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15290207GOT00

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1529, February 7

Gottorp

King Frederick I of Denmark to the inhabitants of the Faroes: announces that he has given the Faroes to commander Eski Bille of Bergenhus as a fief, and that all taxes and levies will have to given to him.

15290901BER00

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1529, September 1

Bergenhus

Eski Bilde, commander of Bergenhus, to King Frederick I of Denmark: sends a part of fishes and other commodities, of which the rest will come later, and reports that the ship that he had sent to the Faroes has wrecked.

15291128GOT00

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1529, November 28

Gottorp

King Frederick I of Denmark to Eski Bilde, commander of Bergenhus: writes that he has given the Faroes to Thomes Koppen from Hamburg as a fief, under the same levies as in king Hans' time, and asks not to hinder him.

15291128SLE00

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1529, November 28

Schleswig

Royal Danish chancellor Claus Gørtze to Eski Bilde, commander of Bergenhus: King Frederick I of Denmark has enfeoffed Thomas Koppen, his former secretary and now citizen of Hamburg, with the Faroes, and asks not to hinder him.

15291212GOT00

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1529, December 12

Gottorp

Chancellor Claus Gortze to Eski Bilde, commander in Bergenhus: Thomas Koppen from Hamburg has received the Faroes as fief, also with his support, as he has written before, but he has changed his mind and states that it will do much damage if the islands are not subject to Bergenhus anymore.

15300222STE00

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1530, February 22

Steinburg

Johan Rantzouw to Eske Bille, commander of Bergenhus: states that the Danish King has enfeoffed his former secretary Thomas Koppen from Hamburg with the Faroes, and asks not to hinder him.

15310519TRO00

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1531, May 19

Trondheim

Archbishop Olaf of Trondheim to Eske Bille, commander of Bergenhus: announces that he can not come to the meeting with the king in Copenhagen because of a large fire in Trondheim, and sends his points for the agenda, including complaints about Hamburg merchants in Iceland and the Faroes.

15321100TRO00

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1532, early November

Trondheim

[Archbishop Olaf of Trondheim] to King Frederick I of Denmark: list of points where Norwegian privileges are bypassed, mostly related to church goods and offices, as well as Iceland and the Faroes, which are in German hands, to the disadvantage of Norwegian merchants.

15321230HAT00

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1532, December 30

Hatteberg

Magdalena Oleffzdotther to Eske Bylle, commander of Bergenhus: writes among others that her representative on the Faroes has reported that there is no ship on the Faroes that can sail to Bergen, and requests to have a fourth part of the ship that Eske Bylle is planning to send there, and that the Faroes have been given to Thomas Koppen from Hamburg, which is detrimental to Norwegians who have possessions on the islands.

15330617KIR00

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1533, June 17

Kirkjubøur

Bishop Amund of the Faroes to Eske Bylle, commander of Bergenhus castle: complains about merchant Jacob Wullenwever from Hamburg in the Faroes, who obstructs the trade with Bergen, and therefore the bishop will now send a ship to Bergen himself with vadmal, feathers, and other commodities.