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1562, March 23

Frederiksborg

King Frederick II of Denmark to all who live in northern Iceland: announces that his own merchant will buy all train oil produced in Iceland, and forbids them to sell any of it to foreigners. A similar letter is sent to southern Iceland.

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

Danske Kancelli, Tegnelser over alle Lande 7, f. 85

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Diplomatarium Islandicum 13:531 (after a copy of Jón Sigurðsson in JS 493, 4to)
Ketilson, Kongelige Allernaadigste Forordninger og aabne Breve II, p. 10

Kon. matts obne breff tiill bønder och menige almue. som bygge oc boe pa Islandt etc. som her efftter følger etc.

Wij Frederich thennd andenn etc. helsse etther alle wore kiere tro wnndersotte, bønnder oc menige almue, som bygge oc boe paa wortt lannd Islannd for nordenn. euindeligen mett gudt oc wor naade. Wiider. att wij ere tiill sinndz selffue att wiille lade kiøbe all thenndh lyse oc traunn. ther er paa wortt lannd Islannd att bekomme. Thij bede wij etther alle oc huer serdeliis strenngeligen biude. attj her effter aldelis ingenn lyse eller trawnn tiill nogenn fremede selger eller affhennder. menn saa møgett j ther aff haffue aff att lade. attj thend wnnder wor købmand paa wore wegnne for ith lideligtt oc skelligtt werdt. hand skall mett gode ware etther thett paa wore wegnne betale. saa j ther aff ingenn skade skulle haffue. Fordrister seg nogenn tiill att selge eller affhende nogenn lyse eller trawnn tiill nogenn andenn enn tiill wor købmand paa wore wegnne. Tha wiille wij ther offuer aluorligen lade straffe som wed bør. Huar eftter seg huer kand wide att rette. Datum Fredrichsborg 23 martij aar etc. mdlxij.

Ennd kom wdj liige maade kon. magts. breff for syndenn. oc ther som (kiøbmannd wdj tette forschreffne breff staar) bleff fogiitt indsatt oc indschreffuitt.

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