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15320000HAM00

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1532

[Hamburg]

Lenghty complaint of Hamburg merchants against the English in Iceland, who misbehave both towards German merchants and the Icelanders, are involved in fishing activities, rob the merchants of their ships and goods, and have attacked them on multiple occasions between 1486 and 1532.

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[1532]

Summary of the letter of Hamburg to the English king, which was given with Bartholomeus van der Linden.

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[1532]

[King's Lynn]

Johan Browne, William Kenneth and Johan Sowermere, merchants in King's Lynn, to king Henry VIII of England: complain about the attacks of Lutke Schmidt and his crew on English merchants in the harbour Botsand in Iceland, whereby two English died, and request to capture four Hamburg ships in the Thames, so that the damage can be compensated and the perpetrators punished.

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1532, May 16

Iceland

Robbert Legghe and other English merchants testify that they came to Botsand in Iceland in 1532, where Lutke Schmidt from Hamburg denied them access, so that they entered the harbour by force, together with Jon Willers, after which merchants from Haneforde mediated and settled the matter.

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1532, May 16

Iceland

Robbert Legghe and other English merchants testify that they have paid skipper Lutken Schmidt and his merchants from Hamburg compensation for the damage inflicted upon them in the harbour of Botsand in Iceland.

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1532, July 29

London

Eldermen of the Hanseatic Kontor in London to Hamburg: after the attacks of the English on Bremen and Hamburg merchants in Iceland, now merchants from Lynn have complained about how they were attacked by Lutke Schmidt's men in Iceland, who killed and wounded them and sank their ship. Therefore, eldermen of the Kontor and Hamburg merchants in England have to appear before the royal court, and it is asked to appropriate Lutke Schmidt's ship until the matter is settled.

15320823HAM00

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[1532, after August 23]

Hamburg

Hamburg to king Henry VIII of England: reply to the complaint of English merchants from Lynn about Lutke Schmidt in Iceland, whom they have asked to send his version of the events, and hope that Germans and English can behave peacefully in Iceland.

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1532, August 23

[Hamburg]

Lutke Schmidt to Hamburg: reply to the complaint of English merchants, in which he tells his version of the events in Iceland in 1532, when he arrived on March 30 with a ship in Botsand, and was visited by Thomas Hammon from Harwich, and the day after by Jon Willer from Lynn, who attacked him both.

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1532, September 7

Hamburg

Hamburg to king Henry VIII of England: state that they have heard from the Hanseatic Kontor in London about the complaints of merchants from Lynn and Harwich about damage inflicted to them by Lutke Schmidt from Hamburg in Iceland, and state that the English merchants have caused the conflict themselves by their unruly behaviour. Moreover, Lutke Schmidt has declared to be prepared to let a law court decide upon this, which should happen at the court of the Danish king, since Iceland belongs to him.

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1532, September 9

Hamburg

Hamburg to the Hanseatic Kontor in London: the Kontor's secretary Matthias van Emersen has come to them and brought the English complaints, whereupon they send a copy of Lutke Schmidt's version of the events that happened in Iceland.