HANSdoc Database

14840120BRU00

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1484, January 20

Bruges

Eldermen of the Hanseatic Kontor in Bruges to [Danzig]: declare that the statement of Clauwes Sluck, who claimed that the Kontor has made an arrangement with the Spanish pirates who stole the ship of Hinrick Scroder from Danzig, which came from Iceland, is not true, and ask to send representatives to negotiate the matter with Spain in Bruges.

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.

14850521LON00

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1485, May 21

London

King Richard III of England to Hamburg: relates how three English ships were attacked by Hamburg citizens in Iceland last year, and requests persecution of the perpetrators.

14870500LUB00

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[1486, May 24 - June 20]

[Lübeck]

Proceedings of the Hanseatic Diet in Lübeck, in which among others the representatives of the Bergen Kontor complain about the trade with Iceland, Shetland and the Faroes, which damages their position, upon which the gathered representatives promise to refrain from this trade, except those from Danzig and Hamburg, who claim not to have permission to decide in this matter.

14890211LUB00

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1489, February 11

Lübeck

Lübeck to Wismar: answer to a request about a holk which is to be freighted to sail to Iceland, that the council has forbidden a ship to sail from Lübeck to Iceland, and that Hamburg will probably not stop such journeys, but advise to forbid this trade until the coming Diet of the Wendish cities.

14890312LUB00

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1489, March 12

Lübeck

Proceedings of the Diet of Wendish cities in Lübeck, in which among others the eldermen of the Bergen merchants complain about the trade with Iceland, Shetland and the Faroes, whereupon all gathered cities except Hamburg decide that they shall refrain from this trade if Hamburg does so as well.

14910500ANT00

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[1491, May 2-June 22]

[Antwerp]

Report from Danzig (Gda?sk) about the negotiations between England and the Hanse in Antwerp, in which English merchants complain about damage done to them by Germans, among others that they were driven out from Icelandic harbours by men from Hamburg.

14910610ANT00

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1491, June 10

Antwerp

Complaints of the English against hindrance of their trade by the Hanse, brought forth during negotiations in Antwerp, among others of two ships from Hull in Iceland, which were attacked by merchants from Hamburg and Lübeck with a total damage of 1061 pounds.

14970626ANT00

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1497, [June 26?]

Antwerp

Hanseatic complaints about hindrance by the English, among others of skippers from Lübeck and Hamburg in Iceland, brought forth during negotiations in Antwerp.

15000404HAM00

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1500, April 4

[Hamburg]

Clerics from St John's Monastery in Hamburg and members of the community of Iceland merchants declare to have founded a confraternity called St Anne of the Iceland merchants, which shall have an altar and chapel in the monastery church, where they can bury their dead and where the brothers shall read two masses weekly, remember the names of the members, and visit the graves twice a year, for the price of 75 mark and an annual contribution of 15 mark.