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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.

15680219BRE00

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1568, March 3

[Bremen]

Gerd Hemeling to Bremen: request for mediation with the Danish king about compensation of his ship and goods, which were taken from him in Shetland previous year by a Scottish man, who is now held captive in Bergen in Norway.

15750223GOT00

1575, February 23

Gottorp

Duke Adolf of Holstein-Gottorp to king Frederick II of Denmark: has prepared a ship to sail to Iceland to collect fish and sulfur, and requests passes for free passage in the North and South of Iceland, and in the Øresund.

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1577, September 28

Gottorp

Duke Adolf of Holstein-Gottorp to king Frederick II of Denmark: states how he had sailed to Iceland the year before, but was forbidden to do so this year, and therefore almost ran out of stockfish. As merchants from Bremen and Stade have gotten licenses, he requests one for a harbour in Southern Iceland as well.

15771231GOT00

1577, December 31

Gottorp

Duke Adolf of Holstein-Gottorp to king Frederick II of Denmark: request for licenses for two ships for harbours in Southern Iceland, where they have already sailed the summer before.

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1578, March 11

Bremen

The judges of the imperial lower court of Bremen declare, that Erikur Arnason from Iceland has appeared before them and complained about a number of stockfish he sold to Heine Ratkens, of which 500 were sold in Bremen, and the rest Ratkens left in Iceland.

15780323BRE00

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1578, March 23

[Bremen]

Clawes Monnickhusen declares that he has lent 15 mark from Karsten Meyer to freight Johan Munsterman's ship to Iceland, and will repay Meyer with 500 pounds of Icelandic stockfish when the ship returns.

15791211SKA00

1579, December 11

Skanderborg

King Frederik II of Denmark permits Joachim Kolling to trade in the harbour Kumbaravogur in Iceland until further notice, on the condition that he will trade commodities of good quality, and will not use false measures and weights.

15800406OLD00

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1580, April 6

[Oldenburg?]

Joachim Kolling to count John VII of Oldenburg: states that he has prepared a ship to sail to Kummerwage in Iceland, freighted it for the value of 1500 daler, and hired a crew and a skipper from Bremen, Roleff Gerdes, who also owns part of the ship. However, the Bremen city council forbade the latter to sail with him. Kolling argues that Bremen had no right to do this, and requests free passage and freedom of operation.

15830612BRV00

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1583, June 12

Bremervörde

Prince-archbishop Henry III of Bremen to king Frederick II of Denmark: request for a license to use the harbour Reff in Iceland to supply his court with stockfish, or another harbour if that one has already been given to someone else.