15610222RIB02

1561, February 22

Ribe

King Frederick II of Denmark to bishop Olafur Hjaltason of Hólar: all Icelanders shall only sell their sulfur to Danish merchants, and not to foreigners anymore.

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.

Copenhagen, Rigsarkivet

Tegnelser over alle Lande 6, ff. 410v-411r

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Danish

Arkivalieronline

Diplomatarium Islandicum 13:432 (after a transcript of Jón Sigurðsson in JS 493, 4to)

Her Oluff. superintendent paa Island for norden. fick breff som effther folger.

Frederich thend anden etc.

Vor gunst tilforn. Wiider. at efftherthij her findis stor brøst j riget for suoffuel oc wij aarligen til wort behoff thet mue lade kiøbe. tha ere wij tilsinds her effther selff at wille lade bruge all thend suoffuel handel. ther falder for norden paa wort land Island oc icke wille. at nogen aff stederne eller andre fremmede ther mett noget skulle thennom befatte. thij bede wij etther oc wille. attj ere wor kiøbmand. som wij met wort schiiff tiid tiil landet afferdigit haffuer. behielpeligen samme suoffuel at motte bekomme. oc attj ther vdinden førderer hannom til thet beste oc attj haffuer flittig opseende. saa at ingen fremmede fanger ther nogen suoffuel vd aff landet vden wor egen kiøbmand. som wij ther effther skickendis worder eller oc om nogen ther paa haffue wore breffue oc tilladelsse. Ther met skeer wor wilge etc. Datum Ribe thend xxij dag februarij aar etc. mdlxj.

Transcript copied from Diplomatarium Islandicum