Thomas I de Gadagne

[5][6] When a 'consulat' was imposed on foreign merchants in 1523 to fund work on the city walls, he sent sixty men, compared to thirty required of Robert Albisse, twenty of Pierre Salviati, and fifteen of Antoine Gondi.

In 1529, the Venetian ambassador Antonio Suriano wrote estimates of each Lyon merchant's wealth; he ranked Thomas at 400,000 ducats.

As the leader of the most important mercantile and banking community in Lyon, the consul had the privilege of leading the payments made at the end of each of the four annual fairs.

[11] Until his death, he remained very active in developing factories in Florence, gaining major commercial success by doing so.

[11] He died without issued in 1533 and is buried beside his wife - he left his large fortune to his nephew Thomas II de Gadagne.