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1562, November 26

[Bremen]

Johan Runge to Bremen: in replication to the answer of Segebad Detken in the lawsuit about the use of the harbour Baltasound in Shetland, Runge states that Detken had abandoned the harbour some years before, that he could have mentioned he wanted to use it again before they set sail to Shetland, and that the other harbours were in use by other merchants, so that they had no choice but to sail on to Norway.

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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.

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1567, September 2

Edinburgh

Verdict of assize of the justiciary court in trial of James Edmistoun and John Blacader, who are accused of piracy of three ships from Bremen in Shetland, a ship from Lübeck coming from Norway, and other crimes, and convicted to execution by hanging from the market cross in Edinburgh.

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1567, September 26

Bremen

Instruction for Tyleman Zerneman, who is sent by the Bremen city council to the king of Denmark to ask for reduction of the tolls to be paid for harbours in Iceland because of the bad fish catches of the last year, and licenses for the harbours Bodenstede, Stappe, Kummerwage, and Ostforde, and for reduction of the Sound toll on behalf of the city's Bergen merchants.

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1568, January 5

Copenhagen

James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell's account of his flight from Scotland via Shetland to Norway, where he was captured, including how he forced Gerdt Hemeling from Bremen and a merchant from Hamburg to rent him their ships in Shetland.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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1580, November 16

Oldenburg

Joachim Kolling declares, that he has received a license to use the harbour Kummerwage in Iceland from the king of Denmark with help from count John VII of Oldenburg, and that he has fitted out a ship together with 16 ship owners, and will behave like an honest merchant.