15850617KOB00

1585, June 17

Copenhagen

King Frederik II of Denmark permits count John VII of Oldenburg to trade with the harbours Neswage and Grundeforde in Iceland until further notice, on the condition that he will trade commodities of good quality, and will not use false measures and weights.

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.

Oldenburg, Niedersächsisches Landesarchiv

Best. 20, -25, no. 6, no. 15

One bifolio

20x33,5cm

Paper

foliated 42 (second blank folio not foliated)

Clearly written.

High German

Facsimile not (yet) available