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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, September 30

Hamburg

Tonnies Pingsten, Hinrick Martins and Lutke Schmidt to bailiff Dirick tho Bramstede in Iceland: ask for his support in the conflict with the English about the violence in Iceland.

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1532, October 30

[Hamburg]

Tonnies Pingsten, Hinrick Martins and Lutke Schmidt to bailiff Dirick tho Bramstede in Iceland: repeated request for his support in the conflict with the English about the violence in Iceland.

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1532, November 6

Dirick tho Bramstede, governour of Iceland, testifies to the Bremen city council, that the Bremen skippers Baedtke Duerkoep and Herman Buerman, who were involved in the attacks on the English in Iceland, were helping the bailiff Dirick van Minden and not acting on their own initiative.

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1533, February 3

Hamburg

Hamburg to king Frederick I of Denmark: asks for Dirick tho Bramstede, governour in Iceland, to be present at the negotiations about the conflict between English and German merchants in Iceland, because he had turned them against each other.

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1533, February 12

Ratzeburg

Crown prince Christian of Denmark to Hamburg: announces that the negotiations in Segeberg will start coming Sunday.

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1533, February 13

Hamburg

Hamburg to governour Dirick tho Bramstede of Iceland: let him know that the negotiations with the English in Segeberg will begin the following Sunday, and that they have received his letter.

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1533, June 30

Þingvellir

The bishops of Skálholt and Hólar, the governour and two lawmen of Iceland, seven skippers from Hamburg and Bremen and English merchants testify that it was decided at Althing that German merchants can leave the commodities that they donot sell in Iceland, are not allowed to stay in winter except in the case of shipwreck or of boys who want to learn the language, and the weights and measures to be used are specified.

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1533, June 30

Þingvellir

24 Icelandic lawrightmen proclaim that they have confirmed the old laws of the Norwegian kings and the regulations of the foreign trade of the Píningsdómur, among others that the winter stay is forbidden for foreign merchants, and that Icelanders are free to trade where and with whom they want.

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1550, December 21

Copenhagen

Copenhagen to King Christian III: lenghty answer to Hamburg complaints, in which it is explained how the Hamburg merchants have violated the prohibition of the winter stay in Iceland, acted against the governor, kidnapped and mistreated the bailiff and his secretary, and stole fish which belonged to Copenhagen and the king. Therefore, compensation for the fish is demanded, as well as a punishment of the persons responsible for this.