HANSdoc Database

15480312KOL01

1548, March 12

Koldinghus

King Christian III of Denmark to Thomas Koppen from Hamburg: quittance for 500 Lübeck mark, which was the royal levy for the Faroes for 1547, including 400 mark for the church lands, and a confirmation that he has paid 100 mark to the school and 100 mark to the poor on the islands.

15480313KOL00

1548, March 13

Koldinghus

King Christian III of Denmark to Elisabeth, wife of Thomas Koppen: allows that she can enjoy her husband's privileges on the Faroes for one more year after his death to collect his outstanding debts, under the same tolls and levies as before.

15480913FLE00

1548, September 13

Flensburg

King Christian III of Denmark to Thomas Koppen from Hamburg: quittance for 500 Lübeck mark, which was the royal levy for the Faroes, including 400 mark for the church lands.

15500313FLE00

1550, March 13

Flensburg

King Christian III of Denmark to Thomas Koppen from Hamburg: quittance for 500 Lübeck mark, which was received by Hans Skovgaard, which was the royal levy for the Faroes for 1549, including 400 mark for the church lands.

15510321FLE00

1551, March 21

Flensburg

King Christian III of Denmark to Thomas Koppen from Hamburg: quittance for 500 Lübeck mark, which was the royal levy for the Faroes for 1550, including 400 mark for the church lands.

15520300XXX00

[1552, March]

King Christian III of Denmark to royal treasurer Jurgen Pedersen: request to send him the 13 packages of Faroese wadmal which Thomas Koppen has sent to Ribe.

15530218NYB00

1553, February 18

Nyborg

King Christian III of Denmark to Christoffer Hvitfeldt, commander of Bergenhus: after the death of Thomas Koppen, who had been enfeoffed with the Faroes, the control over the islands is put under Bergen again, and all Faroese taxes and levies will have to be paid to Hvitfeldt or his representative.

15530221NYB00

1553, February 21

Nyborg

King Christian III of Denmark to Copenhagen: answer to their request for the trading monopoly over the Faroes after Thomas Koppen has died, in which he states that he has put the command over the islands under Bergenhus again, but that it will be free for Danes and Norwegians to trade there.

15530315NYB00

1553, March 15

Nyborg

King Christian III of Denmark to Herman Wetken from Hamburg: quittance for 1000 Lübeck mark on behalf of Thomas Koppen, which was the royal levy for the Faroes for the last two years 1551 and 1552.

15530316NYB00

1553, March 16

Nyborg

King Christian III of Denmark to Christoffer Hvidtfeldt, commander of Bergenhus: request to help Elisabeth, the widow of Thomas Koppen, to collect the royal taxes and levies and her deceased husband's outstanding debts on the Faroes, for which she had received permission.