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1579, April 7

Bremen

Bremen to Hamburg: complaint on behalf of Christoffer Meyger, who has used the harbour Ostforde in Iceland for many years, that merchants from Hamburg have also used the harbour in the previous two years, hindering Meyer's business. Therefore, it is asked to stop this.

15791000JEV00

1579, October

Jever

Joachim Kolling to the count of Oldenburg: request to ask the Danish king for permission to use the harbour Kummerwage in Iceland, to which Kolling has sailed for several years before and from which he has shipped fish to Jever.

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1579, October 29

Oldenburg

Count John VII of Oldenburg to king Frederik II of Denmark: request to use the harbour Kumbaravogur on Iceland, on behalf of Joachim Kolling.

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1579, December 11

Skanderborg

King Frederik II of Denmark permits Joachim Kolling to trade in the harbour Kumbaravogur in Iceland until further notice, on the condition that he will trade commodities of good quality, and will not use false measures and weights.

15800123BRE00

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1580, January 23

Bremen

Bremen to Hamburg: complaint against Simon Schmidt and Matthias Eggers, who have interfered for three years in the business of Bernd Losekanne and Christoffer Meyer in the harbour Ostforde in Iceland, although both men have used that harbour for a long time.

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1580, January 25

[Hamburg]

Matthias Eggers to Hamburg: states that he and his predecessors have rightfully used the harbour Ostforde in Iceland for more than forty years, and that the Bremen merchants Bernd Losekanne and Christoffer Meyer therefore have no right to claim the use of the harbour for themselves.

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1580, January 30

Hamburg

Hamburg to Bremen: states that the harbour Ostforde in Iceland, the use of which is claimed by the Bremen merchants Bernd Losekanne and Christoffer Meyer, has been rightfully used by the Hamburg merchants Simon Schmidt and Matthias Eggers.

15800215BRE00

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1580, February 15

[Bremen]

Bernd Losekanne and Christoffer Meyer to Bremen: in answer to the statement of Matthias Eggers from Hamburg that he and his predecessors have used the harbour Ostforde in Iceland for many years, they claim that he is lying, and that they have the full right to use the harbour, as they have done for about eighty years before.

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1580, February 18

Bremen

Bremen to Hamburg: in response to the defense of Matthias Eggers concerning his illegal use of the harbour Ostforde in Iceland, the Bremen merchants (Bernd Losekanne and Christoffer Meyer) have and have had a license for Ostforde for many years, and Eggers has a license for another harbour, called Wapenforde, and therefore has no right to use the Ostforde.

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1580, February 27

[Hamburg]

Matthias Eggers to Hamburg: in answer to the complaint from Bremen that Matthias Eggers has no right to use the harbour Ostforde in Iceland, Eggers states that he does have permission to sail to Iceland, and is therefore also free to use this specific harbour. As the authority over Iceland belongs to the Danish king and not to Bremen, they should go to the governour in Iceland if they don't agree with this.