15960329FRE00

1596, March 29

Frederiksborg

King Christian IV of Denmark to count John VII of Oldenburg: permits him to use the harbours Neswage and Kummerwage in Iceland, but not the harbour Grundeforde, as was requested, as this harbour was not used by Oldenburg before and has therefore been licensed to John Adolf, archbishop of 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.

Oldenburg, Niedersächsisches Landesarchiv

Best. 20, -25, no. 6, no. 26

One bifolio

20x33,5cm

Paper

foliated 67-68

Clearly written.

Once was sealed, only a wax blot and some stains still remain.

Final version

Facsimile not (yet) available