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Displaying records 31 tobis 81 ofvon 81 Einträgen gezeigt

14160524LUB00

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1416, May 24 - August 3

Lübeck

Proceedings of the Hanseatic Diet in Lübeck, in which the eldermen of the Bergen Kontor complain about German sailing to Orkney, Shetland, and the Faroes, after which the gathered envoys decide that this journey is forbidden.

14160710LUB00

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[1416, July 10]

[Lübeck]

The envoys of the gathered hanseatic cities in Lübeck to the Bergen Kontor: announce the prohibition to sail to sail to and settle in Orkney, Shetland, and the Faroes, or other Norwegian lands other than Bergen, Oslo, or Tønsberg.

14160815LUB00

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[1416, August 15]

[Lübeck]

The envoys of the gathered Hanseatic cities in Lübeck to Reval (Tallinn): report about the settlement of disputes in Lübeck and about the prohibition to sail to Orkney, Shetland, and the Faroes, or other Norwegian lands other than Bergen, Oslo, and Tønsberg.

14160815LUB01

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1416, August 15

[Lübeck]

The representatives of the Hanseatic cities gathered in Lübeck declare that the Bergen Kontor has complained about merchants who trade with forbidden regions, and forbid Hanseatic merchants to visit Shetland, Orkney and the Faroes or elsewhere in Norway, with the exception of Bergen, Oslo and Tønsberg.

14341200BRU01

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[1434, December - 1435, April]

Answer of the Hanseatic representatives to requests of the Hanseatic Kontor in Bruges during negiotiations in Flanders, among others that they will discuss the complaints in the cities with the Bergen merchants, and see that the prohibition is respected.

14680000LUB00

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[1470-1486]

[Lübeck]

Chronicle of Christian van Gheren, secretary of the Bergen merchants in Lübeck, which mentions among others the royal permission to sail to Iceland in 1468, and riots in Hamburg because of the trade with Iceland in 1483.

14701230BRA00

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1470, December 30

Braunschweig

Braunschweig to Bremen: regarding the conflict between Frederik Ledinghusen from Braunschweig and skipper Martene Steen from Bremen, in which the latter claimed the full freight money from Leddinghusen for transporting commodities to Iceland, even though he shipwrecked in Shetland, the Hanseatic Diet has decided in 1447 that in such cases, only part of the freight money is due, and therefore it is asked to see that the matter is settled.

14760000BER00

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1476

Bergen

The bishop of Bergen and others to King Henry of England: complain about the robbery of Hanseatic merchant Johannis Rorembergh in Iceland by English merchants, and demand that this act does not remain unpunished.

14760307BER00

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1476, March 7

Bergen

The bishop of Bergen and the master of the royal chapter declare their support in favour of Hanseatic merchant Johannes Mønik and skipper Johannis Rørembergh, who have been robbed in Iceland by English merchants, and demand that this should not go unpunished.

14760610XXX00

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1476, June 10

Gislo Johannis, bishop of Skálholt, and other Icelanders proclaim that the ship that was robbed by Bristol merchants in Iceland belonged to Bergen merchants, that the Lübeck merchants in Iceland have supported the governor with weapons against the English, and that the ship was left by the crew after it stranded.

14800630LUB00

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1480, June 30

Lübeck

Lübeck to Rostock: answer to a letter about the request of Hamburg to receive Rostock barrels for brewing beer in the Kremper marsch for the export to Iceland, which was blocked by Lübeck coopers, as it is claimed that this beer would eventually be exported to Bergen, which would be unfair competition for Rostock, Wismar, Stralsund and Lübeck, and therefore the matter should be discussed at the next Diet.

14810910BER00

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1481, September 10

Bergen

Eldermen of the Hanseatic Kontor in Bergen to Lübeck and the other Wendish cities: state that the king has given permission to sail to Iceland and Shetland, but did so without the support of the Norwegian Council of the Realm, and therefore asks to prohibit this trade, which damages the position of Bergen.

14810912BER00

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1481, September 12

Bergen

Norwegian Council of the Realm to Lübeck: cancels the permission that King Christian I of Norway gave to Hamburg merchants to visit Iceland, and demands that Icelandic commodities are traded via the Bergen staple again.

