccio Ugolini, 1482: Prot, 202; Lettere, VII, 55.

 

Pellegrino da Mantova

Ref: Infantry constable for the Florentines: 25 Oct 1484, Dieci, Resp, 32, 350.

 

Peluso, Antonio

Ref: Secretary to Alfonso d’A ragona and emissary to Ludovico Sforza: 23 Dec 1484, ASMi, SPE, Napoli, 244.

 

Perrault, Raymond d. 1505

Career: Bishop of Gurk, 1491-1501; cardinal, 1493.

Ref: With Jean de Chassaignes and Jean d’Ars, an ambassador of Louis IX in Rome: Lettere, V, 166. An experienced Roman courtier; has arrived at the French court with a lot of bulls, but particularly in connection with the decima which Sixtus still wants to impose; P was the intermediary for the French ambassadors who were at Rome: F Gaddi at Tours to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 29 July 1481, MAP, 38, 276.

 

Peruzzi, Francesco di Giovanni b. c. 1417

Career: 1480 Catasto: sostanze 1,946 fl.

Refs: Has been elected commissioner to raise sappers and cerne for Costanzo Sforza at Citerna: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 18 Aug 1482, ASMo, ASE, ambasciatori, Firenze, 3. Reference to this assiduous correspondent of Lorenzo: Lorenzo de’ Medici to Antonio Pucci, 16 Feb 1483, Lettere, VI, 198. Writes to Lorenzo from Bagno a Vignone on bank business: 3 Sept 1485, MAP, 26, 422.

 

Pesaro, Marco

Refs: Venetian Savio di Terraferma who, with Giovanni Antonio Minio, supported Francesco Michiel’s anti-Ferrarese position in 1481-2: Lettere, VI, 347 and 357.

 

Pesaro, Nicolò di Ca’

Refs: Authorised by the Venetian Senate to invite Giovanni Lanfredini to Chioggia: 11 Apr 1483, ASV, Sen Secr, 31, 14. Comment on this: Lorenzo de’ Medici to J Guicciardini in Ferrara, 17 Apr 1483, Lettere, VII, 236-7. Secret meeting between P and Giovanni Battista Ridolfi: N di Ca’ Pesaro to the Senate, 28 May 1483, ASV, cit, 31-2. Ridolfi is again in Venice, conducting secret discussions with P: N di Ca’ Pesaro to the Senate, 8 Oct 1483, ASV, cit, 106. With Luca Pisani, provveditore with Roberto di Sanseverino, July 1484: Lettere, VII, 433. With Pisani, Venetian procurator at Bagnolo, as named in the peace treaty, 7 Aug 1484: Lettere, VII, 510 and 515.

 

Pescioli, Antonio (Antonio da Pesciola)

Refs: Banker who will make payment on a letter of exchange: Lorenzo de’ Medici to F Gaddi in Milan, 17 Nov 1485, Lettere, IX, 51. The Dieci tell Jacopo Guicciardini to favour the cause of Antonio and Lorenzo P: 9 Dec 1485, Dieci, Miss, 6, 1-2. Is lending or has lent Lorenzo de’ Medici 4,000 ducats: 5 Apr 1486, MAP, 48, 345. Lorenzo has procured some securities for P and is sending them to Jacopo Guicciardini: Lorenzo de’ Medici to J Guicciardini in Milan, 9 Apr 1486, Lettere, IX, 234-5. Lorenzo is sending further security for P in a letter from Lorenzo Carducci: Lorenzo de’ Medici to J Guicciardini in Milan, 15 Apr 1486, Lettere, IX, 247-8. His representative in Florence was his son-in-law Carducci: A Pescioli to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 20 Apr 1486, MAP, 39, 470. Has got the 4,000 ducats, an agreement with Lorenzo Spinelli, and four letters Lorenzo de’ Medici sent for his security: 21 Apr 1486, MAP, 39, 469.

 

Pescioli, Lorenzo (Lorenzo da Pesciola)

Refs: Issues a letter of exchange for 1,300 fl as part of the cash that Ludovico Sforza owes for the war effort; sent by Francesco Gaddi to Lorenzo: 14 Nov 1485, MAP, 26, 480; Lettere, IX, 51. Jacopo Guicciardini is to favour the cause of Antonio and Lorenzo Pescioli: Dieci to J Guicciardini, 9 Dec 1485, Dieci, Miss, 6, 1-2.

 

Petribaldi, Antonio

Ref: Notary dealing with the submission of Pietrasanta, 30 Dec 1484: Lettere, VIII, 333-4.

 

Petrone da Madigla

Ref: Infantry constable on the Florentine side: 30 Sept 1484, Dieci, Resp, 32, 234.

 

Petrucci, Achille

Refs: Sent by the Sienese to Ferrante in Oct 1480 to protest against the expulsion of the Neapolitan orators, to give five reasons why the restitution of the Florentine towns should not take place and to threaten to defend the towns which were in their hands to the last. With Orlando Saraceni, P was Sienese ambassador to Rome and Naples after the fall of Otranto: Lettere, VI, 83. The Signoria of Siena write to Lorenzo on P’s behalf concerning a debt he is owed by two Florentine subjects: 14 Nov 1482, ASS, Conc, 1695, 157. Protests his loyalty to the Balia: A Petrucci to the Balia of Siena, 23 Feb 1483, ASS, Conc, 2051, 31. Exiled to Norcia for five years: 24 Apr 1483, ASS, Balia, 28, 29-32. Is given ten more days to get to place of exile, provided he leaves Rome and other places where exiles are gathering: 29 Apr 1483, ASS, Balia, 34, ---. Cardinal Piccolomini asks if P can stay in Rome rather than Norcia: Cardinal Piccolomini to the Balia of Siena, 7 May 1483, ASS, Balia, 510, 19. Does not know why he has been exiled, but must be patient; wants to be let off with a fine for the goods of the Riformatori, or have the confines of exile widened: A Petrucci to the Balia of Siena, 8 May 1483, ASS, Balia, 510, 26. After just six months of exile, he can go anywhere he likes in the Marche: 16 May 1483, ASS, Balia, 28, 58. Protesting about the sale of his property, especially without considering the dowries secured on it: A Petrucci to the Balia of Siena, 15 July 1483, ASS, Balia, 512, 62.

 

Petrucci, Antonello d. 1487

Career: Secretary of Ferrante of Naples and a frequent source of information for Pier Filippo Pandolfini in Naples c 1481. Allied himself with the rebellious barons in 1485, and was executed for his treachery two years later. Rebuilt the Palazzo Petrucci in Naples after the earthquake of 1456.

Refs: With Antonio Cicinello, Alberico Carafa and Marco Ferrillo, formed a commission to deal with urgent matters while Ferrante was indisposed: G G Sforza to F Sacramoro, 29 Jan 1481, ASMi, SPE, Firenze, 302. Present at signing of the league between Sixtus, Naples, Milan and Florence, 13 Mar 1480, Lettere, V, 289-90. Witnessed the league between Naples, Milan, Florence and Ferrara, 25 July 1480: Lettere, V, 299. Signed the accord for the restitution of the towns, 29 Mar 1481: Lettere, V, 309. Orlando Saraceni obtained P’s assurance that Neapolitan troops would aid Siena in case of Florentine attack: O Saraceni to the Signoria of Siena, 17 Oct 1481, ASS, Conc, 2044, 93. P had been pressing Pier Filippo Pandolfini for payment for the documents he drew up; he says Piero Nasi promised it to him and Marino Tomacelli wrote from Florence that Pandolfini was instructed to pay it; Pandolfini was promised that his instruction would be at Naples by the time he arrived (but it was not); hasten with this as P could be very useful in the current negotiation: P F Pandolfini to the Otto, 3 Dec 1481, Otto, Resp, 2, 86. P’s visit to Pandolfini’s house to discuss the Sienese question: P F Pandolfini to Lorenzo de’� Medici, 18 Jan 1482, Lettere, VI, 216. 300 ducats have been paid to P (for the signing of the league, a matter raised in a number of earlier letters): Lorenzo de’ Medici to P F Pandolfini, 28 Jan 1482, Lettere, VI, 248-9. Among those informed by Lorenzo of the death of Lucrezia Tornabuoni: Prot, 187-8. Querying Branda Castiglioni’s recollection of the terms of Gian Luigi Fieschi’s condotta; says he will try to get the remainder of the sum owing to Galeotto Manfredi paid too: B Castiglioni to G G Sforza, 9 Aug 1482, ASMi, SPE, Napoli, 239. P says that the League should contribute to the infantry raised by Ferrante; Castiglioni says each member of the League pays for its own infantry: B Castiglioni to G G Sforza, 13 Aug 1482, ASMi, cit. Has a row with Castiglioni over Ferrante’s contribution to the support of Ferrara: B Castiglioni to G G Sforza, 24 Oct 1482, ASMi, SPE, Napoli, 240. Fears that Ludovico Sforza wants to make himself lord of Milan: 13 Aug 1484, LC, II, V, 15, 113. His large fortune: 9 Dec 1484, BNF, II, V, 15, 184.

Everything (offices, benefices etc) used to pass through P’s hands, but it has now been taken from him; he has been accused above all by Giovanni and Alberico Carafa of having made a personal fortune at the expense of royal interests: B Castiglioni to G G Sforza, 12 Jan 1485, ASMi, SPE, Napoli, 245. Rivalry between his faction and that of the Carafa; rivalry between him and Alfonso d’Aragona; the project to marry his son Giovanni Antonio to a daughter of Nicola Orsini; will use Archbishop Rinaldo Orsini and Giordano Orsini, his son-in-law, as intermediaries for this: 3 Mar 1485, G Lanfredini, Copialettere, BNF, II, V, 15, 216-217. Is suspending negotiations for a marriage between his son Giovanni Antonio and a daughter of the count of Montorio of L’A quila; Ferrante and Alfonso d’Aragona want the count of Muro to marry P’s daughter: 8 Apr 1485, G Lanfredini, Copialettere, BNF, II, V, 15, 230. Niccolò Michelozzi is surprised that Lorenzo’s reply to Naples has not yet arrived there; Michelozzi wrote it according to Lorenzo’s instructions, particularly concerning P; Michelozzi has sent another version this evening: 28 Apr 1485, MAP, 39, 430. His discontent with the Neapolitan court: 15 June 1485, G Lanfredini, Copialettere, BNF, II, V, 18, 18. His desire for a marriage alliance with Nicola Orsini, which Giovanni Lanfredini urges Lorenzo to forward: 10 July 1485, G Lanfredini, Copialettere, BNF, II, V, 18, 30. P is well pleased with Lorenzo’s reply about P’s wish regarding the marriage of his son: 4 Aug 1485, G Lanfredini, Copialettere, BNF, II, V, 18. Has returned to Ferrante’s favour: 17 Aug 1485, G Lanfredini, Copialettere, BNF, II, V, 18, 46. Rift between him and Giovanni Tommaso Carafa that Ferrante tries to heal via a marriage alliance P’s son and a daughter of the Sanseverino count of Capaccio, who is Carafa’s son-in-law: 20 Aug 1485, LC, II, V, 18, 49. Has betrayed Ferrante: 23 Nov 1485, ASMi, SPE, Roma, 99. In the negotiations between Innocent and Ferrante conducted by Anello Arcamone, P is very prominent and trying to inflate the position of don Federico d’� Aragona and deflate that of Alfonso d’Aragona in order to give the barons greater security: 26 Nov 1485, MAP, 26, 487. His arrestby Antonello di Sanseverino: 29 Nov 1485, MAP, 26, 489. Branda Castiglioni accuses him of treachery for having three times announced an accord with the barons; Ferrante tells Castiglioni that P’s last letter is completely false: B Castiglioni to G G Sforza, 1 Dec 1485, ASMi, cit. Castiglioni’s report that Ferrante is excusing P’s conduct makes Ludovico Sforza fearful that P will regain his former influence: 7 Dec 1485, MAP, 26, 493. Some in Florence think that Alfonso d’Aragona should be told everything regarding P’s actions so that he can find the right solution: Lorenzo de’ Medici to F Gaddi, 11/12 Dec 1485, Lettere, IX, 67-8. His flight from the barons to Naples: Lorenzo de’� Medici to J Guicciardini in Milan, 26 Dec 1485, Lettere, IX, 87. Parente of Anello Arcamone: 13 Jan 1486, MAP, 26, 314. Rivalry between the Carafa faction and that of P: 3 Mar 1486, G Lanfredini, Copialettere, BNF, II, V, 15, 216. Asks Lorenzo to help his son Francesco get a condotta; he is using Antonio Caracciolo as a middleman and wants Lorenzo to get a safeconduct for the latter from Innocent: 3 July 1486, MAP, 39, 527. His arrest: 20 Aug 1486, Dieci, Miss, 7, 90.

