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Region/Country: Region/Land: Shetland, Scotland
Archipelago in the North Atlantic, which was settled by Viking settlers in the Early Middle Ages, and belonged to the king of Norway until 1469, when it was pledged by king Christian I of Denmark-Norway to Scotland, as security for the dowry of his daughter. The dowry was never paid. In the 15th to 17th centuries, the islands were frequented by merchants from Bremen and, to a lesser extent, Hamburg.
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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.
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1640, August 13
Scalloway
Andro Smyth to his brother Patrick Smyth of Braco: sends six Shetland ponies with a boat to Orkney, and reports about his problems with payments of the German merchants and the renovation of Scalloway castle.
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1640, September 22
Scalloway
Andro Smyth to his brother Patrick Smyth of Braco: reports about the export of tax butter and oil from Shetland to Scotland and the collection of customs from German merchants.
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1640, December 23
Edinburgh
Obligation by Patrick Smyth of Braco to William Dick of Braid, anent a debt of 500 rix dollar owed by Court Warnekin from Bremen for a load of butter, who paid the sum to Joshua Averie in Hamburg, who was supposed to pay it via William Stirling to William Dick or Peter Smyth, but the money never arrived.
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1644, February - 1645, July
Hamburg
Register of ships, skippers, freighters and cargoes sailing between Hamburg and Shetland that paid the admiralty toll in the harbour of Hamburg.
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1646, February - 1647, December
Hamburg
Register of ships, skippers, freighters and cargoes sailing between Hamburg and Shetland that paid the admiralty toll in the harbour of Hamburg.
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1649, May 12
Bremen
The imperial lower court in Bremen to Robert Douglas, earl of Morton: request to hear the Shetland priest Johan Edmesthun about his transactions with Bremen merchants Cordt Warneken and Jasper Stüving in Shetland, and provide testimony thereof to act as evidence in the court case between the two merchants.
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1653, February 28
Bremen
Bremen to the States General of the Dutch Republic: request for free passage to Shetland for the two ships of Herman Deetken and Jasper Büsing, during the war with England.
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1653, April 18
Bremen
The city council of Bremen declares that Herman Deetken will sail to Shetland and return in autumn with fish on board, and asks all to give him free and unhindered passage as a neutral person.
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