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16530418BRE00

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1653, April 18

Bremen

The city council of Bremen declares that Herman Deetken will sail to Shetland and return in autumn with fish on board, and asks all to give him free and unhindered passage as a neutral person.

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1654

Overview of the tolls of the German merchants trading in Shetland in 1654, with note of the amounts received.

16661117KIR00

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1666, November 17

Kirkwall

Complaint by Adolph Westerman, merchant in Hamburg, to the commisisoners of the excise in Orkney, anent excise for imported beer and strong waters in 1659 and 1660 of £400. The sum had been paid by Adolph to Thomas Helder or some other person who had power derived from Patrick Craigie.

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[c.1669]

Note of complaints by Hamburg merchants to the king, about forced exactions of duties by David and Gideon Murray in Shetland. They ask for compensation of the damage and future royal protection of their trade.

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1671, October 26

Bremen

Bremen merchants with Shetland to Bremen: complain about the recent rise in customs in Shetland, which makes the trade there unprofitable, and requests mediation with the Scottish Privy Council to abolish or reduce these customs.

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1671, November 1

Bremen

Bremen to the Privy Council of Scotland: request to reduce the salt customs in Shetland on behalf of the Bremen merchants with Shetland, who have complained that the trade there has become unprofitable.

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1679, December 16

Bremen

Bremen merchants with Shetland to Bremen: complain about a recent duplication of customs and taxes in Shetland, also for imports of products which they donot sell, and demand mediation with the parliament of Scotland for reduction of the customs.

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1704, February 29

Stade

Burgomaster and city council of Stade issue a sea pass for the ship St. Joris of 30 to 40 lasts, on behalf of skipper and owner Hermann Bardewisch, for a journey from Lehe to Shetland with beer, tobacco, linen, salt and fishing gear, and back to Stade with butter, fish oil and other merchandise from Shetland, on his own account.

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1704, March 1

Stade

The Swedish governor-general in Stade confirms that skipper Herman Bardewisch has requested a sea pass for his ship St. Joris of 30 to 40 lasts, from Lehe to Shetland, with a cargo of beer, tobacco, linnen, salt and fishing equipment, and back to Stade with butter, fish, fish oil and other commodities, and grants his approval.

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[1704, April]

[Stade]

Friederich Bossauw to the Swedish general-governor in Stade: request for a renewal of the lost sea pass for his ship Jungfer Anna of 30 to 34 lasts, for a journey from the Schwinge to a harbour in Shetland with skipper Claus Majer, with a slightly different cargo list from the original pass.