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14691231BRA00

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1469, December 31

Braunschweig

Braunschweig to Lübeck: ask legal advice in a case where their citizen Frederik Leddinghusen has freighted the ship of Bremen skipper Marten Stene for Iceland, who shipwrecked on Shetland on the journey, but still wants to receive the full promised freighting money.

15670922BRE00

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1567, September 22

Bremen

Bremen merchants with Iceland to Joachim Hinck, dean of the Bremen cathedral chapter: ask for mediation in acquiring a license to use the harbours Bodenstede and Kummerwage in Iceland.

15670926BRE00

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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.

15671031AAR01

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1567, October 31

Aarhus

King Frederick II of Denmark permits Johan Hudeman from Bremen to trade with the harbour Bodenstede in Iceland until further notice, on the condition that he will not trade sulfur or fish oil, trade commodities of good quality, and will not use false measures and weights.

16030408HAM00

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1603, April 8

[Hamburg]

Merchants who trade with Ruteforde to Hamburg: relate how they lost two ships in the last years, which forced them to leave their goods on Iceland for four years, and couldn't retrieve them because of the bad weather. Then the governor ordered them to sail back to Denmark, but a storm drove them to Hamburg, where they are not allowed to enter the harbour. Therefore, it is asked to land their goods to prevent even further damage.

16440200HAM00

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1644, February - 1645, July

Hamburg

Register of ships, skippers, freighters and cargoes sailing between Hamburg and Shetland that paid the admiralty toll in the harbour of Hamburg.

17040508STA00

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1704, May 8

Stade

Burgomaster and city council of Stade issue a sea pass for the ship Fortuna of 24 lasts, on behalf of skipper Marten Schnelle and owner Nicolaus Saucke, for a journey from the Schwinge to a harbour in Shetland with salt, beer, peas, rye meal, corn brandy, mead, biscuits and other bread, barrel hoops, tobacco, soap, fishing gear, some tar, hemp, boat nails and some stoneware, and back with salted fish, herring, butter, and other commodities such as calf furs and skins, on account of Nicolaus Saucke, who sails along.

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1704, May 19

Stade

Burgomaster and city council of Stade issue a sea pass for the ship St. Johannes of 25 lasts, on behalf of owner Daniel Thomsen, and with skipper Caspar Detloff, for a journey from the Schwinge to Shetland with salt, beer, rye meal, loaf, peas, corn brandy, tobacco, linen, hemp, stoneware, boat nails, fishing gear, mead and other commodities, and back with salted fish, butter, fish oil, herring, skins and other commodities.