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15490000HAM04

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[1549]

[Hamburg]

Iceland merchants from Hamburg complain that the governor has lowered the prices for goods after they arrived for the first time in 1547.

15570000BRE00

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1557-1577

[Iceland, Bremen]

Account book of the Bremen merchant Clawes Monnickhusen. The first part contains the debts of his Icelandic customers in Kummerwage, 1557-1558. The second part consists of debts of his customers in Bremen and surroundings, c.1560-1577.

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.

15850000OLD00

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1585

[Iceland]

Account book of the Oldenburg merchants trading with Iceland of the commodities sold in Iceland, and the debts and repayments of their Icelandic customers in Neswage.