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14160524LUB00

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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.

14341200BRU01

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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.

15180630LON00

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[1518, before June 30]

[London]

Complaints of the Hanseatic Kontor in London, among others that the violent behaviour of German merchants against the English in Iceland damages the position of the Kontor, and that the ship of Hamburg skipper Cordt Trawendael was attacked by English pirates on the return journey from Iceland.

15320729LON00

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1532, July 29

London

Eldermen of the Hanseatic Kontor in London to Hamburg: after the attacks of the English on Bremen and Hamburg merchants in Iceland, now merchants from Lynn have complained about how they were attacked by Lutke Schmidt's men in Iceland, who killed and wounded them and sank their ship. Therefore, eldermen of the Kontor and Hamburg merchants in England have to appear before the royal court, and it is asked to appropriate Lutke Schmidt's ship until the matter is settled.

15321222LON00

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1532, December 22

London

Hanseatic Kontor in London to Lübeck: repeated complaint about violence of Hamburg and Bremen merchants against the English in Iceland, which damages the privileges of the Kontor. Therefore, it is demanded again to press Hamburg and Bremen to settle the matter.

15330227HAM01

1533, February 27

Hamburg

Hamburg to the Hanseatic Kontor in London: summary of the negotiations that took place in Hamburg and Segeberg with the English representative about the violence between German and English merchants in Iceland.

15330703ENG00

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[1534, July 3?]

[Hamburg]

Instruction for the Hamburg representatives who are sent to England to discuss the Hanseatic privileges there, and will hand over a document with suggestions for a better relation between the English and German merchants in Iceland.

15350227HAM00

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1535, February 27

[Hamburg]

Hamburg merchants with Iceland to Hamburg: repeat the complaints about the behaviour of the English against them in Iceland on various occasions, but accept the outcome of the negotiations in Segeberg, although they were not sufficiently compensated.

15350710LUB00

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[1535, July 10 - August 29]

[Lübeck]

Proceedings of the Hanseatic Diet in Lübeck, where among others the Hanseatic Kontor in London complains about the violent attacks from Bremen and Hamburg merchants against the English in Iceland in 1532, to which the burgomaster of Hamburg replies that the Danish king bore responsibility for it, and Bremen and Hamburg complain about hindrance of their trade with Iceland, Shetland and the Faroes.

15350815LON00

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[1535, August 15]

[London]

Eldermen of the Hanseatic Kontor in London to the Hanseatic representatives gathered in Lüneburg: various complaints of the Kontor, among others about the violence of Bremen and Hamburg merchants against the English in Iceland in 1532, which caused many expenses for which the Kontor requests compensation.

15521010SHE00

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1552, October 10

Shetland

Contract between Lorenz Winckelman, skipper from Rostock, Jacob Schapeskop and Brandt Schmidt, merchants, and merchant Thomas Daye of Faversham, that they will deliver salted fish to Thomas Daye in London. Daye will provide a pilot and make the payment when they arrive in London in 18 days, and compensate for any additional consumption in case of delays.

15650405LUN00

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1565, April 5

Lund

King Frederick II of Denmark to Hamburg: permits the sailing of Hamburg merchants to Iceland the coming summer, to reclaim their outstanding debts, but not to start new commercial activities.

15671119HAM00

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[1567, before November 19]

[Speyer]

Complaints (Gravamina) of Thomas Gerdes, burgomaster of Rostock, Heinrich Dosse, councillor, Christoph Butzau, Michael Boldewan, Brandt Schmidt and Klaus Lepeler, citizens of Rostock, partners of the deceased skipper Lorenz Winckelman, against Thomas Daye, merchant from England, in an appeal before the Imperial Chamber Court (Reichskammergericht) about a load of fish, which the appellants were supposed to deliver from Shetland to Thomas Daye in London, but instead sold in Hamburg as they could not get to England because of the alleged incompetence of the pilot.

15871129LON00

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1587, November 29

London

Elderman Moritz Zimmerman of the London Steelyard to Bremen: has found out that the ship that was attacked by English pirates near Shetland while on the way to Iceland, is lying at the Isle of Man, most of the goods sold, and that attempts to retrieve it will cost a lot of money and trouble.