 

Petrucci, Francesco d. 1480

Refs: May return to Siena from exile: 13 July 1482, Siena, Balia, 403, 13. May return from exile in Naples: 22 July 1482, Siena, Conc, 1695. Arrived in Naples, 10 Sept 1480: Fossati, L’opera di Milano, 148. Sienese orator in Rome, where he died of plague 15 Oct: B Bendedei to E d’Este, 19 Oct 1480, ASMo, ASE, ambasciatori, Roma, 2, 69.

 

Petrucci, Francesco

Career: Eldest son of Antonello Petrucci; count of Carinola.

Ref: His father is trying to get a condotta for him and enlists Lorenzo’s help: 3 July 1486, MAP, 39, 527.

 

Petrucci, Gian Piccinino de’

Ref: With Fra Silvestro da Forlì, appointed procurator of Galeotto Manfredi for negotiations at Rimini, 1481: Messeri, G Manfredi, 14 and 96-7; Lettere, V, 244.

 

Petrucci, Giovanni Antonio b. 1456

Career: Second son of Antonello Petrucci; count of Policastro.

Refs: Spoke to the ambassadors of the League in Naples regarding Galeotto and Carlo Manfredi of Faenza: P F Pandolfini in Naples to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 18 Dec 1481, MAP, 51, 68; Lorenzo de’ Medici to P F Pandolfini, 29 Dec 1481, Lettere, VI, 187. His fear at the prospect of Alfonso d’Aragona returning to the Regno leads him to oppose the peace: 3 Aug 1484, MAP, 39, 290. P’s father wants to him to marry the daughter of Nicola Orsini: G Lanfredini to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 3 Mar 1485, BNF, II, V, 15, 216.

 

Petrucci, Jacopo di Bartolomeo (Giacoppo da Siena)

Refs: Niccolò Michelozzi is to write to P (a recently returned Sienese exile) and to Princivalle de Gennaro about horses for the palio: Lorenzo de’ Medici to N Michelozzi, 10 Aug 1480, Lettere, V, 38-9. Reminds Lorenzo that he said he would send for P when he needed him; P awaits Lorenzo’s summons; a week tomorrow ‘si corre uno palio di rosado’ and P thinks Lorenzo should send him ‘uno o due de’ vostri barbari’: J Petrucci in Siena to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 15 Nov 1480, MAP, 38, 52. The bearer of previous letter, P’s son-in-law, Bartolomeo di Serafino da Barga, was arrested in Pisa, at the request, P claims, of Bartolomeo Sozzini and the rebels; could Lorenzo ensure that he is released?: J Petrucci to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 5 Dec 1480, ------. With Pier Antonio di Giovanni Saragniola, elected Signore in Siena for Jan/Feb 1482: ASS, Conc, 692. Informed Lorenzo about Sienese affairs: Lettere, VI, 233. With Antonio Bellanti and his fellow Noveschi, ousted in a coup, June 1482, after which he resided in Pisa: Lettere, VII, 146-7. Brought infantry etc to places in Florentine territry near Monteriggioni; declared a rebel and his goods confiscate: 13 Feb 1483, ASS, Balia, 404, 28. Is reported to have arrived at Poggibonsi with infantry: G Neri to the Balia of Siena, 15 Feb 1483, ASS, Balia, 508, 20. Request that his sentence be lifted: Lorenzo de’ Medici at Pisa to the Balia of Siena, 19 Sept 1483, Lettere, VII, 305-6.

 

Petrucci, Pandolfo

Ref: This Sienese exile will leave Rome in two days in the company of another one, ‘Alexandro Thomasi’, heading towards Piombino: 22 Apr 1485, Dieci, Resp, 34, 54.

 

Philibert I, duke of Savoy (Filiberto) 1465-1482

Career: Son of Amadeus IX, duke of Savoy, whom he succeeded in 1472, and of Yolande of Valois, sister of Louis XI; m Bianca Maria (1472-1510), daughter of Galeazzo Maria Sforza and Bona of Savoy, in 1476. Bianca Maria went on to marry Emperor Maximilian in 1494. Philibert was among those who exhorted Louis XI to aid Bona, his mother-in-law, in Milan in the early 1480s.

Ref: Died of the stone in Lyon; news of this reached Milan yesterday: Z Saggi to Federico Gonzaga, 2 May 1482, ASMa, AG, 1627.

 

Piatta, Teodolo

Ref: Lorenzo tells Jacopo Guicciardini to seek his advice regarding the legal side of the Milanese house problem: 30 June 1486, MAP, 39, 525.

Bibliog: Cerioni, I, 208

 

Piccinelli, Pietro

Ref: Pisan ambassador to Florence: Lorenzo de’ Medici to N Michelozzi, 18 Apr 1485, Lettere, VIII, 167.

 

Piccinini, Gian Piccinino de’

Ref: With Fra Silvestro da Forlì, Galeotto Manfredi’s procurator for negotiations in Rimini, 1481: Messeri, G Manfredi, 14 and 96-7; Lettere, V, 244.

Piccolomini, Aldello

Refs: With other Sienese exiles, including Lucio Bellanti and Niccolò Spinelli, took control of the castle at Monteriggioni and appealed to Florence for support: Balia of Siena to the Otto, 1 Feb 1483, ASS, Balia, 404, 3; Lettere, VII, 202.

 

Piccolomini, Andrea di Nanni

Career: Brother of Antonio and of Cardinal Piccolomini; member of the Monte del Popolo.

Refs: One of four members of the Sienese Balia elected to keep an eye on rebels and exiles of the Riformatori: 16 June 1482, ASS, Balia, 26, 7. Appointed as a member of new Balia, following popular unrest: 7 Aug 1482, ASS, Balia, 403, 21-2. Will return to take up his post in the Balia as soon as he has finished some important business: A Piccolomini to the Signoria of Siena, 30 Jan 1483, ASS, Conc, 2051, 5. With Bartolomeo Landucci, envoy to the papal legate: 21 Apr 1483, ASS, Balia, 28, 25. Sent as envoy to the legate, Cardinal Cibo: 28 Apr 1483, ASS, Balia, 28, 25. Podestà of Soana; permitted to be absent from his office while he was also a member of the Balia: 28 June 1483, ASS, Balia, 29, 32. With Paolo Gherardi and Lorenzo Buoninsegni, elected to make provisions against those seeking to disrupt the stato of Siena: 15 Mar 1484, ASS, Balia, 31, 76. Member of the new Balia: 25 Apr 1484, ASS, Conc, 705, 24-5. With Paolo Gherardi and Cristofano di Guidoccio, recipient of letters of credence for Piero de’ Medici from Lorenzo: Lorenzo de’ Medici to Piero de’ Medici, 26 Nov 1484, Lettere, IX, 68. Capitano del Popolo, Jan 1486: Tizio, Historiarum Senensium, VI, 150. Elected to a fifteen-man electoral committee: Tizio, Historiarum Senensium, VI, 153.

 

Piccolomini, Antonio di Nanni (Todeschini-Piccolomini)

Career: Brother of Andrea and of Cardinal Piccolomini; kinsman of Pius II, who arranged his marriage to Maria d’Aragona, an illegitimate daughter of Ferrante who, in turn, made Antonio duke of Amalfi.

Refs: Met Alfonso d’Aragona at Lago di Celano: F Ricci to G G Sforza, 9 May 1482, ASMi, SPE, Napoli, 239. Commander of seven squadrons sent to the coast of Abruzzi from Alfonso d’Aragona’� s camp: L Lanti in Rome to the Signoria of Siena, 2 July 1482, ASS, Conc, 2049, 19. Had been sent on to Nettuno by Alfonso, so missed the battle of Capomorto: T Candida to Ferrante, 21 Aug 1482, ASMi, SPE, Napoli, 240. At Nettuno with Alfonso d’Aragona: B Castiglioni to G G Sforza, 23 Aug 1482, ASMi, cit. Will be Neapolitan ambassador to Rome: 21 Sept 1484, G Lanfredini, Copialettere, BNF, II, V, 15, 140. One of the ambassadors Ferrante is sending to Rome to render obedience to Innocent: 26 Sept 1484, Dieci, Resp, 32, 218. Suspicions of his loyalty; is sending his son to Naples: 16 Sept 1485, MAP, 26, 441.

 

Piccolomini, Francesco, cardinal (Todeschini-Piccolomini) d. 1503

Career: Brother of Andrea and Antonio; nipote of Pius II; cardinal, 1460; bishop of Siena, 1460-1503; Pope Pius III, 1503.

Refs: Differences remaining after the 7 June rising in Siena were referred to P’s arbitration: Signoria of Siena to the Sienese ambassadors in Rome, 7 June 1482, ASS, Conc, 1695, 102. After further troubles in Siena, he is to decide which of the Riformatori, Dodici and Gentiluomini are to be accepted in the reggimento: Signoria of Siena to the Sienese ambassadors in Rome, 15 June 1482, ASS, Conc, 1695, 107-8. Has pronounced the arbitration; those Riformatori, Dodici and Gentiluomini accepted are to be divided among the Nove and the Popolo: Signoria of Siena to the Sienese ambassadrs in Rome, 22 June 1482, ASS, Conc, 1695, 110-11. Is to be allowed to nominate fifteen nobili to the Consiglio del Popolo in Siena: 21 July 1482, ASS, Balia, 26, 46. The Balia is to ask his help in getting Antonio Bellanti to the palace and to swear to him that Bellanti will not be harmed: 23 July 1482, ASS, Balia, 26, 47-8. When Bellanti is freed, he is to be a hostage with P for his safety: 4 Aug 1482, ASS, Balia, 26, 63. Asked Sixtus to nominate Siena as an adherente and confederato in the peace terms, to avoid expense, but Sixtus has nominated her as capo principale instead: L Lanti to the Balia of Siena, 13 Dec 1482, ASS, Balia, 506, 78. Is trying hard to prevent Alfonso d’A ragona from travelling via Siena: L Lanti to the Balia of Siena, 27 Dec 1482, ASS, Balia, 506, 95. Sforza Bettini came to see P on behalf of Lorenzo; P said he is willing to help bring about improved relations between Siena and Florence, but would need better terms than those Lorenzo is proposing: Cardinal Piccolomini to the Balia of Siena, 30 Jan 1483, ASS, Balia, 516, 75. Sixtus is to let him choose who should be sent to Florence to protest about the new Florentine impresa: L Lanti to to the Balia of Siena, 7 Feb 1483, ASS, Balia, 516, 92. Sixtus told him that Cardinal Cibo is being sent to Siena; P, trying to stir up the pontiff, says that the Florentines are boasting that they have a good understanding with Sixtus: L Lanti to the Balia of Siena, 10 Feb 1483, ASS, Balia, 516, 99. Sixtus has referred the Sienese requests (regarding a league?) to P and to Cardinal Arcimboldi: Sienese ambassadors in Rome to the Balia of Siena, 2 June 1483, ASS, Balia, 511, 4. Has left Rome for Siena: L Lanti and G Buoninsegni to the Balia of Siena, 25 June 1483, ASS, Balia, 512, 16. Apologising to Siena that he cannot give the bishopric of Pienza to Ludovico, as they have asked; has also written to ‘ Ludovico’ to explain this: Cardinal Piccolomini to the Signoria of Siena, 13 Nov 1483, ASS, Conc, 2053, 81. Agostino Patrizi appointed as bishop of Pienza: Cardinal Piccolomini in Rome to the Balia/Signoria of Siena, 19 Jan 1484, ASS, Balia, 521, 39; ASS, Conc, 2057, 43. Two Sienese exiles have asked P to write to Lorenzo for permission for them to enter the Florentine contado on business; he will do this, informing the Sienese first, though: Cardinal Piccolomini to the Balia of Siena, 8 Feb 1484, ASS, Balia, 521, 49.

