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14900701TIN00

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1490, June 30

Þingvellir

Piningsdom: the Icelandic lawmen confess that governour Didrik Pining has declared that English and German merchants should behave peacefully, are not allowed to stay in winter except in cases of sickness or shipwreck, and then shall not sell their goods for higher prices than in summer, and that all who do not own livestock shall work in the service of landowners.

14910610ANT00

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1491, June 10

Antwerp

Complaints of the English against hindrance of their trade by the Hanse, brought forth during negotiations in Antwerp, among others of two ships from Hull in Iceland, which were attacked by merchants from Hamburg and Lübeck with a total damage of 1061 pounds.

15060100HAM00

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1506, [after January 28]

[Hamburg]

Hans Tappe to Hamburg: answer to the complaint of Lubberd Tydeman, Hans Schulhovet and their companions in the conflict about the use of the harbour Grindeforde, in which he states that it is custom that if a merchant uses a certain harbour in Iceland and has paid the tolls, he has the sole right to trade there and shall not be hindered by others, even though the seas are free to use by anyone. Therefore, Hans Tappe is the one that was hindered by the others and shall be compensated with 1000 mark.

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1549, December 29

Kolding

King Christian III of Denmark to Hamburg: in response to a complaint of the Hamburg merchants with Iceland, states that he is generally favourable to their presence in Iceland, but they should remember that they can only do so by his special permission, that they should not stay in winter, and should obey the law of the land and the governor.

15500308FLE00

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1550, March 8

Flensburg

King Christian III of Denmark to Hamburg: answers to complaints from Hamburg that since Didrick Pining made an agreement with foreign merchants in 1490, they are not allowed to stay in winter in Iceland, without exception, and that if they wish to leave their commodities there, they can let it be guarded by Icelanders.