14820421LUB00

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1482, April 21

Lübeck

Proceedings of the Diet of the Wendish cities in Lübeck, in which the complaints of the Norwegian Council of the Realm and the Hanseatic Kontor in Bergen about the Icelandic trade are discussed, and where it is decided that Hamburg shall not trade in Iceland anymore, with the exception of the ships that have already been prepared for the journey.

14830201HAL00

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1483, February 1

Halmstad

Members of the Danish and Norwegian Council of the Realm choose Hans, the son of Christian I, as their king, who promises to comply to a set of regulations, among others not to allow Hanseatic merchants to trade in Iceland.

14840311LUB00

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1484, March 11

Lübeck

Proceedings of the Diet of the Wendish cities in Lübeck, in which the Bergen merchants complain about the Icelandic trade, whereby Hamburg merchants are sailing from other cities such as Wismar, upon which it is decided that this trade should end, and that letters should be sent to Bremen and Danzig to prevent ships from sailing to Iceland.

14840316LUB00

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1484, March 16

Lübeck

The representatives of the Wendish cities gathered in Lübeck and the city council of Lübeck to Danzig: relate how the Norwegian Council of the Realm and the Hanseatic Kontor in Bergen have complained bitterly about the Icelandic trade, and therefore it is decided to stop the trade with Iceland, Shetland and the Faroes, and it is requested to prevent the ships which are currently prepared to sail to Iceland from Danzig from leaving.

14860309LON00

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[1486, before March 9]

[London]

Complaints of English skippers and merchants about competition from the Hanse, among others that Hanseatic merchants have started to trade in Iceland and are cooperating with the Danes against the English.

14860428LUB00

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1486, April 28

Lübeck

The representatives of the Wendish cities gathered in Lübeck and the city council of Lübeck to Danzig: report that the Hanseatic Kontor in Bergen has complained that once again merchants from Danzig and other cities have traded in Iceland and the Faroes, which is forbidden, and state that anyone who does so will lose the right of using the Bergen privileges and the protection of the Kontor.

14870500LUB00

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[1486, May 24 - June 20]

[Lübeck]

Proceedings of the Hanseatic Diet in Lübeck, in which among others the representatives of the Bergen Kontor complain about the trade with Iceland, Shetland and the Faroes, which damages their position, upon which the gathered representatives promise to refrain from this trade, except those from Danzig and Hamburg, who claim not to have permission to decide in this matter.

14870528LUB00

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[1487, May 28 - June 15]

[Lübeck]

Report of Riga burgomaster Johann Schöning about the Hanseatic Diet in Lübeck, where among others the representatives of the Kontor in Bergen complained about direct trade in Iceland, which damages the Kontor.

14890000BRE00

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1489 and 1513

Bremen

Bremen town law in the "Kundige Rolle", in which it is among others declared, that (stock)fisch from Bergen, Iceland, and Shetland shall be sold each under its own name and kept in separate containers, on the penalty of one bremer mark.

14890312LUB00

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1489, March 12

Lübeck

Proceedings of the Diet of Wendish cities in Lübeck, in which among others the eldermen of the Bergen merchants complain about the trade with Iceland, Shetland and the Faroes, whereupon all gathered cities except Hamburg decide that they shall refrain from this trade if Hamburg does so as well.

14900328KOB00

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1490, March 28

Copenhagen

King John of Denmark and Norway allows merchants from cities in Holland to trade in Bergen, Iceland and Shetland, under the same conditions as the merchants from the German Hansa.

14940525BRE00

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1494, May 25

Bremen

Proceedings of the Hanseatic Diet in Bremen, in which among others the merchants in Bergen complain about merchants sailing to Shetland, who mix Shetland fish with fish from Bergen, upon which it is decided that Shetland shall not be visited anymore, upon penalty of being excluded from the Hanse.

14980405BER00

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1498, April 5

[Bergen]

Eldermen of the Hanseatic Kontor in Bergen to the representatives of the Hanseatic cities gathered in Lübeck: complaint about the commercial activity of two Bremen ships in Shetland in 1494, and how after the governor of Bergen had confiscated commodities of one of them, he had to release these after letters sent by the Duke of Holstein and the Count of Oldenburg.

14980528BRE00

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1498, May 28

Bremen

Proceeding of the Hanseatic Diet in Bremen, in which among others the Kontor in Bergen complains about merchants sailing to Shetland and the Faroes and mixing fish from various origins, upon which the prohibition is repeated to sail to Shetland and other islands, except for Iceland, on the penalty of exclusion from the Hanse.

