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15340306HAM00

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1534, March 6

Hamburg

Thomas Koppen to Eske Bille, commander of Bergenhus: sends him a copy of his enfeoffment with the Faroes, and asks not to send a ship there to his detriment. Moreover, he sends him two barrels of Hamburg beer and a cake for his wife, as well as news about the political situation in Denmark and Germany.

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.

15340423BER00

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1534, April 23

Bergenhus

Commander Eske Bille of Bergenhus anounces the Faroese that because of the great damage that Hamburg is doing to the Faroes, the Norwegian Council of the Realm has decided that after the death of king Frederick I of Denmark, the islands will be brought under his control.

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.

15340623BER00

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1534, June 23

Bergen

Archbishop Olaf of Trondheim to Hans [Thehus], representative of Thomas Koppen on the Faroes: Eske Bille, commander of Bergenhus, has complained that he has hindered him in collecting the tributes from the islands, which does much damage to the Norwegian realm.

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.

15350313LUB00

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1535, March 13

Lübeck

Eske Bilde, commander of Bergenhus, to the Faroes: on behalf of Count Christopher of Oldenburg, it is asked to let councillor Joachim Wullenwever of Hamburg keep the Faroese tribute, which was confiscated from him in 1533.

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.