15291128GOT00

1529, November 28

Gottorp

King Frederick I of Denmark to Eski Bilde, commander of Bergenhus: writes that he has given the Faroes to Thomes Koppen from Hamburg as a fief, under the same levies as in king Hans' time, and asks not to hinder him.

Created for and published on the HANSdoc website of the German Maritime Museum, Bremerhaven, by Bart Holterman in the context of the research project Between the North Sea and the Norwegian Sea: interdisciplinary Studies of the Hanse. Licensed CC BY.

Tórshavn, Landskjalasavnið

One leaflet

20x20cm

Paper

Large water stain, one side of the letter cut/ripped off, not affecting the text

Large seal fallen off, but still extant

Danish

Permanent loan from Rigsarkivet Copenhagen, Særligt stillede landskaber og unionsriger, D11 Island og Færøerne, Suppl. III, Pakke 31: Eske Bilde.

Facsimile not (yet) available

Degn, Anton, Nøkur gomul, áður óprentað brøv o. a. Føroyum viðvíkjandi (Tórshavn 1939), p. 13

Ffrederiich mett guds Nade Danmarks venders oc gotters Konning wdtwold Konning tiill Norge

Vor sønderlige gunst tiilforn moj wiide thet wij nu nogen tiid siiden forleden wnthe oc gaffue oss elskelige Thomes Koppen borger i Hamburge wortt breff paa wor oc Norgis kronnes øø Færeøø oc han ther aff schulle gøre oss och Riigett saadan aff gifft oc tieniste som plegedes att giffues oc gøres wtij wor Kere broders Konning Hanses tiidt Saa bethe wij ether Kerligen athij ingen Hinder gøre ham paa forskreffne Feæreøø thet forschüllde wij mett ether gerne beffallende ether gud Screffuett paa wort Slott¹ Gottrvp sondagen nest epter Sancte Karine dagh Aar etc. mdxxix vnder wortt Seel.

Relator Benedicts Klocke.

1. Stott Degn

Transcript copied from Degn