Was previously favoured by Milan for the papacy; this is a bad thing for Florence because he supports her enemies: 18 Aug 1484, MAP, 39, 289. One of the nominees of Alfonso d’Aragona and Ludovico Sforza for the papacy: 21 Aug 1484, MAP, 39, 292. One of the four cardinals most favoured by the League: 22 Aug 1484, Dieci, Resp, 32, 60. Among the most favoured candidates for the papacy: 25 Aug 1484, MAP, 55, 38. After Cardinal Barbo, among those with the most votes on the first morning: 4 Sept 1484, MAP, 48, 37. Cardinal d’Aragona claims that P is hostile to the election of Cibo as he was backing Barbo: 4 Sept 1484, MAP, 48, 38. Innocent consults frequently with him: 18 Sept 1484, MAP, 39, 332. His brother is the duke of Amalfi: 26 Sept 1484, Dieci, Resp, 32, 218. Is on the committee of cardinals investigating precedents for Florence’s nomination of the Perugians as confederati: 26 Nov 1484, Dieci, Resp, 32, 418.

Bibliog: Cerioni, I, 208-9

 

Piccolomini, Jacopo

Refs: With Antonio Bichi, Sienese orator in Naples and signatory of the league between Sixtus, Naples, Milan and Florence, 13 Mar 1480: Lettere, V, 280 and 289.

 

Piccolomini, Tommaso d. 1483

Career: Bishop of Soana, 1467-70; bishop of Pienza, 1470-83.

Ref: P’s death prompted Ludovico Sforza to propose his chaplain and confessor, Fra Bernardino da Montalcino, for the see of Pienza, 28 Oct 1483: ASS, Conc, 2053, 73.

 

Pico della Mirandola, Anton Maria 1444-1501

Career: Son of Gian Francesco Pico and Giulia Bioardo; brother of Galeotto, Giovanni, Lucrezia, Caterina and others; m Costanza, daughter of Sante Bentivoglio; signore of Concordia. Fought for the Church in the War of Ferrara, whether against Naples in 1482 or against Venice thereafter. This put him on the opposite side to his brother Galeotto, who disputed P’s claim to Concordia.

Refs: Reported that Forlì was quiet, as Sixtus had accepted Pino Ordelaffi’s will and the succession of his son: F Sacramoro to Bona and G G Sforza, 1 Apr 1480, ASMi, SPE, Firenze, 299. Persuaded by the leaders of Forlì to go there for discussions with Galeotto Manfredi in order to reach a conclusion with the Neapolitan/Milanese/Florentine league: F Sacramoro to Bona and G G Sforza, 17 June 1480, ASMi, cit. The ‘ dukes’ of Milan felt that P and Lucrezia Pico had gone over to Sixtus and therefore only Cicco Ordelaffi’s sons might be of any use to the league: Bona and G G Sforza to F Sacramoro, 18 June 1480, ASMi, cit. P was in the rocca when Cecco’s sons made their coup; P as ‘Riario’s man’: F Sacramoro to Bona and G G Sforza, 9 July 1480, ASMi, SPE, Florence, 300. Arrived in Rome with twenty-five lances to meet Girolamo Riario for the first time: Milanese orators in Rome to Bona and G G Sforza, 20 Apr 1481, ASMi, SPE, Rome, 89. Left Rome to collect his company in Cesena: Milanese orators in Rome to Bona and G G Sforza, 30 July 1481, ASMi, cit. P will probably not accept a ricondotta with Sixtus, but Giovanni Tornabuoni thinks he will: G Tornabuoni in Rome to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 5 Jan 1482, MAP, 38, 69. Is in Riario’s camp at Rome: 5-6 June 1482, Infessura, 92. With papal troops going north to relieve Citerna: Cardinal Gonzaga to Federico Gonzaga, 3 Oct 1482, ASMa, AG, 846. Is to be sent to Ferrara with eighteen men-at-arms: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 20 Dec 1482, ASMo, ASE, ambasciatori, Firenze, 3. Arrived at Ferrara with Alfonso d’A ragona: 14 Jan 1483, Zambotti, 132. Believes Alfonso will restore him to Mirandola, once the passes of Ferrara have been secured: F Belius[?] in Bologna to the Signoria of Siena, 15 Jan 1483, ASS, Conc, 2054, 37. Arrived in Florence: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’E ste, 5 Mar 1483, ASMo, cit. Will be leaving Rome shortly: F Gaddi in Rome to N Michelozzi, 26 Apr 1483, MAP, 96, 134. Has left Ferrara: E d’Este to Antonio da Montecatini, 8 Aug 1483, ASMo, cit. Peace terms with Sixtus had included a clause stipulating that P should be restored to Mirandola; Alfonso d’Aragona’s troops came to Mirandola and occupied Concordia; later that month an agreement was made which stated that P was to have Concordia and Galeotto Pico the rest: 12 Nov 1483, Zambotti, 148-9. Nicola Orsini has had P approach the Florentines about giving P the baton: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 18 Jan 1484, ASMo, cit. The Venetians want the question of Concordia to be included in the peace talks; Florence feels that, as P is a dependent of Sixtus, it is unlikely that he would in fact lose it: Otto to B Buongirolami, 23 Apr 1484, Otto, LC, 3, 45-6. Arrived in Florence; will leave in a few days and take his prestanza in the Romagna: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 23 May 1484, ASMo, cit. Left Milan for home, via Mantua: Z Saggi to F Gonzaga, 2- June 1484, ASMa, AG, 1628. Mentioned in the peace of Bagnolo, 7 Aug 1484: Lettere, VII, 491. His brother Galeotto is trying to get Concordia from him: 8 Oct 1484, ASMi, SPE, Roma, 96. Ludovico Sforza backs Galeotto and blames P for allowing his private passions get in the way of the previous year’s campaigning season: ------, MAP, 51, 330. Innocent, like his predecessor, has taken P into his protection and employed him as a condottiere and now using Roberto di Sanseverino to protect his possession of Concordia: 20 Sept 1485, Coll Podocataro, II, 449.

 

Pico della Mirandola, Galeotto 1442-1499

Career: Son of Gian Francesco Pico, whom he succeeded as signore of Mirandola in 1467, and of Giulia Boiardo; brother of Anton Maria, Giovanni, Lucrezia, Caterina and others; m Bianca Maria, illegitimate daughter of Niccolò III d’Este, 1468; children included Gian Francesco II, Federico I and Ludovico, signori of Mirandola. As a condottiere he was employed by various states, but most consistently by Venice, including throughout the War of Ferrara. Disputed with his brother Anton Maria over the family inheritance.

Refs: Venetian condottiere; took Sariano and Trecenta in the Polesine, May 1482: Sanudo, Vite dei dogi, I, 245. Has enrolled fifty extra cavalry for the defence of Mirandola: 21 May 1482, ASV, Sen Terra, 8, 153. Ludovico Sforza says that P offered to send the Venetian ambassador captured by the Florentines through Mantuan territory disguised as one of his household: Z Saggi to F Gonzaga, 22 June 1482, ASMa, AG, 1627. Antonio Loredan has reported that P has been acting as intermediary in negotiations between Roberto di Sanseverino and Gian Giacomo Trivulzio: 14 July 1482, ASV, Dieci, Misti, 20, 186. Is ill: 1 Sept 1482, Caleffini, 12. Mentioned in the peace treaty signed between Sixtus and the League, 12 Dec 1482: Lettere, VII, 491. The Venetian ambassador in Siena complained to Giovanni Lanfredini that the clause in the peace regarding P was against Venetian interests; Lanfredini said that Lorenzo was particularly fond of P: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’E ste, 20 Dec 1482, ASMo, ASE, ambasciatori, Firenze, 3. With Roberto di Sanseverino: 11 Mar 1483, Zambotti, 135-6. Ercole d’Este is to talk to P’s wife about the possibility of Alfonso d’Aragona wintering at Mirandola: J Guicciardini to the Dieci, 31 Oct 1483, Dieci, Resp, 29, 273-4. Is going to talk to Alfonso: Alfonso d’A ragona to G G Sforza, 11 Nov 1483, Pontano, 175-6. Alfonso’s troops came to Mirandola; P’s brother-in-law, Sigismondo d’Este, went to try to solve the dispute; later in the month, peace was agreed between P and Anton Maria Pico; Anton Maria is to have Concordia, P the rest of the family’s territories: 12 Nov 1483, Zambotti, 150. Gian Giacomo Trivulzio says that P has joined Roberto di Sanseverino: Otto to B Buongirolami, ?13 May 1484, Otto, LC, 3, 56-7. Requests passage through the Ferrarese with twenty-eight squadre to attack Concordia; has Ludovico Sforza’s consent: 3 Oct 1484, MAP, 48, 54. Innocent’s anger that P is going to attack Concordia, a town that Anton Maria Pico alienated to the Gonzaga: 8 Oct 1484, ASMi, SPE, Roma, 96. One of Venice’s raccomandati after the peace of Bagnolo: 22 Oct 1484, Libri commemoriali, V, 291. Venice pressing his cause: ASMR, 10 May 1485. Ludovico Sforza backs his case regarding Concordia: MAP, 51, 330.

 

Pico della Mirandola, Giovanni 1463-1497

Career: Son of Gian Francesco Pico and Giulia Boiardo; brother of Galeotto, Anton Maria, Lucrezia, Caterina and others. Studied law at Bologna, but then turned to philosophy, theology and non-Christian religious texts, resulting in the creation of thoroughly syncretic arguments. In May 1486, while on his way from Florence to Rome – where he famously offered to defend his 900 theses – his servants abducted Margherita de’ Medici on his order. Died in Florence and was buried in S Marco, where Fra Girolamo Savonarola delivered his funeral oration.

Refs: Recommendation of his case in Mantua’s council of justice: Lorenzo de’ Medici to Francesco Gonzaga, 12 Dec 1485, Lettere, IX, 73. Kidnaps the wife of Giuliano de’ Medici: 10 May 1486, MAP, 39, 487. The priors of Arezzo report the kidnap to Lorenzo: 10 May 1486, ASA, Delib dei Priori, ser 24, 3, 210-11. The abduction of Margherita de’ Medici and its consequences: Lorenzo de’� Medici to the gonfalonier of Arezzo, 13 May 1486, Lettere, IX, 281-4.

 

Pico della Mirandola, Lucrezia 1458-1503

Career: Daughter of Gian Francesco Pico and Giulia Boiardo; sister of Galeotto, Anton Maria, Giovanni, Caterina and others; m (1) Pino III Ordelaffi of Forlì, 1474, (2) Gherardo d’Appiano of Piombino, 1482; mother of Sinibaldo Ordelaffi.

Refs: After the death of Pino Ordelaffi in Feb 1480, Anton Maria Pico sent military support to his widowed sister to defend Forlì for her young son Sinibaldo: Lettere, V, 28-9. Was in the rocca at Ravaldino with Sinibaldo, while the sons of Cecco Ordelaffi entered Forlì: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 9 July 1480, ASMo, ASE, ambasciatori, Firenze, 2; P F Pandolfini to the Otto, 9 July 1480, Sig, X, VIII, 10, 263-4. Galeotto Manfredi’s idea of marrying P opposed by members of the League in 1481: Lettere, V, 245-7.

 

Pico della Mirandola, Taddea 1440-1481

Career: m Giacomo Malaspina, marchese of Massa; mother of Alberico and Francesco, marchesi of Massa.

Ref: The Otto are pleased with what Bernardo Buongirolami has done regarding the affairs of the marchesi of Massa and their mother: Otto to B Buongirolami, 2 June 1484, Otto, Miss, 3, 67-8.

 

Pieraccini, Bartolomeo di ser Giobbe

Refs: Pistoiese notary: Lettere, VIII, 126.

 

Pier Andrea

Ref: Milanese captain of Cotignola: Lettere, V, 154.

 

Pier Antonio

Ref: Noted astrologer consulted by Galeotto Manfredi regarding his potential marriage to Lucrezia Pico: T Ridolfi to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 15 May 1481, MAP, 38, 179.

 

Pier Antonio ('Moschino')

Ref: Francesco Gonzaga’s master of barbary horses: F Berlinghieri to F Gonzaga, 19 Jan 1486, ASMa, AG, 1102.

 

Pier Antonio da Grosseto

Refs: The Otto ask the priors of Siena to tell P, a Sienese citizen, to stop sending grain to Genoa: 13 Apr 1486, Otto, Miss, 4, 17. Restoration of his grain: 6 May 1486, Dieci, Miss, 7, 17.

 

Pier Francesco da Monteaguto

Ref: Recommended by Lorenzo as a possible husband for one of the daughters of Princivalle Tarlati: Prot, 140; Lettere, V 97.

