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15291128GOT00

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1529, November 28

Gottorp

King Frederick I of Denmark to Eski Bilde, commander of Bergenhus: writes that he has given the Faroes to Thomes Koppen from Hamburg as a fief, under the same levies as in king Hans' time, and asks not to hinder him.

15291128SLE00

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1529, November 28

Schleswig

Royal Danish chancellor Claus Gørtze to Eski Bilde, commander of Bergenhus: King Frederick I of Denmark has enfeoffed Thomas Koppen, his former secretary and now citizen of Hamburg, with the Faroes, and asks not to hinder him.

15291212GOT00

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1529, December 12

Gottorp

Chancellor Claus Gortze to Eski Bilde, commander in Bergenhus: Thomas Koppen from Hamburg has received the Faroes as fief, also with his support, as he has written before, but he has changed his mind and states that it will do much damage if the islands are not subject to Bergenhus anymore.

15300222STE00

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1530, February 22

Steinburg

Johan Rantzouw to Eske Bille, commander of Bergenhus: states that the Danish King has enfeoffed his former secretary Thomas Koppen from Hamburg with the Faroes, and asks not to hinder him.

15311204GOT00

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1531, December 4

Gottorp

King Frederick I of Denmark announces that two years earlier, Thomes Koppen from Hamburg has appeared before him together with Joachim Wlweffuer, as both men will share the enfeoffment that Koppen has for the Faroes.

15321230HAT00

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1532, December 30

Hatteberg

Magdalena Oleffzdotther to Eske Bylle, commander of Bergenhus: writes among others that her representative on the Faroes has reported that there is no ship on the Faroes that can sail to Bergen, and requests to have a fourth part of the ship that Eske Bylle is planning to send there, and that the Faroes have been given to Thomas Koppen from Hamburg, which is detrimental to Norwegians who have possessions on the islands.

15330212GOT00

1533, February 12

Gottorp

King Frederick I of Denmark to Thomas Koppen from Hamburg: quittance for 100 Lübeck mark, which was the royal levy for the Faroes for the year 1532.

15330514LUB00

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1533, May 14-17

Lübeck

Proceedings of the Diet of the Wendish cities in Lübeck, where among others a letter is read with complaints about the trade from Bremen and Hamburg with northern Norway and the Faroes, whereupon the burgomaster of Hamburg replied that Tomas Koppen has been enfeoffed with the Faroes.

15340303GOT00

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1534, March 3

Gottorp

Crown prince Christian of Norway to Esche Bylden, commander of Bergen: the fish that belonged to the former King which is still in Bergen should be sent to Thomes Koppen in Hamburg, who will send it on to the prince. Moreover, it is emphasized that Koppen should be be left unhindered in using his enfeoffment with the Faroes.

15340306HAM00

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1534, March 6

Hamburg

Thomas Koppen to Eske Bille, commander of Bergenhus: sends him a copy of his enfeoffment with the Faroes, and asks not to send a ship there to his detriment. Moreover, he sends him two barrels of Hamburg beer and a cake for his wife, as well as news about the political situation in Denmark and Germany.