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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.

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.

14801116LUB00

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1480, November 16

Lübeck

Proceedings of the Diet of Wendish cities in Lübeck, where among others the use of Rostock barrels for the brewing of beer for the export to Iceland by Hamburg is discussed.

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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.

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.

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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.

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[1506, May]

[Lübeck]

List of complaints of the Hanseatic Kontor in Bergen, among others that merchants from Hamburg are trading in Shetland, the Faroes and Orkney, to the damage of the Kontor.

15130812NYK00

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1513, August 12

Nyköping

King Christian II of Denmark to the Wendish cities: declares that, after complaints from the Hanseatic Kontor in Bergen, it is forbidden to trade directly with Iceland, unless the fish is brought directly to England.

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1533, January 12

Hamburg

Hamburg to Rostock: write that they have asked for the council of doctor Johan Oldendorp in an urgent matter, and hope for his cooperation.

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1533, January 12

Hamburg

Hamburg to Rostock doctor of law Johan Oldendorp: asks for his cooperation in the negotiations between Denmark and England surrounding the conflict between Bremen and Hamburg and English merchants in Iceland.

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1533, February 18

Rostock

Rostock doctor of law Johan Oldendorp to Hamburg secretary Herman Rover: sends him the documents pertaining to the Icelandic quarrels, and asks to send them to England.

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1533, March 18

Hamburg

Hamburg to Johan Oldendorp, doctor of law in Rostock: asks to send them the documents that were produced during the negotiations with the English in Hamburg and Segeberg.

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1533, March 28

Rostock

Johan Oldendorp, doctor of law in Rostock to Hamburg secretary Herman Rover: excuses himself for the delay in sending the requested documents to Hamburg.

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1533, April 13

Rostock

Johan Oldendorp, doctor of law in Rostock, to Hamburg secretary Herman Rover: sends the requested documents about the conflict with the English in Iceland.

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1534, March 6

Hamburg

Thomas Koppen to Eske Bille, commander of Bergenhus: sends him a copy of his enfeoffment with the Faroes, and asks not to send a ship there to his detriment. Moreover, he sends him two barrels of Hamburg beer and a cake for his wife, as well as news about the political situation in Denmark and Germany.

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.

15650304BYR00

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1565, March 4

Börringe

King Frederick II of Denmark to Magnus Guldenstiern: asks among others to conceal the royal sulfur reserves from Stefan Loitz, to grant the royal sulfur refinerer a license for a harbour in Iceland, and informs that he has ordered the royal merchant Hans Nielsen to acquire a ship in Rostock, Lübeck or Hamburg.

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1566, March 7

Stettin

Stefan Loitz to king Frederick II of Denmark: among many other things, complains about the decision that Hans Nielsen should sail to Iceland with his ships from Rostock, because the sulfur trade is supposed to be his monopoly and that this will only create new misunderstandings.

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.

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1569, February 14

Bremen

Instruction for Thomas Haverkamp and Tyleman Zerneman, representatives of the city council of Bremen to the Danish king, to discuss among others the Sound toll on behalf of the Bergen merchants and the permission for Bremen merchants to use the harbour Ostforde in Iceland.