HANSdoc Database

15620414HAM00

1562, April 14

Hamburg

Hinrick van Kroge, Jurgen Kroger, Simon then Westen, Auter Peters and Franz Freese declare, that they have fitted out a ship to sail to Husewick in Iceland for sulfur, with skipper Peter Klott and on behalf of Jacob Richter, servant of the Loitz family in Hamburg.

15620530HAM00

1562, May 30

Hamburg

Hamburg to king Frederick II of Denmark: state that the Hamburg skipper Peter Klott, who had fitted out a ship of 80 lasts to load sulfur in Husewick in Iceland, does so in cooperation with the Loitz family, and is therefore not violating the sulfur trade ban.

15621212STE00

1562, December 12

Stettin (Szczecin)

Stefan Loitz to king Frederick II of Denmark: in response to the king's complain that the 3000 guilders for the Icelandic sulfur monopoly were not paid, Loitz writes that he will come to Copenhagen at Christmas to discuss the matter.

15630221HAM00

1563, February 21

Hamburg

Hamburg to king Frederick II of Denmark: in reaction to a complaint of the king about a ship filled with sulfur from Iceland, a cargo list is sent, to prove that most of the the sulfur was transported for the Loitz family.

15640811KOB00

1564, August 11

Copenhagen

Marcus Heine, servant of the Loitz family, to Hieronimus Tenner, German chancellor in Denmark: asks to lower the amount paid to the king for sulfur exported from Iceland, because it is impossible to get sulfur from Iceland in large amounts, and the price is lowering due to the opening of new sulfur mines in Krakow and Goslar. Also about other themes, including the theft of a load of cannonballs by the Swedes, which was destined for Denmark.