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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.

14800704LUN00

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1480, July 4

Lundur (Lundareykjadalur)

24 Icelandic sheriffs and lawrightmen to King Christian I of Denmark: testify that they were at Althing and heard that the Icelanders complained about foreigners who stay in winter and sell their commodities at too high a price, and ask for the king to send a letter to confirm their grievances.

14810520KOB00

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1481, May 20

Copenhagen

King Christian I of Denmark declares after complaints of Icelanders about foreign merchants, that it is forbidden for foreigners to stay in winter, and that they should respect the trade regulations.

14810910BER00

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1481, September 10

Bergen

Eldermen of the Hanseatic Kontor in Bergen to Lübeck and the other Wendish cities: state that the king has given permission to sail to Iceland and Shetland, but did so without the support of the Norwegian Council of the Realm, and therefore asks to prohibit this trade, which damages the position of Bergen.

14810912BER00

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1481, September 12

Bergen

Norwegian Council of the Realm to Lübeck: cancels the permission that King Christian I of Norway gave to Hamburg merchants to visit Iceland, and demands that Icelandic commodities are traded via the Bergen staple again.

14820421LUB00

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1482, April 21

Lübeck

Proceedings of the Diet of the Wendish cities in Lübeck, in which the complaints of the Norwegian Council of the Realm and the Hanseatic Kontor in Bergen about the Icelandic trade are discussed, and where it is decided that Hamburg shall not trade in Iceland anymore, with the exception of the ships that have already been prepared for the journey.

14830201HAL00

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1483, February 1

Halmstad

Members of the Danish and Norwegian Council of the Realm choose Hans, the son of Christian I, as their king, who promises to comply to a set of regulations, among others not to allow Hanseatic merchants to trade in Iceland.

14840311LUB00

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1484, March 11

Lübeck

Proceedings of the Diet of the Wendish cities in Lübeck, in which the Bergen merchants complain about the Icelandic trade, whereby Hamburg merchants are sailing from other cities such as Wismar, upon which it is decided that this trade should end, and that letters should be sent to Bremen and Danzig to prevent ships from sailing to Iceland.

14840316LUB00

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1484, March 16

Lübeck

The representatives of the Wendish cities gathered in Lübeck and the city council of Lübeck to Danzig: relate how the Norwegian Council of the Realm and the Hanseatic Kontor in Bergen have complained bitterly about the Icelandic trade, and therefore it is decided to stop the trade with Iceland, Shetland and the Faroes, and it is requested to prevent the ships which are currently prepared to sail to Iceland from Danzig from leaving.

14860309LON00

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[1486, before March 9]

[London]

Complaints of English skippers and merchants about competition from the Hanse, among others that Hanseatic merchants have started to trade in Iceland and are cooperating with the Danes against the English.