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This is the first of three wills made by Donna Brunetta over the course of October and November 1535.

This is the second of three wills made by Donna Brunetta in October and November 1535.

This is the last of three wills Donna Brunetta made during October and November 1535.

Brunetta lived in the Elsa river valley (Valdelsa) in a town called Poggibonsi. She had two sons, Elia and Daniele with her husband Salomone. Daniele seems to have died before Brunetta testated. (She also had two daughters, Rosa and Gemma, who did…

Bullara, a widow, records her will when she is sick.

She names her grandson Sadiolus Sieli her universal heir. She leaves bed-related goods to her granddaughter Luna. She also leaves other female loved ones clothing and textile goods.

Bullara…

Cali's husband Isach Catalan is listed as a "magister," i.e. a medical doctor with state approval.

In her will, Cali names her married daughter Sippora as her universal heir, and and leaves gifts of clothing to another married daughter, Charistella, and to Charistella's daughter Baxeba. She also leaves money for a poor girl's dowry. Sippora's…

Cassena's husband Gracianus de Vita is still alive when she testates. Her first concern is her burial, which is to be at the Jewish cemetery in Trapani. The choice to address burial first seems to be the preference of the notary Cirami, who also…

Chana, who is married at the time she testates, leaves her property to her two children, Rocconella and Busacca. Should they both die, she declares, the estate would go to her uncle, Sabet Xonnina. She does not leave any bequests to her husband.