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1589

Bremen

Bremen secretary Daniel Bisterfeldt to the Danish Council of the Realm: list of four harbours in Iceland for which licenses should be renewed or requested on behalf of Bremen merchants, namely: Ostforde on behalf of Martin Losekanne, Bodenstede for Johan Hudeman, Flatto for Carsten Bake, and Wattlose for Johan Schroder.

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1589, September 12

Eutin

Prince-archbishop John Adolf of Bremen to king Christian IV of Denmark: request for renewal of the license for the harbour Flatto in Iceland on behalf of Carsten Bake from Bremen.

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1589, September 15

Eutin

Prince-archbishop John Adolf of Bremen to king Christian IV of Denmark: request for renewal of licenses for the harbours Ostforde, Bodenstede, Flatto and Watlose in Iceland on behalf of Marten Losekanne, Johan Hudeman, Johan Schroder and Carsten Bake from Bremen, as well as a new license for the harbour Neswage on behalf of Everdt Hoveman.

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1591, December

Gottorf

Prince-archbishop John Adolf of Bremen to king Christian IV of Denmark: asks on behalf of Bremen merchants to protect their interests in the harbour Ostforde in Iceland and to forbid the Hamburg merchants from sailing there.

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1591, December 5

Bremen

Marten Losekanne and Johan Oldenbuttel to prince-archbishop John Adolf of Bremen: complain that they have used the harbour Ostforde in Iceland for over 80 years, and now Daniel Elers from Hamburg has received a license for the harbour Bernforde, which is in fact the same harbour, and ask for mediation at the Danish court.

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1596

Bremen

Hans Honne of Bremen to king Christian IV of Denmark: after he has requested a license for the harbour Flattoh in Iceland, which was refused because it was already given to citizens of Copenhagen, he now requests a license for Grindeforde or Landoh, which have not been used for fifteen years.

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1596, March 29

Frederiksborg

King Christian IV of Denmark to count John VII of Oldenburg: permits him to use the harbours Neswage and Kummerwage in Iceland, but not the harbour Grundeforde, as was requested, as this harbour was not used by Oldenburg before and has therefore been licensed to John Adolf, archbishop of Bremen.

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1610, September 28

Bremen

Bremen to duke John Adolf of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp: eight citizens have informed that two of their ships, one returning from Hamburg, the other from Shetland, have wrecked during a storm in the Elbe near Hadeln, whereby the goods on board were salvaged by inhabitants of Dithmarschen and Eiderstedt, and now ask for support in retrieving their goods from them.