15340530KIR00

1534, May 30

Kirkjubøur

Bishop Amund of the Faroes to Esge Bille, commander of Bergenhus: writes that Hans Thehus has come to him with letters confirming that the Faroes have been given to Thomas Koppen from Hamburg as a fief, and demanded the payment of the taxes.

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 folio

21,5x27,5cm

Paper

Stained from water damage, leaving small holes in the paper, which have been restored with rice paper

Seal disappeared

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), pp. 20-21.

Wy Amwndher medh gwdz tolomodh Biskop j phæroo helse ydher Esge Bille kærlighe oc vænlighe ogh yders kæræ ffrw ffrv Sophye, teslligelsenw og altidh, takke wy ydher kerlighe ffoor ydhers venlighe skenk swm i os tyth og opthe skenkth haffwe, oc vares folk kerlighe til wilie haffwer waredh, hwilkith wy medh gwdz myskwnd altidh gerne fforskylle willie, og sendhe wy ydher nw en lithen skenk, j pakke wadmol, ij løphe fiædher, ij løp taalgh, oc bidie wy ødmykelege at i willie thet ey fforsma, thet skal anen tidh bliffwe bætre nar gwd wil etc. item ydher kærligheth skref os til wm thenne krones arlighe leyghe ath hon skwlle aristeris oc innehollesth hwer hoos segh hwilkith wy oc lagmannyn oc iens iwthe eders tiener daa giordhe epther rykens Raadz Copie inholdilse thet ytherste wy kwndhe, kom daa ffram Hans tehwssen medh vaar nadigste herres kwnghs ffrederiks breff paa perme1 scriffweth medh behenged maiegstatis insigle oc lwdandis wppa tommos coppins liffstidr ffarøøe landh til fforleningh medh al kwngeleghe renthe, oc ther til kom ther en eith pappyrsbreff swm vaar giffweth tommos koppin i onsze2 medh xi signeth samtykkendis fforneffnde pergementis breff, oc scriffwe segh for danmarks raad oc fforbiwendis her i landet nokon annen konnwglighe renthe nokwn annen wth ath gyffwe wthan fforneffnde tomos koppyn oc stodhe thesse hamborgere wppha tesse breff aal ffasth oc sagdhe the wille then renthe thette aar wpbære, oc medh sadanth wilkor, at skwllde hon i gen gyffwes thaa wille de dobbelth betale hernne dem swm bwrde then medh rettwm ath haffwe etc. her sagdhe dhe sammeledis wm thenne landz hiehielp haffde hon bliffweth samman taken ty qwarssette wy henne hwær heme hos dem sielffwe intil scriwilsse kommer ythermer etc. per praesenti non plurima men ydhers lyff oc staath befalle wy then alsmektwge gwdh i hymerike oc her medh M godheneter Scriwet i kirkiebøø i phærøø mdxxxiiij in profesto trinitatis nostro sub signeto.

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