15020300LUB00

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1502, [between February 6 and March 26]

[Lübeck?]

[Lübeck merchants with Bergen?] to the Hanseatic Kontor in Bergen: report among others about the situation in various lands, complaints of Kampen, Deventer and Zwolle about the Kontor, and that they have not received news from Bremen, nor about the Iceland merchants Kinkel and Wilde.

15060500LUB00

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[1506, May]

[Lübeck]

List of complaints of the Hanseatic Kontor in Bergen, among others that merchants from Hamburg are trading in Shetland, the Faroes and Orkney, to the damage of the Kontor.

15060521LUB00

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1506, May 21

Lübeck

Proceedings of the Hanseatic Diet in Lübeck, where among others the Bergen merchants complain that Hamburg and Bremen violate the prohibition of the trade with Orkney, the Faroes and Shetland, whereupon it is decided that the matter will be postponed until the next Diet.

15070500XXX00

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[1507, May 20 - June 7]

Deventer and Kampen to the Hanseatic Kontor in Bergen: complaints about the Kontor, among others about the forbidden trade with Iceland, Shetland and the Faroes, which provides unfair competition as it brings cheap fish of inferior quality on the market, and about unfair treatment of merchants from the Zuiderzee cities by the Kontor.

15130618KOB00

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1513, June 18

Report of Hamburg secretary Johann Reinken about the negotiations of Hanseatic cities with Denmark in Copenhagen, in which among others the King and the Council of the Realm state that Bremen and Hamburg are only allowed to trade in Iceland if they bring the fish to England.

15130726KOB00

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1513, July 26

Copenhagen

Agreement between King Christian II of Denmark-Norway and the Wendish cities, in which the Hanseatic privileges in Bergen are renewed, among others that Hanseatic merchants will refrain from the trade with Iceland, except if they bring the fish to England.

15130812NYK00

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1513, August 12

Nyköping

King Christian II of Denmark to the Wendish cities: declares that, after complaints from the Hanseatic Kontor in Bergen, it is forbidden to trade directly with Iceland, unless the fish is brought directly to England.

15140000BER00

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[1514]

Complaints of the Hanseatic Kontor in Bergen, collected for the negotiations with the Danish king in Oslo, in which the direct trade of Hamburg, Bremen and Holland with Iceland, Shetland and the Faroes is presented as the main reason for the Kontor's demise.

15150818KOB00

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1515, August 18

Copenhagen

King Christian II of Denmark proclaims that it is forbidden for German merchants to trade in Iceland, unless the fish is directly brought to England, on the penalty of loosing protection and the use of privileges in Norway.

15161008LUB00

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1516, October 8

Lübeck

Proceedings of the Diet of Wendish cities in Lübeck, in which a letter of complaints from the eldermen of the Hanseatic Kontor in Bergen about the Icelandic trade is read, whereupon it is decided that the Hanseatic cities should respect the rules set out in 1515.

15170612LUB00

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[1517, June 12 - July 13]

[Lübeck]

Report of the Kampen representatives about the Hanseatic Diet in Lübeck, among others that Bremen has promised to see that Shetlandic and Icelandic fish shall not be mixed.

15170614LUB00

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[1517, June 14 - July 5]

[Lübeck]

Proceedings of the Hanseatic Diet in Lübeck, in which among others the gathered representatives emphasize that merchants in Iceland should behave peacefully towards the English, the Hanseatic Kontor in Bergen complains against the Icelandic trade, and Osnabrück complains about the mixing of Shetlandic and Icelandic fish in Bremen.

15170720BER00

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1517, July 20

Bergen

The Hanseatic Kontor to Klaus Repenhagen, Gerd Krudup and Hans Cordes, eldermen of the Bergen merchants in Lübeck: request to present the Kontor's complaints at the Wendish Diet in Lübeck, among others about the direct trade with Iceland.

15190113LUB00

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1519, January [13]

[Lübeck]

Fragment of the proceedings of the Diet of the Wendish cities in Lübeck, where the Bergen merchants from Lübeck complain about the North Atlantic trade by Bremen and Hamburg, and claim that they should only bring the Icelandic commodities to England.

15190407LUB00

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1519, April 7

Lübeck

Proceedings of the Diet of the Wendish cities in Lübeck, where among others the Bergen merchants complain about the trade with Iceland, Shetland and the Faroes by Bremen and Hamburg, which damages the Kontor in Bergen, whereupon the Hamburg representatives claim that the Icelandic fish is usually brought to England.

