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14691231BRA00

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1469, December 31

Braunschweig

Braunschweig to Lübeck: ask legal advice in a case where their citizen Frederik Leddinghusen has freighted the ship of Bremen skipper Marten Stene for Iceland, who shipwrecked on Shetland on the journey, but still wants to receive the full promised freighting money.

14800630LUB00

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1480, June 30

Lübeck

Lübeck to Rostock: answer to a letter about the request of Hamburg to receive Rostock barrels for brewing beer in the Kremper marsch for the export to Iceland, which was blocked by Lübeck coopers, as it is claimed that this beer would eventually be exported to Bergen, which would be unfair competition for Rostock, Wismar, Stralsund and Lübeck, and therefore the matter should be discussed at the next Diet.

14801116LUB00

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1480, November 16

Lübeck

Proceedings of the Diet of Wendish cities in Lübeck, where among others the use of Rostock barrels for the brewing of beer for the export to Iceland by Hamburg is discussed.

14870528LUB00

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[1487, May 28 - June 15]

[Lübeck]

Report of Riga burgomaster Johann Schöning about the Hanseatic Diet in Lübeck, where among others the representatives of the Kontor in Bergen complained about direct trade in Iceland, which damages the Kontor.

15140000BER00

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[1514]

Complaints of the Hanseatic Kontor in Bergen, collected for the negotiations with the Danish king in Oslo, in which the direct trade of Hamburg, Bremen and Holland with Iceland, Shetland and the Faroes is presented as the main reason for the Kontor's demise.

15190407LUB00

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1519, April 7

Lübeck

Proceedings of the Diet of the Wendish cities in Lübeck, where among others the Bergen merchants complain about the trade with Iceland, Shetland and the Faroes by Bremen and Hamburg, which damages the Kontor in Bergen, whereupon the Hamburg representatives claim that the Icelandic fish is usually brought to England.

15320000HAM00

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1532

[Hamburg]

Lenghty complaint of Hamburg merchants against the English in Iceland, who misbehave both towards German merchants and the Icelanders, are involved in fishing activities, rob the merchants of their ships and goods, and have attacked them on multiple occasions between 1486 and 1532.

15320823HAM01

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1532, August 23

[Hamburg]

Lutke Schmidt to Hamburg: reply to the complaint of English merchants, in which he tells his version of the events in Iceland in 1532, when he arrived on March 30 with a ship in Botsand, and was visited by Thomas Hammon from Harwich, and the day after by Jon Willer from Lynn, who attacked him both.

15450320KOL00

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1545, March 20

Kolding

Adam Schneydewint and Lutke Schmidt, representatives of Hamburg, complain that governour Otto Stigsson in Iceland is not treating Hamburg merchants equally to others, and now has unrightfully taken fishing boats from them, intended to help the Icelanders fish, and demand these back.

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1545, ca. March 20

Kolding

Adam Schneydewint and Lutke Schmidt, representatives of Hamburg, answer to the complaints of governour Otto Stigsson of Iceland, that they have helped the Icelanders with fishing boats and commodities, and that merchants have power over debtors in the trading stations.