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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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1425, May 7
Akershus
King Erik of Norway and Denmark forbids all trade of Germans and other foreigners with Northern Norway, Iceland and the other tributary lands, which they have recently started, and orders his lawmen and officials to act against violations of this rule.
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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.
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1490, March 28
Copenhagen
King John of Denmark and Norway allows merchants from cities in Holland to trade in Bergen, Iceland and Shetland, under the same conditions as the merchants from the German Hansa.
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1513, July 26
Copenhagen
Agreement between King Christian II of Denmark-Norway and the Wendish cities, in which the Hanseatic privileges in Bergen are renewed, among others that Hanseatic merchants will refrain from the trade with Iceland, except if they bring the fish to England.
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1515, August 18
Copenhagen
King Christian II of Denmark proclaims that it is forbidden for German merchants to trade in Iceland, unless the fish is directly brought to England, on the penalty of loosing protection and the use of privileges in Norway.
1533-1628
[Hamburg]
First donation register of the confraternity of St Anne of the Hamburg merchants with Iceland, which contains donations, mostly in fish or money, from the people on board of ships returning each year from Iceland, Shetland and the Faroes to Hamburg from 1533-1628. Also contains notes about the annual accounting of the eldermen of the confraternity.
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1533, May 14-17
Lübeck
Proceedings of the Diet of the Wendish cities in Lübeck, where among others a letter is read with complaints about the trade from Bremen and Hamburg with northern Norway and the Faroes, whereupon the burgomaster of Hamburg replied that Tomas Koppen has been enfeoffed with the Faroes.
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1534, March 3
Gottorp
Crown prince Christian of Norway to Esche Bylden, commander of Bergen: the fish that belonged to the former King which is still in Bergen should be sent to Thomes Koppen in Hamburg, who will send it on to the prince. Moreover, it is emphasized that Koppen should be be left unhindered in using his enfeoffment with the Faroes.
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[1535, before May 24]
[Bergen]
Complaints of the Hanseatic Kontor in Bergen, presented at the Hanseatic Diet in Lübeck, among others about trade in Iceland, northern Norway, Orkney, Shetland and the Faroes, which was prohibited by the royal privileges and at the Hanseatic Diet of 1494.
1536, February 17
Hamburg
King Christian III of Denmark to the lawman, governor and inhabitants of the Faroes: has heard from Thomas Koppen that skipper Herman Renicken, Hans Loes and Hans Siiderborg have traded on the islands, although only Koppen is allowed to trade there, and that they have claimed that Christian III was not the rightful king. Therefore it is asked to safeguard Koppen's privileges on the islands.
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1562, October 26
[Bremen]
Johan Runge to Bremen: complaint against Segebad Detken, who has used the harbour Baltasound in Shetland, which was used by Runge with permission of the governour of Shetland the previous year, and refused them entry. Being unable to trade in Shetland, Runge then set sail for Bergen in Norway, under great losses, and demands a compensation of 400 daler.
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1567, September 2
Edinburgh
Verdict of assize of the justiciary court in trial of James Edmistoun and John Blacader, who are accused of piracy of three ships from Bremen in Shetland, a ship from Lübeck coming from Norway, and other crimes, and convicted to execution by hanging from the market cross in Edinburgh.
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1568, January 5
Copenhagen
James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell's account of his flight from Scotland via Shetland to Norway, where he was captured, including how he forced Gerdt Hemeling from Bremen and a merchant from Hamburg to rent him their ships in Shetland.
1573, October 7
Bremen
Gerd Hemeling to Bremen: repeated request for mediation with the Danish king about compensation of his ship and goods, which were taken from him in Shetland in 1567 by a Scottish man, who is now held captive in Bergen in Norway.
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1602, September 26
Hamburg
Johann Holdtgreve to [Hamburg]: request to be released from custody on the payment of a bail, because he has heard from his merchants from Helsingør that the Danish king is in Norway, so it will take a long time before his case can be judged, and in the meantime he cannot do business.
1635, September 24/October 4
'Narratio et petitio Hamburg contra Dennemarck': anonymous account about the commercial position of Hamburg in Iceland and Norway.
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1640, July 2
Scalloway
Andro Smyth to his brother Patrick Smyth of Braco: reports about the wrecks of three Dutch ships in Dunrossness, the debts of German merchants for the export of butter, problems with the collection, storage and transportation of wadmal, and various other tax-related issues.
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1640, July 21
Scalloway
Andro Smyth to his brother Patrick Smyth of Braco: sends a receipt for a sum of 550 dollars which was paid by Yan Sour to Joshua Averie in Hamburg, and reports that Court Warnekin has also paid his debt of 500 dollars to the same, but forgot to bring the receipt. The Dutch have started salvaging the anchors of their ships that were attacked by Dunkirkers, and further complains about the troublesome levying of taxes and rents in Shetland.
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1640, July 27
Scalloway
Andro Smyth to his brother Patrick Smyth of Braco: reports about his troubles in dealing with the German merchants in Shetland, who have brought only little money with them, about his difficulties in travelling through the country because many islanders are out fishing, and about the problems of the sale of wadmal.
After 1645
Oldenburg
Citizens of Oldenburg to king Christian IV of Denmark: request for permission to trade with Iceland again, after the Danish king has given them toll exemptions in the Sound and in Norway, like the merchants of Holland, in 1645.
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