 

Pier Francesco di ser Filippo da San Miniato

Ref: Chancellor of Volterra, who had accompanied Donato Acciaiuoli to France in 1478: Lorenzo de’� Medici to the governors of Volterra, 12 Dec 1481, Lettere, VI, 144-5.

 

Piero di Bertolso

Refs: The Otto want Alfonso d’A ragona to conclude a pratica with P: 12 Mar 1486, Otto, Miss, 4, 136-7. Milan and Florence negotiate to hire him: 17 Mar 1486, Otto, Miss, 4, 141-2.

 

Piero di Jacopo

Ref: Notary from Barga, in Florence Nov 1480: Lettere, VI, 23.

 

Piero, messer

Ref: Secretary to Obietto Fieschi: 8 Feb 1485, MAP, 39, 81.

 

Piero da Monte a Santa Maria (Piero dal Monte)

Refs: His father Marchese Ugolino da Monte a S Maria has been told by the Dieci that they want him to go in person to Argenta, and not to send P instead: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 6 Nov 1483, ASMo, ASE, ambasciatori, Firenze, 3. Florence has decided to continue Ugolino’s condotta, with P commanding until Ugolino is well; has been told to send his men to Argenta; money will be sent there so that P can raise the rest there: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’E ste, 11 Nov 1483, ASMo, cit. Has left Pisa with 150 infantry: 11 Mar 1486, Otto, Miss, 4, 135-6. Gravely wounded in the Pietrasanta campaign: A Pucci and J Guicciardini to the Dieci, 26 Oct 1484, Dieci, Resp, 32, 353.

 

Piero da Ripalto (Rivalto)

Refs: Doge Paolo Fregoso’s chancellor and his emissary in negotiations with Battista Fregoso: 25 Feb 1485, Dieci, Resp, 30, 359. Ludovico Sforza orders Giovanni Spinola to leave P: 25 Feb 1485, MAP, 48, 294.

 

Piero da Salerno

Refs: A Veronese being sent to Ludovico Sforza: 24 Sept 1484, ASV, Dieci, Miss, 22, 101. Servant of Roberto di Sanseverino: 29 July 1485, ASV, Sen Secr, 32, 160.

 

Piero da Sesto

Ref: Lorenzo wants P to be told that he must send the cavalcate whenever Francesco Gaddi requests it: 7 Dec 1485, MAP, 26, 493.

 

Piero Spagnuolo

Ref: Mantuan orator in Ferrara, 1482: Lettere, VI, 237.

 

Pierozzo da Vespignano

Refs: One of Lorenzo’s agents in Arezzo, instructed not to sell grain from the Aretine abbey of S Michele: Prot, 265-6; Lettere, VII, 366. Lorenzo’s mandato to collect money in Siena to be repaid thanks to the sale of salt to Mariotto Giovanni being cancelled: 19-21 May 1485, ASS, Badia, 33, 84. Sent to Siena to collect the money: Lorenzo de’ Medici to the Balia of Siena, 26 May 1485, Lettere, VIII, 212. Deliberation of the Sienese Balia with regard to cash for the sale of salt involving P and Lorenzo: 29/30 May 1485, ASS, Balia, 33, 89. Sent by Lorenzo to collect the rest of the money owed him in Siena: Lorenzo de’ Medici to the Balia of Siena, 27 June 1485, Lettere, VIII, 226.

 

Pier Paolo da Cagli

Refs: Envoy of Giuliano della Rovere in peace negotiations with Ercole d’Este; a subject of Federico da Montefeltro: E d’Este to Antonio da Montecatini, 5 Aug 1482, ASMo, ASE, ambasciatori, Firenze, 3. Passed through Florence on his way from Giuliano to Federico: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’� Este, 30 Aug 1482, ASMo, cit.

 

Pietro

Ref: A singer who recommends to Bernardo Rucellai an alto tenor called Jacopo for Lorenzo’s service: 12 June 1485, MAP, 51, 316.

 

Pietro da Gallerate

Refs: With Giovanni Angelo Talenti, sent as Milanese ambassador to Naples, Oct 1479: Lettere, V, 7. Mentioned in the text of the league between Sixtus, Naples, Milan and Florence, 13 Mar 1480: Lettere, V, 280 and 289-90. Likewise in the text of the league signed between Naples, Milan, Florence and Ferrara, 25 July 1480: Lettere, V, 293 and 299. With Talenti, Milanese orator to Siena to persuade the Sienese to restore the Florentine towns; the Otto thank them for their efforts on Florence’s behalf: Otto to the assembled ambassadors in Siena, 6 Oct 1480, Sig, Miss 1a Canc, 48, 169-70. P and Talenti arrived in Florence from Siena: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 5 Dec 1480, ASMo, ASE, ambasciatori, Firenze, 2. Going to the diet at Cremona with Ludovico Sforza, and then on to the ‘diet’ at Ferrara: Z Saggi to F Gonzaga, 22 Jan 1483, ASMa, AG, 1628.

 

Pietro di Giovanni

Ref: ‘Becchaio di nostra casa’; owed money by Cecco da Pianorsoli of Modena: Lorenzo de’ Medici to E d’Este, 17 Feb 1482, Lettere, VI, 264.

 

Pietro da Landriano

Refs: Official Milanese representative at the marriage of Clarice Gonzaga in Mantua; was said to be ‘fidatissima e acceptissima’ to Ludovico Sforza and also friendly with Federico Gonzaga: Z Saggi to F Gonzaga, 21 Feb 1481, ASMa, AG, 1627. Ordered by Ludovico to go to Parma (where the commissioner was dying) and stay there until further instructed: Z Saggi to F Gonzaga, 30 June 1482, ASMa, cit. Member of the commission appointed by Ludovico to raise money: Z Saggi to F Gonzaga, 18 July 1482, ASMa, cit. One of seven Milanese councillors sent to negotiate with Ascanio Sforza: Z Saggi to F Gonzaga, 14 Sept 1482, ASMa, cit. Sent to greet Bona on her return to Milan: Z Saggi to F Gonzaga, 19 Oct 1482, ASMa, cit. Sent to Mantua to see Federico Gonzaga: Z Saggi to F Gonzaga, 25 Nov 1482, ASMa, cit. Replaced as governor of Parma by Martino di Nibia: 31 Dec 1482, Cron Lomb, 120. Is going to the diet at Cremona with Ludovico Sforza: Z Saggi to F Gonzaga, 22 Jan 1483, ASMa, AG, 1628.

 

Pietro da Verona

Ref: Roberto di Sanseverino’s ambassador to Milan: 17 Nov 1484, ASMi, SPE, Venezia, 373.

 

Pietro di Galeotto da Marradi

Ref: Florentine infantry constable: 8 Oct 1484, Dieci, Miss, 21, 55.

 

Pietro Paolo da Cernia

Ref: Cortonese villain proceeded against by the captain of Cortona: 21 Jan 1485, Dieci, Resp, 30, 215.

 

Pietro Paolo dalla Sassetta d. c. 1510

Career: Condottiere who fought for Florence in the 1470s, for Naples in the early 1480s (being taken prisoner at Campomorto), for Florence later that decade, and for Pisa against Florence in 1505.

Refs: Hired by Florence for the Lunigiana war: 15 Sept 1484, Dieci, Resp, 32, 165. Florence nominates him as one of its raccomandati after the peace of Bagnolo: Sig, Miss 1a Canc, 49, 157. The Dieci hire him with infantry and mounted archers: 30 Apr 1485, Dieci, Delib, 30, 15. Sent by Lorenzo to Piombino: Lorenzo de’ Medici to N Michelozzi, 14 May 1485, Lettere, VIII, 203-4. Has been pressuring Jacopo d’Appiano to get him hired by Siena: Jacopo d’Appiano to Lorenzo de’� Medici, 30 June 1485, MAP, 39, 242. Is coming to join Nicola and Virginio Orsini with a squadra: 22 Dec 1485, Otto, Miss, 4, 80-2. Left Florence: 30 Dec 1485, Otto, Miss, 4, 87. Hired by Virginio Orsini: 3 Jan 1486, Otto, Miss, 4, 88-9. Nicola Orsini is his boss: 16 May 1486, Dieci, Miss, 7, 26-8.

 

Pietro Paolo da Siena

Ref: Entered Pietrasanta, having recruited men in Lucchese territory for the defence of Pietrasanta against Florence: 19 Sept 1484, Dieci, Resp, 32, 189.

 

Pietro di Raffaele di Niccolò

Ref: Florentine who witnessed the accord for the restitution of the disputed Tuscan towns, 29 Mar 1481: Lettere, V, 309.

 

Pinciulla, el

Ref: The Sienese Balia concedes him a safeconduct: 22/23 Mar 1485, ASS, Balia, 33, 50.

 

Pini, Bonaventura

Ref: A Sienese exile who has a contract for the alum of Montione in the jurisdiction of Piombino: 8 Aug 1485, Dieci, Delib, 30, 111.

 

Pio, Latino di Gian Ludovico da Carpi

Career: Son of Clarice Orsini’s sister, Aurante; apostolic protonotary with a number of Tuscan benefices.

Refs: Support for his designs on the abbey of S Maria in Victoria in the kingdom of Naples: Lorenzo de’ Medici to P F Pandolfini, 18 Jan 1482, Lettere, VI, 223.

 

Pio, Marco da Carpi d. 1494

Career: Received imperial investiture as signore of Carpi in 1470. Imprisoned by Ludovico Fregoso at La Spezia during the final stages of the Pazzi War; his wife sought assistance from the Anziani of Lucca and abortive attempts by the sons of Galesso Pio to take Carpi were made during his imprisonment. A close association with the Estensi, dating back to c 1450, underlay his anti-Venetian position throughout the War of Ferrara.

Refs: Began a condotta with Florence for six months at 14,000 fl p a: 1 May 1480, Provv, 172, 32-3. A condottiere receiving 14,000 ducats from Florence: F Sacramoro to Bona and G G Sforza, 10 June 1480, ASMi, SPE, Firenze, 299. When fear of an attack on Pesaro caused the League hastily to gather together its troops, Florence ordered P to report immediately to the location of his stanze in the Pisano: Signoria of Florence to M Pio and Tommaso di Saluzzo, 4 June 1480, Sig, Miss 1a Canc, 48, 65. He was to be at this destination by 12 June, even if the troops could not make it by then; P’s men-at-arms were reckoned at 140: F Sacramoro in Florence to Bona and G G Sforza, 4 June 1480, ASMi, cit. Announced he was leaving Ferrara for Florence: F Sacramoro to Bona and G G Sforza, 15 June 1480, ASMi, cit. Arrived in Florence; would be paid and got into order quickly: F Sacramoro to Bona and G G Sforza, 17 June 1480, ASMi, cit. P and his troops have been sent into the Lunigiana to protect Florentine subjects from the depredations of the Fregosi and the men of Sarzana: Otto to T Ridolfi at Milan, 22 Aug 1480, Sig, Miss 1a Canc, 48, 135. Apparently met at Cascina by the new commissary to the Lunigiana, Averardo de’ Medici, and went with him to Sarzanello to join the Florentine captain there, Giovanni Aldobrandini: commission of Averardo de’ Medici, 28 Aug 1480, Otto, Miss int, 1, 43-4. Brief hold-up in P’s transferral: Otto to Averardo de’ Medici, 31 Aug 1480, Otto, Miss int, 1, 45. Once near Sarzana, the leaders of P’s company apparently worked out plans to take Sarzana by force, only to be warned off by Florence, which was anxious not to do anything that might disturb the peaceful restitution of her towns: Otto to the Sea consuls (Consoli del mare), 16 Sept 1480, Otto, Miss int, 1, 56-7. P and his company brought to Pisa from Sarzanello by Averardo de’ Medici and in dire financial straits from lack of pay: Giovanni Chirico da S Vitale at Pisa to the Otto, 25 Oct 1480,Otto, Resp, 1, 50. The Florentine towns threatened by Sarzana would be in revolt if it were not for the belated defence of P: G Aldobrandini, commissary in the Lunigiana, to the Otto, 27 Oct 1480, Otto, Resp, 1, 51.

