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Grindefiord; Grindefiorden; Grindefiordt; Grindefirod; Grindeforde; Grindefordt; Grindefort; Grindeförde; Grindforde; Grindtvorde; gronderforde; Grundarfjörður; Grundefiorde; Grundefiorden; Grundefiordt; Grundeforde; Grundeforden; Grundefordt; Grundefort; Grundeforth; Grunderfiordi; Grundevorde; Grundfiern; Grundtfiordt; Grundtfordt; Grunfiordt; Gryndeforde
Region/Country: Region/Land: Snæfellsnes, Iceland
Trading place in use by Danish and German merchants, who called it Grindeforde or Grundeforde. The modern town is located to the west of the old trading site Grundarkampur, which was used until the 19th century.
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1506, [after January 28]
[Hamburg]
Hans Tappe to Hamburg: answer to the complaint of Lubberd Tydeman, Hans Schulhovet and their companions in the conflict about the use of the harbour Grindeforde, in which he states that it is custom that if a merchant uses a certain harbour in Iceland and has paid the tolls, he has the sole right to trade there and shall not be hindered by others, even though the seas are free to use by anyone. Therefore, Hans Tappe is the one that was hindered by the others and shall be compensated with 1000 mark.
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1506, January 28
[Hamburg]
Luberd Tideman, Hans Schulhovet, Dirick Kruse, Pawel Peeck, Eler van Stendern the younger, Luder Wolter and Clawes Bremer to Hamburg: complaint against Hans Tappe, who would not permit them to use the harbour Grindeforde in Iceland, where he had arrived three days before them, and whose men attacked them when they tried to bring their goods to shore. Therefore, they demand compensation for the suffered damage.
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1523, November 3
Bremen
Bremen to Hamburg: complain about Hamburg skipper Kersten Junghe, who had killed Bremen skipper Hinrick Haneman the previous year when he tried to stop him from using the harbour Grindeforde in Iceland, even though the latter only wanted to sail to Kummerwage, and demand compensation for Haneman's heirs.
[1528]
[Hamburg]
Summary of attacks of the English on the ships of Cordt Froudendal, Hinrick van Ronne, Hans Schomaker in 1528 and Cordt van der Heyde from Hamburg in various harbours in Iceland.
[1533]
Summary of the case of Hans Hughe in Iceland, who was using the harbour Reff, but was hindered by a ship from Harwich, which was lying in Grundeforde, but bought all Hughe's fish, who therefore stole much of the English ship's equipment.
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[1533, February]
[Hamburg]
Detailed summary of the damages inflicted by the Germans to English ships in Iceland, with sums of the claims indicated, as presented by the English representative Thomas Lee during negotiations with Hamburg.
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1546, June 13
Grundarfjörður
Peter Einerson, sheriff of Thorsnesting in Iceland, confesses that he wanted to set the trade with skipper Hans Hauler following the conditions set out at Althing last year. The Hamburg merchants, however, complained against this, stating that they didn't know about these new conditions, and therefore the trade was not set.
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1563, February 5
Frederiksborg
King Frederick II of Denmark to Hamburg: asks to refrain from trading in the harbours Stappe, Reff, and Grundeforde in the West of Iceland, because Danish merchants are trading there now.
1563, March
Hamburg
Hamburg representative Johan Niebur to king Frederick II of Denmark: complaint about prohibition for Hamburg merchants to use the harbours Stappe, Reff, and Grundeforde in the west of Iceland.
1563, December 21
Copenhagen
Hans Gronewold to king Frederick II of Denmark: asks for permission to use the harbours Stappe and Grundeforde in Iceland to reclaim his outstanding debts, as Reff is in use by the king's servants.
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