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1597, September 3

Oldenburg

Harmen Kloppenburg reports that he was lucky to have arrived eight days before the Bremen merchants in Iceland, who nowadays buy all the fish in Grundeforde which used to be sold in Kummerwage. Moreover, sheriff Carsten Bake only accepted the tolls for Kummerwage and not for Neswage, which he had given to Bremen.

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1598, January 10

Oldenburg

Oldenburg merchants with Iceland to [Bremen]: remind them about the letter of the Danish king, in which he prohibited Bremen merchants to use the harbour Stickingsholm, and of which they included a copy, and ask the merchants from Bremen to respect that prohibition.

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1598, August 19

Report of the hearing of witnesses in the case of shipowner and merchant Harmen Kloppenburg against the skipper Dirich Walleman, about a ship he had chartered Walleman to sail with to Iceland. Walleman is accused by Kloppenburg of having traded on his own account as well, and that a part of the fish got wet during transport.

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1599, May 4

Oldenburg

The council of the count of Oldenburg declares that Harmen Kloppenburg has a royal Danish permission to use the harbours Kummerwage and Neswage in Iceland.

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1599, May 4

Oldenburg

Harmen Kloppenburg and his crew to the council of the count of Oldenburg: as the license to use the harbours Kummerwage and Neswage in Iceland has been taken by the count to an imperial meeting in Magdeburg, and it is time to leave for Iceland, the council is asked to provide a statement that the Oldenburg merchants are allowed to use the said harbours.

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1600, December 30

Bremen

The city council of Bremen testifies, that Carsten Bake appeared before them and complained about how lawman Jon Jonsson in Snæfellsnes forced him to use a new weight which was lighter than the old one, and forbade him to ship commodities out of Iceland. Moreover, as many animals died in Iceland last year, this brought him great damage. The story is (partly) confirmed under oath by four other merchants with Iceland.

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1601, January 9

Bremen

Carsten Bake to Bremen: describes how he has gotten into a conflict with lawman Jon Jonsson in Iceland about unpaid debts and was expelled from the island with wife and children and not allowed to have his debts repaid. Therefore he asks to use the harbour Stappe for a number of years, to compensate his losses.

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1601, January 29

Bremen

Bremen to king Christian IV of Denmark: state that Carsten Bake has gotten into a conflict with lawman Jon Jonsson in Iceland, and ask for a license for the harbour Stappe, to compensate his losses.