Giovanni Bentivoglio’s elder daughter, Francesca, had been promised to P’s son, Giberto, but the younger daughter, Eleonora, was now substituted, so that Francesca was freed to marry Galeotto Manfredi: G Bentivoglio to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 24 Apr 1481, MAP, 38, 149. P had decided to ask for the hand of a daughter of Marsilio Torelli for Giberto: G Bentivoglio to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 14 May 1481, MAP, 38, 188. ‘Ancorché fussi per procuratore concluso’, Giberto is now to marry Giovanni Bentivoglio’s daughter: T Ridolfi at Milan to the Otto, 5 Sept 1481, Otto, Resp, 1, 439. Guidantonio Vespucci spoke about Florence hiring P, but Girolamo Riario apparently replied that they had enough men, although he would see if the Venetians would take him on: G A Vespucci in Rome to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 28 Feb 1482, MAP, 38, 102. Florence would like to be able to join in P’s condotta, but cannot afford any further expenditure: Otto to B Gianfigliazzi in Ferrara, ?17 Mar 1482, Min, 12, 168; 23 Mar 1482, Min, 12, 172. Ferrante introduced the idea of hiring P; Bernardo Rucellai, in Milan, responded negatively, before he had instructions on this: B Rucellai to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 24 Mar 1482, MA, 51, 50. The Otto refuse: Otto to B Rucellai, 28 Mar 1482, Min, 12, 184. Florence cannot join in P’s condotta: Otto to B Gianfigliazzi, 4 May 1482, Min, 12, 238-9. Ercole d’Este is anxious that Florence should take P into their service, but Florence says she cannot afford to do so: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 4 May 1482, ASMo, ASE, ambasciatori, Firenze, 3. Arrived in Ferrara with 400 cavalry, in Florentine service; had been ill in Florence: 27 June 1482, Caleffini, 312. Has received an offer from Venice, but would rather serve the League; needs to answer quickly, though: E d’Este to Antonio da Montecatini, 15 July 1482, ASMo, cit. Florence agrees to pay 200 ducats of his 1,000-ducat condotta: Otto to B Rucellai, 23 July 1482, Min, 12, 423-4. Can be ready as soon as he receives money: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 1 Aug 1482, ASMo, cit. Is not happy with the length of his condotta: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’E ste, 6 Aug 1482, ASMo, cit. P wanted an agreement for two years, not one: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 9 Aug 1482, ASMo, cit. Hitch in the conclusion of his condotta: Otto to B Gianfigliazzi, 27 Aug 1482, Min, 12, 508-9. Arrived with 100 Florentine men-at-arms in the camp near Ferrara: 15 Sept 1482, Caleffini, 15. Antonio da Montecatini asked ‘Marino’ [Tomacelli?] about the 1,000 ducats P is supposed to be paid by Ferrante in Florence: Antonio da Monteactini to E d’Este, 14 Nov 1482, ASMo, cit. The Dieci say they will pay P 1,000 ducats (the 1,000 ducats Ferrante owes him?): Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 20 Nov 1482, ASMo, cit. Much confusion regarding his 250 ducats: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 8 Dec 1482, ASMo, cit. Ercole d’Este wants Marino to retain 250 ducats of P’s 1,000 and give them to Antonio da Montecatini to send: E d’Este to Antonio da Montecatini, 25 Dec 1482, ASMo, cit. Marino says he needs a new commission from Ferrante or Alfonso d’Aragona before he can pay money to P: Antonio da Montecatini, 25 Feb 1483, ASMo, cit. P’s chancellors were at Cremona, discussing his 1,000 ducats: E d’Este to Antonio da Montecatini, 10 Mar 1483, ASMo, cit. Ferrante agrees to contribute to P’s condotta: B Castiglioni in Naples to G G Sforza, 2 Apr 1483, ASMi, SPE, Napoli, 241. Is now negotiating a condotta for his son Giberto with Florence: Antonio da Montecatini, 2 Apr 1483, ASMo, cit. Ferrante has agreed to the condotta for P: Antonio da Montecatini, 8 Apr 1483, ASMo, cit. Returned the 1,000 ducats Ludovico Sfora had sent him, saying he wanted the prestanza he had been promised: Z Saggi to F Gonzaga, 12 Apr 1483, ASMa, AG, 1628. Has arrived at Ferrara with two squadrons: J Guicciardini to the Dieci, 14 Apr 1483, Dieci, Resp, 27, 251-2. Ottaviano Ubaldini has dismissed P’s son: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 17 Apr 1483, ASMo, cit. The Dieci would like P in exchange for Costanzo Sforza, if they cannot have Antonio da Marsciano: Dieci to B Rucellai, 21 Apr 1483, Dieci, LC, 5, 61-4. When Branda Castiglioni asked Antonello Petrucci about prestanze for Obietto Fieschi and P, Petrucci said it would be done: B Castiglioni to G G Sforza, 25 Apr 1483, ASMi, SPE, Napoli, 241. P was annoyed when told he is to be transferred to Florentine service; does not mind serving Florence, but minds not being consulted: J Guicciardini to the Dieci, 6 May 1483, Dieci, Resp, 27, 319-20. Has left Ferrara because he says he has not been paid: J Guicciardini to the Dieci, 30 May 1483, Dieci, Resp, 27, 376-7. One of those condottieri owed money by Naples: P Nasi to the Dieci, 21 June 1483, Dieci, Resp, 28, 49. Is claiming that Florence still owes him money for his old condotta; Florence wants the books checked: Otto to B Buongirolami, 21 Feb 1484, Otto, LC, 3, 22-3. Two of his nipoti are in Florence ‘cerchano advisamento’: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 11 June 1484, ASMo, cit. His son is in the Milanese contingent with twenty-five men-at-arms: 23 Mar 1486, Dieci, Resp, 33, 583.

 

Pio, Taliano

Refs: Ferrante of Naples worked on behalf of P, who had been in Florentine service, but who failed in some way and his pay had been suspended [he probably deserted]; Ferrante has asked that P be given his back pay up to the momen tof his ‘crime’; the Dieci reply that he has already received this and send documents to prove it; despite their desire to please Ferrane they do not think they are, in justice, obliged to do any more for P: Florentine Signoria, on behalf of the Dieci, to Ferrante, 21 Apr 1480, Sig, Miss 1a Canc, 48, 4. Is being relieved by Alfonso d’A ragona with fifty men-at-arms: F Ricci to Alfonso d’Aragona, 1 May 1482, ASMi, SPE, Napoli, 239. With Giulio Orsini, has arrived in Ferrara with Neapolitan troops: J Guicciardini to the Dieci, 13 July 1483, Dieci, Resp, 28, 201-2.

 

Pisani, Luca

Refs: Appointed Venetian provveditore for Verona and the Veronese: 21 May 1482, ASV, Sen Terra, 8, 153. Provveditore in Verona and the Veronese: 4 June 1482, ASV, Sen Secr, 30, 90. Sent to join army to take Antonio Loredan’s place temporarily: 3 Aug 1482, ASV, Sen Secr, 30, 106. Provveditore with the army attacking Badia: 30 Aug 1482, ASV, Dieci, Misti, 20, 196. Is to replace Andrea Bragadin, who is ill, as provveditore in the Romagna (but did he replace Francesco Michiel when it was decided he was even more ill and that Bragadin must stay?): 3 and 5 July 1483, ASV, Sen Terra, 9, 13. Has attempted to enter Pesaro: Dieci to B Rucellai, 25 July 1483, Dieci, LC, 5, 468-9 and 474. Was sent to Pesaro with 200 provvisionati, but was repulsed by Ottaviano Ubaldini, defending Camilla Sforza: Dieci to G A Vespucci, 26 July 1483, Dieci, LC, 5, 413-14. Was sent to Pesaro after Costanzo Sforza’s death to offer Venetian protection to his widow and to Giovanni Sforza: July 1483, Sanudo, Vite dei dogi, II, 374. Venetian provveditore at Bagnolo: 7 Aug 1484, Sen Secr, 32, 76. Mentioned in the text of the peace of Bagnolo, 7 Aug 1484: Lettere, VII, 510 and 515.

 

Pisani, Paolo c. 1454-1510

Career: Held numerous offices for the Venetian Signoria, the first of which was as ambassador to Frederick III in 1484.

Ref: The archduke of Austria denied passage through his territory to the duke of Lorraine’s troops; P went to the archduke and negotiated passage but by then the troops had turned back: 7 July 1483, Sanudo, Vite dei dogi, II, 369.

Bibliog: M L King, Venetian humanism, 418-19

 

Pisano, Rainero

Ref: One of Alfonso d’Aragona’s captains sent with troops to Vada to help the Florentines: 10 Oct 1484, ASMi, SPE, Firenze, 307.

 

Pitigliano, count of, see Orsini, Nicola

 

Pitigliano, countess of, see Conti, Elena

 

Pitti, Alfonso

Ref: Vicar of Castro Lari who agrees to Lorenzo’s request that he not proceed against Lione Corso: 12 May 1485, MAP, 5, 663.

 

Pitti, Buonaccorso di Luca c. 1420-1488

Career: Podestà of Pisa, July 1474-Jan 1475. Sea consul, Mar 1480-Mar 1481. Member of the second half of the Council of 70, 1480. One of the 12 Procuratori, Apr-Oct 1482, Apr-Oct 1484. Captain of Pisa, Sept-Dec 1488; died in office. 1480 Catasto: sostanze 4,466 fl.

Ref: In the consulta, supported raising new taxes/troops, but insisted that taxes be equitably distributed: 29 May 1482, Min, 11, 365-7.

 

Pizolo, Antonello

Ref: Ysac’s letter to him that Piero Capponi sent to the Otto: 11 Apr 1486, Otto, Miss, 4, 170-1.

 

Placidi, Neri di Aldello

Career: Prominent Sienese political figure of the Monte dei Novi, exiled when the Noveschi regime collapsed in 1482. Leader of the Sienese exiles, based initially in Piombino, to continue in the alum trade, and later in Naples. Returned to Siena 1487.

Refs: Lorenzo was in contact with a number of important Sienese exiles, including Jacopo Petrucci and P: Lettere, VII, 202. The Balia of Siena have heard that the exiles in Monteriggioni are expecting help from P and others: Balia of Siena to L Lanti in Rome, 4 Feb 1483, ASS, Balia, 404, 9. 200 infantry, mostly Corsicans, have passed Porta di Suareto[?] on their way to P, with another 300 to follow: G Severini, podestà of Massa, to the Balia of Siena, 4 Feb 1483, ASS, Balia, 507, 39. At Colle with 100 infantry, in support of the Sienese exiles in Monteriggioni: G d’Agnido, commissioner at Monteriggioni, to the Balia of Siena, 6 Feb 1483, ASS, Balia, 507, 67. Is said to be at Florence: T Luti and G Neri at Monteriggioni to the Balia of Siena, 11 Feb 1483, ASS, Balia, 508, 3. Is said to have ridden towards Staggia: B Sozzini in Florence to the Balia of Siena, 15 Feb 1483, ASS, Balia, 508, 16. Sentenced along with other Noveschi, Apr 1483: Lettere, VII, 305. The Florentines have heard P has arrived in Rome from Siena to try to get a condotta with Sixtus for Jacopo d’Appiano: Otto to G A Vespucci, 1 May 1484, Sig, LC, 21, 47-8. As a response to the rumour that P was on one of the Neapolitan galleys ravaging the Maremma coast, his brother Placido was put in the rocca of Montalcino, and then that of Piancastagnaio; among the Noveschi who were ammoniti for thirty years and declared rebels, 6 Aug 1482: Malavolti, Historia, 82-3. Wounded by a fellow Sienese: Dieci, Resp, 33, 125, 30 Dec 1484. Resident in Naples: G Lanfredini, Copialettere, BNF, II, V, 15, 233, 20 Apr 1485. Holds the alum contract at Montione near Piombino: Dieci, Delib, 30, 111, 8 Aug 1485. Florentine assistance for P and the Sienese exiles: G Lanfredini to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 2 Mar 1486, G Lanfredini, Copialettere, BNF, II, V, 18, 167-8.

Bibliog: C Shaw, The politics of exile in Renaissance Italy, Cambridge, 2000, esp 126-7

 

Placidi, Placido di Aldello d. 1483

Career: Brother of Neri Placidi. Member of Antonio Bellanti’s pro-Neapolitan Noveschi regime in Siena, 1480-2. Fell with that regime. Exiled to the Sienese contado, June 1482; imprisoned, interrogated and executed.

