15970727STR00

1547, July 27

Strönd í Selvogi

Icelandic lawman Ellender Torwarderson to the skippers and merchants in Haneforde: Writes that he regrets not being able to come to them, but he sends them a copy of the Althing verdict of 1545, which is concerned with the winter stay on Iceland.

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.

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Hamburg, Staatsarchiv der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg

111-1 (Senat), Cl. VII Lit. Kc No. 11, vol. 3 (Islandica 1561-1600) (Formerly 710-1 I_O 75)

One bifolio

20x29,5cm

Paper

Modern foliation in pencil, 15-16

Low German

The document was transferred from Cl. VII, Lit Kc No. 11, vol. 1a to here in 2002, as it did not fit chronologically. Hence the foliation and chronology of the document do not fit with the other documents in this ordner.

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Hamburg, Staatsarchiv der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg

111-1 (Senat), Cl. VII Lit. Kc No. 11, vol. 2 (Islandica 1535-1560)

One bifolio

20x29,5cm

Paper

Paper formerly very worn, restored with rice paper

Modern foliation in pencil, 32-33

Copy

Low German

Also contains 15330630TIN00, 15450000XXX00.

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Jónsson, Skrá um skjöl, pp. 195-196

15450630TIN00

Gnade unnd barmhertichkeitt des hilligen geistes, darmitt krafft und leste gades des almechtigen vaders, sy ju alle tidt mitt wesende. Allen unnd idern ehrlickenn schipherrnn, unnd fromen kopluden inn der Haneforde ju grothe ick inn gades de hern leffte, danckende vann allem gemothe, mines herten, vor mennige ehrlike woldaeth, mitt worden unnd werkenn, welk ju gott die herr alle beloeve, unnd vele gudes gelucke davor geven. Schole gy wetenn, datt ick nu nicht tho ju kan kamen, alse ick ju gelavett hebbe, der orsake alse my wedderfoere in Torlakeshaven, alse ju de frame geselle Hans Wensell kan woll seggen, dennoch so sende ick ju einen artikell van dem doem de doemett was up altinge in den sommer XLV,1 unnd Otto Stigeßenn, samtuckte, unnd welcker artikell ju mest gelegenn, alse ju winterleger, desgeliken segge ick ju datt allen thosamende. Efft gy latett etlicke volcke hir im lande, schall ick gerne stercken mit worden unnd wercken, juwenthalvenn nacht und tag, efft gy my jwe breve, efft badenn senndenn, idt sy den im gerichte, unnd allem doende so ferne my mogelick is sunder schadenn, desgelikenn will ick ock begeren van ju, so ick jwer tho doende hedde, efft min volck, hir im lannde oder buthen landes, kan Hans ju vele seggen, welck ick nu nicht schrive inn breven, desgelikenn ock mine diener Steffen Olaff. Hirmitt bevele ick ju, unnd alle jwe selschap butenn und binnen landes dem almechtigenn gade. Geschreven tho Strande in Selewage des mitwekens na Jacobi, anno XLVII2.

Ellender Torwarderson logmann vor sudenn unnd osten in Islandt.

Transcript copied from Jónsson