15871220BRE00

1587, December 20

Bremen

Bremen to king Frederick II of Denmark: request for a new license for the harbour Bodenstede in Iceland on behalf of Johan Hudeman and Evert Schroder, because the old license was lost when their ship was attacked by English pirates.

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.

20,5x33,5cm

Paper

Modern foliation in pencil, 71.

Big seal has disappeared.

High German

Note on the back: Bremenses interdecunt umb neue paß, die weil ihren burgern die alten abgeraubet.