Refs: Came from Siena to Rome to appeal to Sixtus against Ferrante, accusing him of consenting to the first restitution of the towns; had an audience with Sixtus and a meeting with Girolamo Riario: P Placidi to the Signoria of Siena, 24 Dec 1481, ASS, Conc, 2045, 35. Behaved arrogantly: Milanese ambassadors in Rome to G G Sforza, 23 Dec 1481, ASMi, SPE, Roma, 90. Went on to Naples for the second part of his mission: P Placidi to the Signoria of Siena, 3 Jan 1482, ASS, Conc, 2045, 50. His audience with Ferrante, who declared himself constrained by the need to retain the friendship of Florence and Milan regarding the towns: P Placidi and L Lanti to the Signoria of Siena, 7 Jan 1482, ASS, Conc, 2045, 57. Discussed S Fiora with Alfonso d’Aragona, who said that his wife was sending her secretary there: P Placidi and L Lanti to the Signoria of Siena, 14 Jan 1482, ASS, Conc, 2045, 73. Is to be imprisoned at Piancastagnaio, under the same conditions as Antonio Bellanti at Montalcino, on the orders of the Sienese Balia: 9 Aug 1482, ASS, Balia, 26, 68. The conditions of his detention set out: 13 Aug 1482, ASS, Balia, 26, 70-1. Interrogated with others regarding the expulsion of some Popolari and why troops were brought to Poggio Imperiale: Malavolti, Historia, 1482. Cardinal Cibo as legate reports from Siena that Antonio Bellanti and P are among those destined for execution: B Castiglioni and A Trivulzio to G G Sforza, 6 Mar 1483, ASMi, SPE, Roma, 92. The Consiglio del Popolo order his case to be settled within three days: 2 Apr 1483, ASS, Conc, 699, 16. The Consiglio suspended a decision about summary process: Balia of Siena to Andrea Piccolomini and B Landucci, 3 Apr 1483, ASS, Balia, 404, 56. Is to be handed over to Gaspare del Calvaia: Balia of Siena to castellan of ‘Plani’, 10 Apr 1483, ASS, Balia, 404, 60.

 

Placido, don

Refs: Keeps Guidantonio Vespucci informed regarding the Passignano affair: 9 Sept 1484, MAP, 39, 320. Priest from [Passignano?], trying to block Giovanni Tornabuoni and Lorenzo reserving a benefice: 22 Jan 1485, MAP, 39, 69. Former prior and governor of Passignano coming to Florence: 11 Mar 1485, MAP, 39, 101; 12 Mar 1485, MAP, 39, 102.

 

Plenis, Simone de, da Milano

Ref: Ludovico Sforza asks Lorenzo to use his influence with the government of Siena to stop P having the chapter of the Umiliati held at Siena instead of Como; the chapter will decide on the new general of the Order: 22 Mar 1486, MAP, 45, 205.

 

Poliziano, Angelo 1454-1494

Career: Florentine poet and humanist whose family was from Montepulciano. In holy orders and received a doctorate in canon law in 1485, but never practised law. Marsilio Ficino admired his classical learning, but he was disliked intensely by Bartolomeo Scala and Clarice Orsini, who objected to his position as tutor to her children. Protégé and friend of Lorenzo, to whom he dedicated his translation of book II of the Iliad.

Refs: Letter on behalf of P’s first cousin, Tommaso d’Antonio da Montepulciano: Lorenzo de’ Medici to J Guicciardini in Ferrara, 25 Mar 1483, Lettere, VII, 211-12.

 

Pompeo, Trogo

Ref: Distinstively named but othewise obscure figure: Lorenzo de’ Medici to N Michelozzi, 7 May 1486, Lettere, IX, 277.

 

Pontano, Giovanni 1429-1503

Career: Latin poet; secretary to Alfonso d’Aragona.

Refs: Writing from Gaeta, describes the battle of Campomorto: G Pontano to Ferrante, 23 Aug 1482, ASMi, SPE, Napoli, 240. Feels that the peace negotiations with Rome should be broken off: F Gaddi to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 23 Sept 1482, Sig, X, VIII, 63, 155-6. Is going with Girolamo Riario’s envoy to see Ludovico Sforza: J Guicciardini at Ferrara to the Dieci, 9 June 1483, Dieci, Resp, 28, 17-18. Account of his instructions: J Guicciardini to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 14 June 1483, MAP, 48, 323. Left Milan to see Ludovico; it is said this is because he suspects peace has been made: Z Saggi to F Gonzaga, 24 Mar 1484, ASMa, AG, 1628. Sent by Alfonso d’Aragona to Milan to complain that papal and Florentine troops had not arrived and to ask for money: Z Saggi to F Gonzaga, 2 June 1484, ASMa, cit. Mentioned in the text of the peace of Bagnolo as Alfonso’s secretary, procurator and mandatario, 7 Aug 1484: Lettere, VII, 506 and 515. What is the result of P’s negotiations in Rome with Innocent?: Dieci to P Capponi, 11 July 1486, Dieci, Miss, 7, 70. His role in the peace negotiations: 18 Aug 1486, MAP, 39, 546.

Bibliog: C Kidwell, Pontano: poet and prime minister, London, 1991

 

Pontelli, Baccio c. 1450-1492

Career: Florentine architect to whom many works in Rome and the Papal States have been attributed.

Ref: P, ‘legnaiolo, discipulo di Francione’, writes from Urbino that he is sending Lorenzo a measured drawing of Federico da Montefeltro’s palace, as requested, on Lorenzo’s behalf, by Niccolò Michelozzi; the drawings show everything, even the internal decoration: B Pontelli to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 18 June 1481, MAP, 38, 222.

 

Pontelli, Francesco di Niccolò

Ref: The priors and people of Cortona send P as their ambassador to Lorenzo and the Florentine Signoria: 4 May 1485, MAP, 40, 35.

 

Pontico, Marino

Refs: A provveditore at Genoa, he wants to return to Venice; has asked Florence for a safeconduct, which the Dieci appears to wish to grant: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 2 Jan 1484, ASMo, ASE, ambasciatori, Firenze, 3. Girolamo Riario thinks Florence should grant him the safeconduct: G A Vespucci to the Dieci, 8 Jan 1484, Dieci, Resp, 27, 25. Milan says he is the provveditore sent to Guido de’� Rossi, not the Venetian envoy in Genoa: B Buongirolami in Milan to the Dieci, 12 Jan 1484, Dieci, Resp, 27, 42. Has slipped through Florentine territory in disguise; the Florentines say there is no point in refusing a safeconduct for his suite: Otto to B Buongirolami and J Guicciardini in Milan, 17 Jan 1484, Otto, LC, 3, 5-6.

 

Pontinelli, Francesco di Niccolò

Ref: Ambassador to Florence from the priors of Cortona: 4 May 1485, MAP, 40, 35.

 

Pontini, Niccolò

Refs: Former secretary to Tommaso Ridolfi and current secretary to Jacopo Guicciardini, both ambassadors to Milan: 27 Mar 1486, MAP, 39, 458. Informs Lorenzo that, in the matter of his house in Milan, great pressure is being put on Ludovico Sforza, Filippo degli Eustachi and Luigi Terzago: 15 Apr 1486, MAP, 48, 352. P regards the Adorno as being more reliable than Battista Fregoso: 16 Apr 1486, MAP, 39, 464. Secretary to J Guicciardini in Milan: 26 Aug 1486, MAP, 48, 351.

 

Ponzano, marchese of, see Ambrogio, Jacopo

 

Ponzano, Zacheria [di?]

Ref: Captured by the captain of Sarzanello; reveals he is spying for Jacopo Ambrogio, who is greatly assisting the Sarzanesi with information about Florentine activities: 12 Apr 1486, Dieci, Miss, 6, 42-3.

 

Popoleschi, Bartolomeo di Niccolò

Career: Captain of the new citadel at Pisa, Sept 1463-Mar 1464. Sea consul, Mar-Sept 1474. Provveditore gabelle of Pisa, July 1479-July 1480.

Ref: Commissioner recruiting provvisionati in the Pistoiese and Pesciano: 5 Oct 1484, Dieci, Delib, 24, 60.

 

Popoleschi, Piero di Niccolò

Career: One of the twenty accoppiatori, 1494. Gonfalonier of Justice, Mar-Apr 1498; as such, took a leading part in the proceedings leading to the death of Girolamo Savonarola. Changed to side with the Arrabbiati.

Refs: Is arranging supplies for the camp at Cola Castello: Otto to B Pucci, 20 June 1482, Min, 12, 343. Trying to persuade the Feltreschi moving: Dieci to B Rucellai, 2 Dec 1482, Dieci, LC, 5, 40-2. Is going to Cortona and Arezzo to try to persuade eighty Feltreschi to move: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 8 Dec 1482, ASMo, ASE, ambasciatori, Firenze, 3. Has reported that the Feltreschi cannot be persuaded to move: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 13 Dec 1482, ASMo, cit. Elected commissioner to settle the quarrel between Barga and Sommacolognole: 27 May 1486, Dieci, Delib, 24, 174.

 

Portinari, Accerito di Folco 1427-c. 1503

Career: A factor in Venice from 1454 until he joined the staff of the Medici bank in Milan in 1463/4; head of that branch, 1468-78, although he lacked character and personality. The failure of the duke of Milan to repay loans led to the failure of the branch under P’s management. He continued to operate in Milan on his own account after breaking with Lorenzo in 1478.

Refs: In 1481, Lorenzo corresponded with P in Milan regarding the debt of the late Francesco Filelfo: Prot, 193; Lettere, VI, 49-50. Between 1481 and 1484, P used the Medici palace in Milan in exchange for a 2,000-ducat interest-free loan to Lorenzo: De Roover, 394; Lettere, IX, 163.

Bibliog: De Roover, Rise and decline, 273-5

 

Portinari, Folco di Adoardo 1448-1490

Career: Cousin of Tommaso Portinari, for whom he was acting manager of the Medici branch in Bruges in 1478.

Refs: Lionetto de’ Rossi’s suspicions of P: 11 Aug 1484, MAP, 39, 280. Is going to France but will stop off in Milan on Lorenzo’s business: Lorenzo de’ Medici to J Guicciardini in Milan, 3 Jan 1486, Lettere, IX, 98-9. Sent by Lorenzo in early Jan to Bruges via Milan; he is to act as Lorenzo’s procurator to sort out the question of the Hôtel Bladelin that Lorenzo wanted to recover from Tommaso Portinari: Lorenzo to J Guicciardini, 3 Jan 1486, Sig, Miss 1a Canc, 49, 146. Sold Lorenzo’s house in Milan to Filippo degli Eustachi: 24 Feb 1486, MAP, 26, 331. Lorenzo is angry at the price for which the house was sold and refuses to ratify the contract: Lorenzo de’ Medici to J Guicciardini, 27 Feb 1486, Lettere, IX, 178-81. P is only staying on in Milan because of the problems with the house: Lorenzo de’ Medici to J Guicciardini, 30 Mar 1486, Lettere, IX, 213. Lorenzo’s letter to him regarding the house: 5 Apr 1486, MAP, 48, 345. Lorenzo is very keen that P be able to depart from Milan: Lorenzo de’ Medici to Ludovico Sforza, [9 Apr 1486], Lettere, IX, 228-9.

Bibliog: De Roover, Rise and decline

 

Portinari, Tommaso di Folco 1428-1501

Career: Partner in the branch of the Medici bank established in Bruges for trading with England, 1463-4. Manager and partner of the Bruges branch and directing partner of the London branch, 1465. Once the controlling hand of Piero de’ Medici was gone, P indulged in extravagant loans to his princely associates, which ruined the bank. Adviser to Philip the Good and Charles the Bold, at whose court he acted as Lorenzo’s personal representative. His mercantile activities covered a very wide field and contributed in no small part to the Burgundian economy. He lost vast sums to both Charles and to Maximilian von Habsburg and, by his thoughtless munificence, helped towards the collapse of the Medicean banking system. In Aug 1480 he unwillingly took over the Bruges branch completely. In 1481 Lorenzo sold the Bruges branch to him with all its liabilities and potential assets for 16,616 fl. In 1489-90 he was in London with Cristofano Spini to negotiate a commercial treaty between England and Florence and the setting up of a wool staple in Pisa. Consul in Bruges several times. Having arrived in Bruges at the age of twelve, he had become completely immersed in the Burgundian way of life and, unlike other Medici factors, he had no wish to return to Florence as a senior partner. Between 1498 and his death in 1501 he lived in Florence and filled various public offices. His artistic commissions included portraits of himself and his wife Maria Bandini-Baroncelli by Memling, and the Van der Goes ‘Adoration of the shepherds’ (Uffizi) for the hospital of S Maria Nuova.

