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1591, November 14

Bremen

Bremen's instruction for the secretary Daniel Bisterfeldt, who is sent to discuss the matter about the rightful use of the harbour Ostforde/Bernforde, in which it is stated that it can be proven that Marten Losekanne and his predecessors have rightfully used the harbour under the name Ostforde for decades, and that it is therefore not true that they have changed a license for Wapenforde to the invented name Ostforde, as Hamburg merchant Daniel Elers claims.

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1592, March 10

Hamburg

Cillie Lindeman, wife of Paul Lindeman, to the Danish council of the Realm: request for renewal of the license for the harbour Wapenforde, which was in use by her father, and after his death by her husband for one year, and afterwards shall be combined with the license for Dureshave in Langeneß on behalf of her son Hans Lindeman and his companions Cordt Basse, Hans Schomaker and Hans Hering.

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1596, December 24

Hamburg

Joachim Terminau to king Christian IV of Denmark: because of his good services as a translator at the marriage of Christian's sister with the Scottish king, the Council of the Realm promised him the use of a harbour in Iceland. Therefore, as Berndt Salfeldt died a few days ago, a license for his harbour Reff is requested.

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1614, February 14

Bremen

Bremen to king James of Great Britain: repeated request to reduce the newly imposed tolls and customs on the Shetland trade on behalf of the Bremen merchants with Shetland, for which a request was already sent a year earlier but which was left unanswered.

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1639, November 29

Hamburg

Discharge by Joshua Averie to Court Warnke of Bremen for 500 rix dollars which had been ordered to be paid to him by George Sinclair and Andro Smith, to the end that the same should be remitted to Scotland to Mr William Stirling.

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Bremen

1640, March 18

Letter from Cordt Warneken to Mr William Stirling, Edinburgh, intimating that he has received 500 thalers worth of butter from George Sinclair of Rapnes in Orkney, and paid the money to Joshua Averie on 29 November 1639 at Hamburg; writer asks that the money may be paid to William Stirling; if the money has reached Scotland recipient was to pay it to William Dick or Peter Smith, brother of Andro Smith.

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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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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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1661, November 12

Bremen

Bremen merchants with Shetland to Bremen: complaint about the unrightful collecting of excises on salt and beer, which is brought but not sold there, by Gideon and David Murray in Shetland, and request for mediation with the English king for compensation of the suffered losses and prevention of these excises in the future.