15190426LUB00

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[1519, before April 26]

[Lübeck]

Representatives of the cities Deventer, Kampen and Zwolle answer to complaints of the Bergen Kontor, among others that merchants from Bremen and Hamburg are visiting the Faroes and other islands, damaging the Hanse.

15191024LUB00

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1519, October 24

Lübeck

Proceedings of the Diet of the Wendish cities in Lübeck, in which it is among others proposed to appoint an independent mediator to solve the controversy surrounding the trade with Iceland between the Bergen merchants and the city of Hamburg, whereupon the Hamburg representatives claim to have no mandate of the city council to discuss this topic.

15210529LUB00

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1521, May 29 - June 11

Lübeck

Proceedings of the Hanseatic Diet in Lübeck from May 29 to June 11, 1521, in which eldermen of the Bergen Kontor complain about illicit trade of Bremen and Hamburg in Iceland, among others.

15240623LUB00

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1524, June 23 - August 23

[Lübeck, Copenhagen]

Diary of Gert Krudup and Hans Ebbrecht, eldermen of the Hanseatic Kontor in Bergen, as well as their secretary Erasmus Boddecker, of their journey from Lübeck to Copenhagen, where they visited the Diet during which King Frederick I was crowned, and where the privileges in Bergen were negotiated.

15240800KOB00

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[1524, August]

[Copenhagen]

King Frederick I of Denmark confirms the Hanseatic privileges in Bergen, and allows the Icelandic trade for German merchants, but not the direct trade with Shetland and the Faroes.

15250615GDA00

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[1525, June 15 - July 27]

[Danzig (Gda?sk)]

Proceedings of the Hanseatic Diet in Danzig, where the representatives of Bremen, Hamburg and Lüneburg promise to deal with Icelandic fish rightfully, so that no one can complain, as it is feared that the Icelandic trade will damage the position of the Kontor in Bergen.

15250707LUB00

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[1525, July 7 - 29]

Lübeck

Proceedings of the Hanseatic Diet in Lübeck, in which among others the trade with Iceland, Shetland and the Faroes is discussed, during which Bremen claims that the fish from these lands does not push the fish from Bergen from the market, and Hamburg claims that merchants from other nations are sailing there anyway, whereupon it is decided that the Bergen merchants should accept this trade.

15310519TRO00

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1531, May 19

Trondheim

Archbishop Olaf of Trondheim to Eske Bille, commander of Bergenhus: announces that he can not come to the meeting with the king in Copenhagen because of a large fire in Trondheim, and sends his points for the agenda, including complaints about Hamburg merchants in Iceland and the Faroes.

15321100TRO00

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1532, early November

Trondheim

[Archbishop Olaf of Trondheim] to King Frederick I of Denmark: list of points where Norwegian privileges are bypassed, mostly related to church goods and offices, as well as Iceland and the Faroes, which are in German hands, to the disadvantage of Norwegian merchants.

15321230HAT00

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1532, December 30

Hatteberg

Magdalena Oleffzdotther to Eske Bylle, commander of Bergenhus: writes among others that her representative on the Faroes has reported that there is no ship on the Faroes that can sail to Bergen, and requests to have a fourth part of the ship that Eske Bylle is planning to send there, and that the Faroes have been given to Thomas Koppen from Hamburg, which is detrimental to Norwegians who have possessions on the islands.

15330000HAM00

1533-1628

[Hamburg]

First donation register of the confraternity of St Anne of the Hamburg merchants with Iceland, which contains donations, mostly in fish or money, from the people on board of ships returning each year from Iceland, Shetland and the Faroes to Hamburg from 1533-1628. Also contains notes about the annual accounting of the eldermen of the confraternity.

15330000LUB00

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[1533]

[Lübeck]

Eldermen of the Bergen merchants in Lübeck to Lübeck: state that the trade with Orkney, Shetland and the Faroes has been forbidden on the Hanseatic Diets in 1494 and 1498, but that some merchants are trading there anyway, and that merchants from Bremen, Hamburg and Holland have started to trade north of Bergen in Trondheim, damaging the Kontor, and ask for repercussions.

