Porfira, wife of Helia Verioti: Crete, 1335

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Title

Porfira, wife of Helia Verioti: Crete, 1335

Subject

Porfira, wife of Helia Verioti

Description

Porfira, who says that she is ill, names her widowed mother Anna as her sole executor. She leaves her dowry money to her daughter Herini. But she instructs her mother to invest the dowry money, and then give it to Herini once she has completed her eleventh year (i.e. when she turns twelve).

Creator

Candia, Crete

Date

17 September 1335

Source

Archivio di Stato, Venice
ASV Notai di Candia, b. 295 (not. Giovanni Gerardo), fol. 9v.
McKee, Wills, no. 130

Language

Latin

Coverage

Eastern Mediterranean
Italy

Contributor

Rena Lauer