Refs: Cited along with Lorenzo in Guglielmo Bacci’s mandamento against the Medici bank; Lionetto de’ Rossi’s suspicions of him: 11 Aug 1484, MAP, 39, 280. Lorenzo asks Cornelio Altoviti to consign to P documents given him by Giovanni Olivieri: 16 Oct 1484, MAP, 167. Occupying the building of the Medici bank in Bruges: -- Jan 1486, Sig, Miss 1a Canc, 49, 146.

Bibliog: De Roover, Rise and decline, 217-57

 

Poschi, Bartolomeo de’

Ref: Emissary to Florence from the priors and gonfalonier of S Gimignano: 21 Jan 1485, Dieci, Resp, 30, 220.

 

Poù, Giovanni

Refs: Imprisoned by the Neapolitan barons at Salerno, along with Federico d’Aragona and Antonello Petrucci: G Lanfredini to the Dieci, 23 Nov 1485, ed Pontieri, La politica, 124-5. P and the others had fled: G Lanfredini to the Dieci, 11 Dec 1485, G Lanfredini, Copialettere, BNF, II, V, 18, 133.

 

Preti, Guido de’

Career: Mantuan doctor of law; podestà of Gubbio, 1489.

Ref: Recommendation of P: Lorenzo de’ Medici to Federico Gonzaga, 5 May 1484; Lettere, VII, 400-1.

 

Preti, Violante de’

Ref: Looked after the children of Federico Gonzaga after the death of their mother, Margherita; met Lorenzo in Mantua, Feb 1483: Lettere, VII, 401.

 

Princivalle da Gallerate

Refs: A lawyer mentioned in the text of the league between Sixtus, Naples, Milan and Florence, 13 Mar 1480: Lettere, V, 290. Likewise in the text of the league signed between Naples, Milan, Florence and Ferrara, 25 July 1480: Lettere, V, 299.

 

Priuli, Francesco

Ref: Venetian senator who was usually a great supporter of Ferrara but proposed raising troops to defend the ‘casoni’: ASV, Sen Secr, 30, 46, 4 Jan 1482; Lettere, VI, 385.

 

Prospero da Camogli

Career: Genoese familiar of Cardinal Giuliano della Rovere; bishop of Caithness, 1478-84; imperial ambassador in Rome, 1484.

Refs: Has reappeared and sought an audience with King Louis, probably about Genoese affairs: F Gaddi at Tours to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 29 July 1481, MAP, 38, 276. P, ‘homo cupido a tentar nuove cose’, arrived at Tours secretly, but has not seen the king and has been lying low for some days; Francesco Gaddi thinks he has come about Genoese affairs, but he will probably leave when he finds Louis does not want to get involved: F Gaddi to the Otto, 17 Aug 1481, Otto, Resp, 1, 422. Louis told Gaddi that P had written from Paris requesting an interview on the grounds that he had important information to relate; Gaddi described P as ‘homo abundatissimo di parole ma con pocha conclusione’ and gave the impression that Louis would not see him: F Gaddi to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 4 Sept 1481, Sig, X, VIII, 75, 53-4. P has gone to Paris and is due to go on to Scotland; Louis would not even see him: F Gaddi to T Ridolfi at Milan, 18 Sept 1481, Sig, X, VIII, 75, 55-6.

 

Provenzale, Nardo

Ref: Infantry constable hired by Florence: -- Jan 1485, Dieci, Resp, 30, 287.

 

Puccetti, Ferrando

Refs: Innocent wants P, his doctor, to be able to do what he wants with his Monte credit: 17 Dec 1484, MAP, 39, 405. Request for the Monte officials to transfer some of his Monte credit: G A Vespucci to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 3 Feb 1485, MAP, 39, 93.

 

Pucci, Alessandro di Antonio

Ref: Florentine merchant in Rome: 15 Dec 1485, Otto, Miss, 4, 80.

 

Pucci, Antonio di Puccio 1418-1484

Career: Firm supporter of the Medici, who did much to maintain the Medicean supremacy during the time of Piero di Cosimo and, as the Lettere confirm, was still consulted by Lorenzo in the early 1480s. m (1) Maddalena di Giramonte Gini, (2) Piera di Gianozzo Manetti. His son Gianozzo’s first wife was a daughter of Ugolino, marchese of Monte a S Maria. Provveditore of the consuls of Pisa, Sept 1448-Nov 1449. Prior, 1452, 1457. Podestà of Pistoia, 1458. Vicar of Certaldo, 1461. Gonfalonier of Justice, 1463. Captain of Pisa, Mar-Sept 1467. General member of the Balia for S Giovanni, 1471. Accoppiatore, 1471, 1474. Vicar of Poppi, 1473. Prior, 1475. Podestà of Prato, 1479. At Firenzuola, Nov 1479. Bought land in the Pisan contado, 1479. Member of the first half of the Council of 70, 1480. Gonfalonier of Justice, 1480-1. Member of the Otto di Pratica, Oct 1480-Apr 1481, Oct 1481-Apr 1482. Member of the Dieci di Balia, 1482-4. Member of the Otto di Custodia, Mar-June 1483. Commissary-general for the war against Genoa; died in the camp at Pietrasanta. Pollaiuolo’s martyrdom of S Sebastian was painted for the Pucci chapel in SS Annunziata.

Refs: Filippo Sacramoro has a private audience with P, the Gonfalonier of Justice, and Lorenzo: F Sacramoro to G G Sforza, 4 Feb 1481, ASMi, SPE, Firenze, 302. Bartolomeo Scala suggested to Piero Nasi (the Florentine orator at Naples) that he address his requests for more money to P as Gonfalonier of Justice and again to the Otto: B Scala to P Nasi, 7 Apr 1481, Min, 11, 301-2. Plan for one of P’s sons to marry a daughter of Princivalle Tarlati: Lorenzo de’ Medici to N Michelozzi in Urbino, 9 Nov 1481, Lettere, VI, 75. With Niccolò Michelozzi, interrogated Cola Montano; Jacopo Conti warned P that Pier Maria de’ Rossi was planning to invade Mantuan territory: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 2 May 1482, ASMo, ASE, ambasciatori, Firenze, 3. In the consulta, advised that 100 extra cavalry be hired: 29 May 1482, Min, 11, 365-7. One of the Dieci replying to Bartolomeo Sozzini about the Sienese request for help with Monteriggioni; Sozzini dined with him and P insisted the disputed towns must be returned, and offered help and money: B Sozzini to the Balia of Siena, 8 Feb 1483, ASS, Balia, 507, 87. With Luigi Guicciardini, persuaded Sozzini to delay his departure from Florence; gave a dinner for Sozzini: B Sozzini to the Balia of Siena, 16 Feb 1483, ASS, Balia, 508, 25. Giovanni Lanfredini wants to speak to P about the 2,800 ducats he wanted from the Dieci (regarding the Gondi loan): Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 3 Mar 1483, ASMo, ASE, ambasciatori, Firenze, 3. A second appeal on behalf of Giovanni di Matteo da Pistoia, the first having been made on 22 Mar: A Pucci to the Balia of Siena, 20 Apr 1483, ASS, Balia, 509, 47. Assures the Sienese ambassador that Florence is ready to do even more for Siena than the Dieci have offered: B Sozzini to the Balia of Siena, 18 May 1483, ASS, Balia, 510, 58. Sozzini had a private meeting with P and Pier Filippo Panfoldini: B Sozzini and T Biringucci to the Balia of Siena, 6 Aug 1483, ASS, Balia, 513, 20. Is to replace Bernardo Buongirolami as a member of the Dieci: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 11 Nov 1483, ASMo, cit. ‘Preposto del collegio de X et uno di quelli che ongni bene essere di V S ha conduso una volta essere suo et in publico et in particulari’: R Ricchi in Florence to the Balia of Siena, 13 Jan 1484, ASS, Balia, 516, 48. Recommends Luca di messer Giovanni: A Pucci to the Balia of Siena, ?25 Feb 1484, ASS, Balia, 517, 24. Appeals on behalf of Leonardo di Benedetto di Cione and Agnolo di Francesco di Madonna Dina, as the Signoria had done: A Pucci to the Balia of Siena, 2 Mar 1484, ------. P and Jacopo Guicciardini are put in charge of the Sarzana expedition: 11 Aug 1484, Dieci, Delib, 24, 53. P is to ascertain Lorenzo’s view on how to handle the problems of the Sarzana campaign: J Guicciardini to A Pucci, 29 Aug 1484, Dieci, Resp, 32, 92. Jacopo Guicciardini is keeping P informed of the progress of the Lunigiana war and asks him to recommend Girolamo Giugni to Lorenzo for the scrutiny: 5 Sept 1484, Dieci, Resp, 32, 122. With Guicciardini, elected commissario-generale for the Pietrasanta campaign: 12 Oct 1484, Dieci, Delib, 24, 63. Commissioner in the camp outside Pietrasanta: 16 Oct 1484, Dieci, Resp, 32, 298. The Dieci instruct Bernardo del Nero to go to the camp as commissioner if P is too sick to stay at his post, but only if Lorenzo agrees: 30 Oct 1484, Dieci, Miss, 21, 107. P is sick, but Lorenzo tells him to come to Pisa: 31 Oct 1484, Dieci, Resp, 32, 367. Died 4 Nov: D Pucci to the Dieci, 5 Nov 1484, Dieci, Resp, 32, 382.

 

Pucci, Bartolomeo di Puccio 1426-1512

Career: Patron of galley for Barbary and Sicily, 1456, and for the Levant, 1459. Podestà of Montepulciano, 1464. Castellan of Porta S Marco, Pisa, July 1465. Prior, 1471. Captain of Campiglia, 1476. War commissary with Costanzo Sforza, 1482. Vicar of Val di Cascina, 1483. Gonfalonier of Justice, 1490. Captain of Livorno, Dec 1491-Apr 1492. Usually resided in the Pucci villa in Uliveto (Val di Chianti).

Refs: Florentine commissioner at Città di Castello: Otto to B Pucci, 20 June 1482, Min, 12, 343. Appointed commissioner with Costanzo Sforza: 21 June 1482, Sig, LC, 21, 42. Citerna surrendered to Costanzo Sforza and to P, 1 Oct: Dieci to B Gianfigliazzi, 5 Oct 1482, Dieci, LC, 5, 77-80.

 

Pucci, Dionigi 1442-1494

Career: Friend of Lorenzo. m Giovanna di Antonio Gambacorti of Pisa. One of the most famous jousters of his day; acquitted himself well in the 1459 tournament at S Croce. In the same role he was the subject of a Poliziano poem, 1470. Camerlengo-generale of Pisa, Apr-Oct 1473. Podestà of Castel Fiorentino, 1477. Commissary in Faenza and also in the Siena region, 1483. Governor of Faenza, 1488. Ambassador in the Romagna, Ferrara and Bologna, c 1490-2. Vicar of Laia, 1491. Gonfalonier of Justice, 1493. Ambassador to Naples, 1494, where he died soon after his arrival. Commissioned Perugino’s Crucifixion fresco (1493-6), now in sacristy of S Maria Maddalena de’ Pazzi. Catasto 1480: sostanze 1195 fl.