15330617KIR00

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1533, June 17

Kirkjubøur

Bishop Amund of the Faroes to Eske Bylle, commander of Bergenhus castle: complains about merchant Jacob Wullenwever from Hamburg in the Faroes, who obstructs the trade with Bergen, and therefore the bishop will now send a ship to Bergen himself with vadmal, feathers, and other commodities.

15340303GOT00

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1534, March 3

Gottorp

Crown prince Christian of Norway to Esche Bylden, commander of Bergen: the fish that belonged to the former King which is still in Bergen should be sent to Thomes Koppen in Hamburg, who will send it on to the prince. Moreover, it is emphasized that Koppen should be be left unhindered in using his enfeoffment with the Faroes.

15340315HAM00

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1534, March 15

Hamburg

Gotschalck van Alefelde to Eske Bilde, commander in Bergenhus: as the late King Frederick I of Denmark has given the Faroes to his secretary Thomas Koppen as a fief for his services, he asks to see that no merchants from Bergen will sail there and hinder his business.

15340410BER00

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1534, April 10

Bergen

Bishop Olaf of Bergen and commander Vincents Lunge of Vardøhus to the Faroese: the Norwegian Council of the Realm has decided that after the death of King Frederick I of Denmark, the Faroes are placed under the command of Eske Bylle, commander of Bergenhus again, and not of Joachim Wullenwever and Thomas Koppen from Hamburg anymore.

15340523TOR00

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1534, May 23

Tórshavn

Lawman Anders Gottormssen of the Faroes to Eske Bille, commander of Bergenhus: thanks him for the letter that the Norwegian Council of the Realm has decided that the Faroes shall be subjected to Bergen again and not to Hamburg, and declares his cooperation.

15340623BER01

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1534, June 23

Bergen

Archbishop Olaf of Trondheim, Niels Lycke and Johan Kruckow to bishop Amund of the Faroes and lawman Anders Guttormssen: Eske Bille, commander of Bergenhus, has complained that Hans Thehus has on behalf of Thomas Koppen from Hamburg hindered him to collect the tribute for the Norwegian crown, which should not happen again.

15350118KOB00

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1535, January 28

Copenhagen

Count Christopher of Oldenburg to Eske Bilde, commander of Bergen: asks him to write to the Faroes that they should pay a tax of two guilders for each man, which has to be given to Joachim Wullenwever, councillor in Hamburg, or his representative.

15350524BER00

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[1535, before May 24]

[Bergen]

Complaints of the Hanseatic Kontor in Bergen, presented at the Hanseatic Diet in Lübeck, among others about trade in Iceland, northern Norway, Orkney, Shetland and the Faroes, which was prohibited by the royal privileges and at the Hanseatic Diet of 1494.

15350830LUB00

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1535, August 30

Lübeck

Lübeck and the gathered representatives of the Hanseatic cities to the eldermen of the Hanseatic Kontor in Bergen: a decision about their complaints has been postponed to the next Diet, but until then the old regulations remain in place, except for the trade with Iceland, Shetland and the Faroes, which shall be allowed as has been the case for the last ten or twelve years.

15351106LUB00

1535, November 6

Lübeck

Lübeck to Archbishop Olaf of Trondheim and the Norwegian Council of the Realm: the Hanseatic merchants in Bergen have complained that the Norwegians are not properly curing and drying their fish, and that rotscher is dried on the cliffs, which impairs the quality and increases the demand for Icelandic fish, which is to the dismay of the Bergen merchants.

15480312KOL00

1548, March 12

Koldinghus

King Christian III of Denmark to Christoffer Hvidtfeldt: has recently allowed citizens of Bergen to trade in the Faroes, but now Thomas Koppen from Hamburg has complained that due to the bad last year, he has a lot of outstanding debts on the islands, which he fears he cannot collect if Bergen citizens are trading there as well. Therefore, it is requested that they will not trade there until Koppen has collected his outstanding debts.

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.

15621026BRE00

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1562, October 26

[Bremen]

Johan Runge to Bremen: complaint against Segebad Detken, who has used the harbour Baltasound in Shetland, which was used by Runge with permission of the governour of Shetland the previous year, and refused them entry. Being unable to trade in Shetland, Runge then set sail for Bergen in Norway, under great losses, and demands a compensation of 400 daler.

