HANSdoc Database

15940827OLD01

1594, August 27

Oldenburg

Count John VII of Oldenburg to Heinrich Ramel, Danish privy councillor: request for help in acquiring a renewal of the license to use the harbour Neswage and Kummerwage.

15960301KOL00

1596, March 1

Kolding

Heinrich Ramel, royal Danish privy councillor, to count John VII of Oldenburg: informs him that the letters he sent to the king have just missed him, as the king just left, but that he will do his best to support his requests.

15960315OLD00

1596, March 15

Oldenburg

Count Johan of Oldenburg to Heinrich Ramel, royal Danish privy councillor: thanks him for the support, and sends a horse as a gift.

15970311OLD00

1597, March 11

Oldenburg

Count Johan of Oldenburg to Heinrich Ramel, royal Danish privy councillor: besides a request to buy corn in Denmark, the count complains about Bremen merchants in Iceland, who use the harbour Neswage under the name Stickingsholm with the support of sheriff Carsten Bake, damaging the Oldenburg trade there, and demands that the king forbids this.

15970405KOB00

1597, April 5

Copenhagen

Heinrich Ramel, royal Danish privy councillor, to count John VII of Oldenburg: sends two copies of the letter of the Danish king to Bremen, concerning the illegal use of the harbour Neswage, and declares his support in case of further problems in the future.

15970418KRO00

1597, April 18

Kronborg

King Christian IV of Denmark to count John VII of Oldenburg: besides declaring that the prohibition on Danish export of rye will remain, he mentions to have sent the city council of Bremen a letter in which he asks them to stop their activities in the harbour Stickingsholm in Iceland, and to send back their license.

15990000HAM00

1599, Autumn

Hamburg

Johan Holtgreve to the Danish privy councillor Christoffer Valckendorf: request for a license for the harbour Altenforde in Iceland, because lawman Jon Jonsson has complained that the merchants in nearby Iseforde do not provide the local population with enough commodities.

15990829THI00

1599, August 29

Þingeyrarklaustur

Lawman Jon Jonsson to chancellor Heinrich Ramel of the Danish German chancery: writes that the poor people in Iseforde in Iceland have complained that the merchants there do not bring enough commodities, because they sail there with one ship where before there were two. Therefore, he requests a license for nearby Alteforde on behalf of Johan Holtgreve, who has traded in Iceland for 18 years and is an honest merchant.

16000922OLD01

1600, September 22

Oldenburg

Count John VII of Oldenburg to royal Danish councillors Christian Pryesen, Mandrup Pasbergen, and Heinrich Ramel: besides a request for help in a conflict with the count of Ostfriesland, they are asked for help in acquiring a license for trading with Iceland at the Danish king.