HANSdoc Database

15940826VOP00

1594, August 26

Vopnafjörður

Ogmunder Jonsson asks permission for Heinrich Möller to sail with a ship with commodities to Thorshöfn in Langenes.

15940901HOF00

1594, September 1

Hof (Vopnafjörður)

Priest Oddur Torkilsson to king Christian IV of Denmark: complains how the poor people of Vopnafjörður are dependent on the German traders, and therefore asks permission for a ship to sail to Þorshöfn in Langanes.

15941101HAM02

1594, November 1

Hamburg

Cordt Basse, Hans Hering and Jacob Winock to Hamburg: request for renewal of their license for the harbour Wapenforde in Iceland.

15941104HAM00

1594, November 4

Hamburg

Hamburg to king Christian IV of Denmark: request for a license to use the harbour Dureshave in Iceland on behalf of Cordt Basse and Hans Hering, and a license for the harbour Wapenforde on behalf of Basse, Hering and Jacob Winock.

15980117HAD00

1598, January 17

Haderslev

King Christian IV of Denmark permits Cordt Basse, Hans Hering and Jacob Winock from Hamburg to trade with the harbour Wapenforde in Iceland for three years, on the condition that they will trade commodities of good quality, and will not use false measures and weights.

16001024HAM00

1600, October 24

Hamburg

Hamburg to king Christian IV of Denmark: request for renewal of the licenses for Wapenforde in Iceland on behalf of Hans Hering, Claus Olde and Herman Gansberg, which was acquired in 1598 by Hering, Cordt Basse (who died) and Jacob Winock (who received an office in Iceland), and for Dureshave on behalf of Hans Hering alone, which he held formerly with Cordt Basse.

16010000XXX00

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Overview of the harbours in use in Iceland and in which year their licenses expire, 1601-1603.