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15450320KOL01

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1545, March 20

Kolding

Governor Otto Stigsson of Iceland replies to the complaints of the Hamburg merchants, stating that they have violated against the prohibitions on the winter stay and the keeping of fishing boats in Iceland, against which the penalty is confiscation of the boats, and that it is their own fault that they had to wait for three weeks before they could trade, as no one is allowed to trade before the first of May.

15450320KOL02

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1545, ca. March 20

Kolding

List of complaints of Otto Stigsson, governour of Iceland, against Hamburg merchants, among others that they behave violently, appropriate what isn't theirs, withhold payments to the governour, and use their own weights.

15450320KOL04

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1545, March 20

Kolding

Danish chancellor Johan Friis, marshal Erich Erichsen, Erich Krabben and Andres von Barby conclude the conflict between governour Otto Stigsson of Iceland and the Hamburg merchants by deciding that Stigsson has rightfully confiscated a boat from them, and order the merchants to respect the law and use the right measures and weights.

15500308FLE00

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1550, March 8

Flensburg

King Christian III of Denmark to Hamburg: answers to complaints from Hamburg that since Didrick Pining made an agreement with foreign merchants in 1490, they are not allowed to stay in winter in Iceland, without exception, and that if they wish to leave their commodities there, they can let it be guarded by Icelanders.