Refs: Lorenzo has helped him obtain the post of provveditore of the Dieci: B Rucellai to D Pucci, 14 Aug 1482, Dieci, Resp, 26, 165. Lorenzo’s compagno and provveditore of the Dieci, ‘il quale intendo omne cosa’, told Antonio da Montecatini that he had more hope in Lorenzo’s peace pratiche than in any other: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 4 Dec 1482, ASMo, ASE, ambasciatori, Firenze, 3. To be sent to Galeotto Manfredi to try to convince him that his affairs are being settled: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 4 Apr 1483, ASMo, cit. Is leaving Florence today as commissary at Faenza: Dieci to J Guicciardini, 9 Apr 1483, Dieci, LC, 5, 213-15. His instructions for Faenza; is to inspect Florentine fortresses on the way back: 12 Apr 1483, Dieci, Cond Stanz, 24, 17-18. Has returned from Faenza: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 21 Apr 1483, ASMo, cit. Sent to Ludovico Sforza to tell him of events in the Lunigiana etc: mandate to D Pucci, 31 May 1483, Dieci, Delib, 24, 25-6. It is said that P is being sent to Ludovico to urge him to pay Galeotto Manfredi and Ercole d’Este; Antonio da Montecatini thinks that he might also be getting Ludovico’s agreement for an approach to Venice: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’Este, 31 May 1483, ASMo, cit. Has been sent to the troops in the Lunigiana with money: Dieci to J Guicciardini, 14 July 1483, Dieci, LC, 5, 238-9. Commissioner with the troops coming from the Lunigiana to support Siena: T Biringhucci to the Balia of Siena, 13 Aug 1483, ASS, Balia, 513, 69. Made commissario-generale over Florentine troops at the service of Siena: Dieci to the Signoria of Siena, 16 Aug 1483, ASS, Conc, 2053, 12. Will take Florentine troops from the Sienese to Pisa: D Pucci to the Balia of Siena, 26 Aug 1483, ASS, Balia, 514, 33. Had been sent as Florentine commissioner to try to settle the quarrel between the marchesi of Massa, but was recalled when Milan advised Florence not to get involved: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’� Este, 10 Jan 1484, ASMo, cit. Should be leaving on 9 Mar for Urbino to hand over the prestanza: Antonio da Montecatini to E d’E ste, 6 Mar 1484, ASMo, cit. Spoke to the Sienese envoy about Jacopo d’Appiano’s condotta: G Nani in Florence to the Balia of Siena, 6 May 1484, ASS, Balia, 518, 40. Provveditore of the Otto: 14 Aug 1484, Otto, Miss, 3, 91. Elected commissioner to Pisa for Sept: 2 Sept 1484, Dieci, Delib, 24, 54. P has been instructed to follow Lorenzo’s instructions: 6 Nov 1484, MAP, 39, 378. Hires Galceran de Requesens and Bernardo Villamarina: Lorenzo de’ Medici to the Dieci, 9 Nov 1484, Lettere, IX, 53; 10 Nov 1484, Dieci, Delib, 27, 126-30. P is to follow Lorenzo’s views regarding the rivellino: 19 Nov 1484, Dieci, Miss, 22, 15. Leonardo di Alfonso lent him 880 fl: 21 Jan 1485, Dieci, Resp, 30, 224.

 

Pucci, Francesco di Giovanni 1437-1518

Career: Received galley captaincy early in 1466. Member of Otto di Custodia, Mar-June 1484. Member of Otto di Guardia, 1498, making him one of the judges of Girolamo Savonarola.

Ref: Vicar of Anghiari made commissioner in the vicariate of Anghiari: 16 Dec 1485, Dieci, Delib, 24, 152.

 

Pucci, Lorenzo di Antonio

Refs: The Otto recommend P, who is coming to Rome for certain needs of his, of which Guidantonio Vespucci is already informed; Vespucci is well aware of the great merits of P’s father and is to do what he can for P: Otto to G A Vespucci in Rome, 14 Feb 1481, Sig, Miss 1a Canc, 48, 203. The Otto proposed P to Francesco da Noceto for the government of the diocese of Pisa (Francesco had gone to take over the archbishopric); Vespucci is to recommend P to Girolamo Riario: Otto to G A Vespucci, 14 Apr 1481, Min, 11, 305-6. Wants Lorenzo to ask Riario for the post of auditor of the Camera for him: L Pucci in Rome to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 7 Apr 1484, MAP, 39, 131. The Florentines want Milan to intercede for P, ‘huomo docto virtuoso et degno di essere promosso a ogni dignita’, to get the post of auditor of the Camera: Otto to B Bongirolami, 28 May 1484, Otto, LC, 3, 54. Lorenzo has briefed him regarding the peace proposals and he is going to Rome: Lorenzo de’ Medici to J Guicciardini in Milan, 26 July 1486, Lettere, IX, 388.

 

Pucci, messer

Ref: Recommends (his suocero?) ser Agnolo for military employment: messer Pucci to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 11 May 1485, MAP, 26, 370.

 

Pucci, Piero Bernardo

Career: Captain of the old citadel of Pisa, June-Dec 1483. Member of the Dieci di Balia, 1479-83 (and after).

 

Pucci, Puccio

Refs: The Dieci have sent him to Città di Castello: Dieci to G A Vespucci, 17 May 1483, Dieci, LC, 5, 385-7. Mandate for Città di Castello: 19 May 1483, Dieci, Cond Stanz, 24, 21-4. [After departing on 20 May] has been recalled: Dieci to G A Vespucci, 24 May 1483, Dieci, LC, 5, 388. Elected commissioner to deal with the boundaries of the disputed towns which Siena is returning to Florence: A Aringhieri and B Sozzini in Florence to the Balia of Siena, 5 June 1483, ASS, Balia, 511, 17. Sent to take possession of the towns recovered from Siena for Florence: mandate, 14 June 1483, Dieci, Cond Stanz, 24, 27-8. With the Sienese commissioner Girolamo Bindi, oversaw the handover of Castellina and the other territories: A Aringhieri and B Sozzini to the Balia of Siena, 14 June 1483, ASS, Balia, 511, 70. Is at Montepulciano, inspecting Dolce dell’Anguillara before he is given a condotta by Florence: P Pucci in Montepulciano, 1 July 1483, Dieci, Resp, 28, 89. Has been ordered to stay in Val di Chiana to settle a border dispute with Siena: T Biringhucci to the Balia of Siena, 28 July 1483, ASS, Balia, 512, 87. Emphasises Lorenzo’s concern for the present regime in Siena; asks leave to go now that the exiles are dispersing: P Pucci at Monte Nigro to the Dieci, 18 Aug 1483, Dieci, Resp, 29, 15. Has handed over all his men-at-arms to the commissioner Dionigi Pucci: P Pucci at S Antonio to the Balia of Siena, 26 Aug 1483, ASS, Siena, 514, 33. Will be sent to Val di Chiana, at Siena’s request, but wants to wait for better weather: Dieci to the Balia of Siena, 9 Dec 1483, ASS, Balia, 516, 6. The Dieci have told him to leave for Val di Chiana on 15 Dec: Dieci to the Balia of Siena, 13 Dec 1483, ASS, Balia, 516, 11. The Sienese ambassador has got P appointed as Florentine commissioner for marking out new boundaries: R Ricchi to the Balia of Siena, 4 Feb 1484, ASS, Balia, 516, 86. Elected commissioner to Montepulciano to settle differences with the men of Chianciano: 18 Sept 1484, Dieci, Delib, 24, 55; 30 Sept 1484, Dieci, Delib, 24, 59; Lettere, VIII, 26-7.

 

Pucci, Puccio di Antonio 1451-94

Career: Eldest son of Antonio, the leading Medicean. Doctorate in civil law from Pisa, where he taught law. Official advocate for the commune of Prato. Ambassador in Faenza and the Romagna, 1493-4. Died as ambassador in Rome.

Bibliog: Martines, Lawyers, 495

 

Pucci, Puccio di Francesco 1452-1507

Career: m Violante di Antonio Gambacorti of Pisa. Podestà of Civitella, 1493. Was out of favour with republic for his family’s adherence to the Medici but, by dint of his personal reputation and continual efforts, he was restored to office and sent to Vico Pisano as commissary in 1502. The town was surrendered to the Pisans by the captain and Pucci shut himself up in the rocca. He could easily have held out until help came, but P was no soldier and gave himself up in return for his life after only ten hours. After this he fled to Rome and it was said that he threw himself in the Tiber.

Bibliog: Buonaccorsi, 54

 

Pucci, Tommaso di Puccio 1437-1527

Career: Lawyer. m (1) Martinella di Filippo Lazzari, 1459, (2) Marietta di Benedetto Lapaccini, 1505. Gonfalonier of a company, 1468. Vicar of Firenzuola, 1469. Podestà of Montale, 1470, and of Modigliana, 1471. Captain of Pistoia, 1475. Podestà of Radda in Chianti, 1478. Sea consul, Mar 1481-Mar 1482. Member of the Otto di Custodia, Mar-June 1482. Podestà of Galluzzo, 1485. Captain of Sarzana, 1486. Podestà of Vicchio, 1493, and of S Giovanni and Valdarno Superiore, 1504. Vicar of Anghiari, 1514. Podestà of Terranuova, 1515. Captain of Arezzo, 1519, of Pisa, 1520, and of Pescia, 1524.

Ref: Commissioner in the captaincy of Serzanello for the period of his captaincy: 1 Sept 1486, Dieci, Delib, 24, 191.

 

Pueris, Alfonso, de

Ref: Lorenzo’s recommendation of Alessandro Anguissola has been ignored and P, a Neapolitan, reconfirmed for a year as judge of appeals in Siena: 21 Apr 1484, ASS, Conc, 705, 20.

 

Pugliese, Piero del b. c. 1428

Career: Merchant and cultural patron. Commissioned Filippino Lippi’s ‘Apparition of the Virgin to St Bernard’ (c 1486) in the Badia. Appears in Lippi’s Carmine frescoes along with some of the Medici. Lippi painted for him ‘una tavola di figure picchole’ which was much praised, and when asked to do a similar one for another patron, he said it was impossible.

Ref: Recommended for the scrutiny: P F Pandolfini to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 9 Sept 1484, MAP, 48, 43.

 

Pulci, Luigi 1432-1484

Career: Florentine poet, best known for the Morgante, based on the French romances and the exploits of Roland. Acidic, irreligious and opposed to platonic ideas, of which he made fun in his work. A friend of Lorenzo.

Refs: Pier Filippo Pandolfini looks forward to news from P, who has been with Lorenzo, as to how he should proceed, particularly with Roberto di Sanseverino: P F Pandolfini to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 2 Apr 1480, Sig, X, VIII, 10, 169-71. P is to return to Milan, but will do so ill content, especially ‘non si conducendo M Giovanfrancesco’ [di Sanseverino]; seems to care more for Roberto than for himself: P F Pandolfini to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 6 Apr 1480, MAP, 34, 307 and Sig, X, VIII, 10, 175-6. The duchess was pleased with reply given to P about Gian Francesco di Sanseverino, who she says Florence cannot afford to emply (and she hopes they keep to that): P F Pandolfini to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 8 Apr 1480, Sig, X, VIII, 10, 176-9. Is accompanying Roberto to Venice; informs Lorenzo of how well disposed Roberto and sons are towards him: 12 Aug 1484, MAP, 48, 256. Persuades Roberto to make him his procurator in Florence to collect his provisione: 22 Aug 1484, MAP, 48, 30. Printed copy of the Morgante sent by Lorenzo to Ludovico Sforza: Lorenzo de’ Medici to J Guicciardini in Milan, 30 Dec 1485, Lettere, IX, 96.

Bibliog: L Pulci, Morgante e lettere, ed D De Robertis, Florence, 1962

 

Pusterla, Pietro d. 1484

Refs: One of seven Milanese councillors sent to negotiate with Ascanio Sforza: Z Saggi to F Gonzaga, 14 Sept 1482, ASMa, AG, 1627. Has raised some schioppettieri to strengthen the guard in Milan: Z Saggi to F Gonzaga, 17 July 1483, ASMa, AG, 1628. Died yesterday; ‘homo digno e di grande ornamento a questa cita’: Z Saggi to F Gonzaga, 2 Apr 1484, ASMa, cit.

Bibliog: Cerioni, I, 212-14

 

Quaramani, Mehmed Pasha, see Karamani, Mehmed Pasha

 

Quaratesi, Antonio

Ref: Correspondent to whom Lorenzo de’ Medici sent a recommendation of Luigi Tornabuoni to the preceptory of S Jacopo in Campo Corbolini. As the other correspondents to whom he wrote on this matter were leading Hospitallers, the implication is that Q was also a knight of St John: Lettere V, 75.

 

Quaratesi, Francesco di Bernardo

Ref: Elected provveditore of Pietrasanta: 23 Nov 1485, Dieci, Delib, 24, 147.

 

Querini

Ref: Florence has sent this master of bombards to Bracciano: 27 May 1486, Otto, Miss, 5, 4-5.

 

Quieti, Bartolomeo de’

Ref: ‘Iudex collatoralis et assessor’ of the podestà of Florence, Paolo Boncambi da Perugia, in Apr-May 1482. His candidature for the post of judge of appeals in Lucca was supported by Lorenzo and by Ludovico Sforza, but there is no evidence to prove that he was appointed: Lorenzo de’� Medici to the Signoria of Lucca, 8 Nov 1482, Lettere VII, 143.

 

Quirico, Giovanni, da San Vitale

Ref: In the spring of 1481 Pier Maria de’ Rossi was ordered to restore Noceto to Q, but he refused and began to fortify it instead: Lettere VI, 300.

 

Quirico di Giovanni

Ref: With Giuliano di Francesco, sent as ambassador from Prato to Florence, Feb 1481: Lettere V, 19.