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sons: Azzone, Anselmo, Arduino and
Delfino del Bosco.
In 1202, Delfino del Bosco, with
a deed still in existence to this day,
transferred the authority over the land of
Varazze to his sister’s son, Guglielmo,
who we know had four male sons, each
of which in turn had offspring.
Before going on to describe the
history of the later Malocellos, let us
close the part on Guglielmo Malocello
with some very brief notes on him, who
(among other things) was the consul of
Genoa in 1203 and 1207 (Accinelli,
Notizie e documenti vari su Genova
[News and various documents on
Genoa], Genoa, University Library).
To show just how he was, we note that
he accommodated, in his own house,
the Duke of Burgundy, who was on an
official visit to Genoa, to stipulate a
Malocello Family Blazon. treaty with this Ligurian city.
A long dispute is also recorded
between the same and the Commune of Savona for the possession of Celle.
This incident was so complex that the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire,
Frederick II (known as Stupor Mundi, “the Wonder of the World”) had to
appoint the Archbishop of Turin to settle it. The letter of appointment can
still be found in the Records of the Municipality of Savona to this day.
However, the affair was still not over in 1254, as it is known that in
that year the Commune of Savona appointed two of its representatives
(identified by Russo in his 1908 work, Sulle Origini e la costituzione [On
the Origins and founding], cit. supra, as Giovanna Detesalve and Ottaviano
Iolta) to go to Genoa and represents the city in the settlement of the dispute.
Guglielmo Malocello was also involved in another dispute concerning
Varazze this time, as in 1210 he came into conflict with the Genoese family
of the four Pepere brothers (Ogerio, Sozo, Sorleone and Gioacchino). These
brothers had obtained the contract for the collection of tolls, fines and tax
receipts in the Commune of Varazze: this according to the procedures