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15731007BRE00
1573, October 7
Bremen
Gerd Hemeling to Bremen: repeated request for mediation with the Danish king about compensation of his ship and goods, which were taken from him in Shetland in 1567 by a Scottish man, who is now held captive in Bergen in Norway.
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.
Bremen, Staatsarchiv der Freien und Hansestadt Bremen
2-R.11.kk. (Akten der Hitlandfahrer)
The text of the letter is almost identical to 15680219BRE00. Summary in Shetland Documents 1195-1579, no. 166.