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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.

15340410BER00

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1534, April 10

Bergen

Bishop Olaf of Bergen and commander Vincents Lunge of Vardøhus to the Faroese: the Norwegian Council of the Realm has decided that after the death of King Frederick I of Denmark, the Faroes are placed under the command of Eske Bylle, commander of Bergenhus again, and not of Joachim Wullenwever and Thomas Koppen from Hamburg anymore.

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.

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.