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Region/Country: Region/Land: Hordaland, Norway
Biggest city on the western coast of Norway. A Hanseatic Kontor was established here in the 1360s, which was dominated by merchants from Lübeck, and from the 16th century onwards, Bremen. The privileges of the Kontor granted Bergen staple rights for the Northern (stockfish) trade, but forbade German merchants to trade with Northern Norway and the Norwegian skattlande directly.
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1416, May 24 - August 3
Lübeck
Proceedings of the Hanseatic Diet in Lübeck, in which the eldermen of the Bergen Kontor complain about German sailing to Orkney, Shetland, and the Faroes, after which the gathered envoys decide that this journey is forbidden.
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[1416, July 10]
[Lübeck]
The envoys of the gathered hanseatic cities in Lübeck to the Bergen Kontor: announce the prohibition to sail to sail to and settle in Orkney, Shetland, and the Faroes, or other Norwegian lands other than Bergen, Oslo, or Tønsberg.
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[1416, August 15]
[Lübeck]
The envoys of the gathered Hanseatic cities in Lübeck to Reval (Tallinn): report about the settlement of disputes in Lübeck and about the prohibition to sail to Orkney, Shetland, and the Faroes, or other Norwegian lands other than Bergen, Oslo, and Tønsberg.
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1416, August 15
[Lübeck]
The representatives of the Hanseatic cities gathered in Lübeck declare that the Bergen Kontor has complained about merchants who trade with forbidden regions, and forbid Hanseatic merchants to visit Shetland, Orkney and the Faroes or elsewhere in Norway, with the exception of Bergen, Oslo and Tønsberg.
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[1434, December - 1435, April]
Answer of the Hanseatic representatives to requests of the Hanseatic Kontor in Bruges during negiotiations in Flanders, among others that they will discuss the complaints in the cities with the Bergen merchants, and see that the prohibition is respected.
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[1470-1486]
[Lübeck]
Chronicle of Christian van Gheren, secretary of the Bergen merchants in Lübeck, which mentions among others the royal permission to sail to Iceland in 1468, and riots in Hamburg because of the trade with Iceland in 1483.
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1470, December 30
Braunschweig
Braunschweig to Bremen: regarding the conflict between Frederik Ledinghusen from Braunschweig and skipper Martene Steen from Bremen, in which the latter claimed the full freight money from Leddinghusen for transporting commodities to Iceland, even though he shipwrecked in Shetland, the Hanseatic Diet has decided in 1447 that in such cases, only part of the freight money is due, and therefore it is asked to see that the matter is settled.
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1476
Bergen
The bishop of Bergen and others to King Henry of England: complain about the robbery of Hanseatic merchant Johannis Rorembergh in Iceland by English merchants, and demand that this act does not remain unpunished.
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1476, March 7
Bergen
The bishop of Bergen and the master of the royal chapter declare their support in favour of Hanseatic merchant Johannes Mønik and skipper Johannis Rørembergh, who have been robbed in Iceland by English merchants, and demand that this should not go unpunished.
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1476, June 10
Gislo Johannis, bishop of Skálholt, and other Icelanders proclaim that the ship that was robbed by Bristol merchants in Iceland belonged to Bergen merchants, that the Lübeck merchants in Iceland have supported the governor with weapons against the English, and that the ship was left by the crew after it stranded.
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