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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.

15340530KIR00

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1534, May 30

Kirkjubøur

Bishop Amund of the Faroes to Esge Bille, commander of Bergenhus: writes that Hans Thehus has come to him with letters confirming that the Faroes have been given to Thomas Koppen from Hamburg as a fief, and demanded the payment of the taxes.

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.

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.

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.

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.

15360218HAM00

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1536, February 18

Hamburg

King Christian III of Denmark to Esgy Bille, commander of Bergenhus: asks to support Thomes Koppen from Hamburg, who has been enfeoffed with the Faroes, in collecting the taxes from the islands, and to not hinder him in doing so.