15811028NEU00
1581, October 28
Neuhaus
Prince-archbishop Henry III of Bremen to king Frederick II of Denmark: request for a license to use a certain harbour in Iceland on behalf of Clawes Stein from Bremen.
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
Særligt stillede landskaber og unionsriger: D 11 Island og Færøerne, Pakke 25 (Supplement II, no. 15)
One bifolio.
21x31cm
Paper
Paper cut straight at the edges.
Modern foliation in pencil, 44.
High German
Notes on the back: Bremische upschrifft and Productum Cronenburgk den 7 decembris anno etc. 81.
Interesting: Bishop mentions not to know the situation on Iceland, and emphasizes the uselessness of such a request.