15621210BRE00

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1562, December 10

[Bremen]

Segebad Detken to Bremen: rejoinder to the replication of Johan Runge in the lawsuit about the use of the harbour Baltasound in Shetland, in which he states that Johan Cordes once was in his service, and acquired the license for Baltasound on false pretenses behind his back, and that the Scots original will actually show that the harbour was licensed to Henrick Byleke.

15630921EDI00

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1563, September 21

Edinburgh

Queen Mary of Scotland to Olave Sinclair, governour of Shetland: states that she has permitted Johan Cordes, Johan Bartscher, Gert Westerwolt, Hinrick Eggers and Hinrick Vaget from Bremen to use the harbour Baltasound in Shetland, on the condition that they pay their tolls, and asks Sinclair not to hinder them.

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.

15690214BRE00

1569, February 14

Bremen

Instruction for Thomas Haverkamp and Tyleman Zerneman, representatives of the city council of Bremen to the Danish king, to discuss among others the Sound toll on behalf of the Bergen merchants and the permission for Bremen merchants to use the harbour Ostforde in Iceland.

15731007BRE00

1573, October 7

Bremen

Gerd Hemeling to Bremen: repeated request for mediation with the Danish king about compensation of his ship and goods, which were taken from him in Shetland in 1567 by a Scottish man, who is now held captive in Bergen in Norway.

15760206BRE00

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1576, February 6

[Bremen]

Bernd Losekanne to [Bremen]: defense against accusations of Christoffer Meyer and his partners, that he has interfered with their business in Iceland, even though the Bremen city council forbade this a year earlier. Losekanne states that this is not the case, as Iceland is free to trade in for anyone, Icelanders are free to trade with many merchants, and he has only traded with people who were still indebted to him.

15800709KOL00

1580, July 9

Koldinghus

King Frederick II of Denmark to Hans Lindenov, commander of Bergenhus: has been informed that a citizen from Hamburg has traded illegally in the Faroes, and orders the Bergen citizen who currently has a license for the Faroese trade [Magnus Heinason] to take him prisoner and bring his ship to Bergen, where his case shall be judged upon.

15810216SKA00

1581, February 16

Skanderborg

King Frederick II of Denmark to Christoffer Valkendorff: after the Faroes have been given to Copenhagen citizens, the previous license holder Magnus Heinason has come to him and complained about the difficulties he had because of illegal competition from a merchant from Hamburg, whom he had captured and taken to Bergen, and therefore he still had many outstanding debts on the islands. As he has been an honest citizen, he should keep his license for the Faroes. Also about illegal sailings of men from Holland.

15810408KOL01

1581, April 8

Koldinghus

King Frederick II of Denmark to Christoffer Valckendorff: has decided to give half of the goods back that were confiscated from a Hamburg ship that was illegally in the Faroes and taken to Bergen, and requests to send them to Hamburg as soon as they arrive in Copenhagen.

15811101FRE00

1581, November 1

Frederiksborg

King Frederick II of Denmark permits Jochim Thim from Hamburg, Magnus Heinason from Bergen and Jörgen Kyd from Copenhagen to trade exclusively in the Faroes for five years, on the condition that they trade with commodities of good quality and bring the taxes and levies to Copenhagen.

16001113HAM00

1600, November 13

Hamburg

Hamburg to king Christian IV of Denmark: request for a license for the harbour Hellesand or Olefswick in Iceland, which are currently not in use, on behalf of Berndt Salfeld the Younger, including permission to sail to Reff to reclaim the outstanding debts of his father there, who sailed there for more than fifty years, but died three years ago. He had already applied for a license for Reff in January the same year, but it was given to Gerd Melsow from Bergen.

16010000XXX00

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1601

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

16010213HAM00

1601, February 13

Hamburg

Bernd and Henning Salfeld to Hamburg: renewed request for a license for the harbours Hellesand or Olefswick in Iceland, which are currently not in use, including permission to sail to Reff to reclaim their father's outstanding debts, who sailed there for over fifty years and died recently, but now Reff is in use by Gerdt Melsow from Bergen. A previous request was left unanswered.

16851100BRE00

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1685

Bremen

Excerpt from Peter Koster’s chronicle of Bremen, in which is described how the merchants trading with Bergen expected five ships to return in November and December 1685, of which only one returned to Bremen, with much of its cargo having become wet, whereas two other ships wrecked in a heavy storm and the two remaining were wrecked in Shetland, from which the Bergen merchants suffered heavy losses amounting to 30 thousand Reichsthaler.

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