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1536, February 18

Hamburg

King Christian III of Denmark to Esgy Bille, commander of Bergenhus: asks to support Thomes Koppen from Hamburg, who has been enfeoffed with the Faroes, in collecting the taxes from the islands, and to not hinder him in doing so.

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.

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Degn, Anton, Nøkur gomul, áður óprentað brøv o. a. Føroyum viðvíkjandi (Tórshavn 1939), p. 23 (after an unmentioned source, probably in Rigsarkivet Copenhagen).

Christiann met gudts nade Vdouldt koning tiill Danmarck och Norge Hertug vdj Slesuig &c.

Wor sønnerlige gunst tilfornn kere Esgy wiider ath oss elskelige Thomes Koppen borger vdj wor Stad Hamborg och wor Lænsmand paa Feyrøøne haffuer berett fore oss at eders bud haffuer weret ther i Feyrøørerne och befalet almoen atholde indhe hoes thennom thend skatt the oss giffue skulle tiill saa lenge at the ther om finge wiidere beskeed och schriffuelssze aff wort elskelige Norgis Riigis Raad &c. thaa haffue wij nu befalet hannom thend paa woris wegnne at vppebere och foruinde thend vdj wort gagnn effther wor befalninngh. Thij bede wij eder kerligen atj wille were vbeuarrt met samme skat och inghen hinder giøre hannom ther paa vdj noger maade anseendis at samme øøer er hannom aff wor Herrefader och aff oss forlændte ther met giøre i oss sønnerligen till wilge och wille thet gierne ighen met eder forskylde Befalendis eder gud Schreffuit vdj wor stad Hamborge Logerdagen nest effther sancte Valentini dag aar &c. mdxxxvj Vnder wort Signet.

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