MONTENARI

      in Latin, with transcription and English summary, Giorgio, son of Bartolameo [sic] acknowledges receipt of 44 lire from Bartolameo Morello, notary, son of Antognoli, in return for 4 perches out of 7 of cultivated and fenced land in Gazzola !in Costa Brestheria!, freehold, bounded south by the heirs of Antonino Anguissolla, east by Carlo Anguissolla held partly from Paolo della Costa and partly from Pietro Griffo, west by the heirs partly of Raphael de Ziliano and partly of Antonino Anguissolla, apart from the purchaser!s own property, in the 4 perches are 2 lines of fences (!filagni!) and part of a 3rd, the property was held by the purchaser or his father from Giovanna de Saffignano and from Alberto Malvicino de Fontana as appears by an instrument of 12th April 1455 drawn by notary Gregorio Mazucho, notary!s device and !Ego! clause, vellum, 8! x 13!, at the Treasury, Piacenza, 25th February 1482 The vendor warrants on oath that he will defend the purchaser!s right to use the land as he wishes against every person, body, college and university, undertaking to pay double the cost of righting any defects in title and 5 lire on each such occasion, all spelt out in great detail, even to referring such cost to arbitration.#11;Witnessed by Andrea Duranto son of Pietro, Master Giovanni Pietro Constantino professor of grammar son of Master Simon, and Master Alberto de Silvestris Barberio son of Stephen.#11;At the foot are the first two lines of a deed in the same hand with the same preamble, apparently the counterpart, as it begins with the purchaser!s name. Lanzafani is fond of doubling his consonants - as in verssus, deffenssio, allia, scripssi and the like - and writes !thexauraria! for !treasury!.#11;The Anguissolla (from at least 996 A.D.), Fontana, with the Landi and Scotti were the main feudal landowners in the Piacentino.