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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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[1533]

Summary of the case of Hanse Hesterberg and Herman van der Huden in Iceland, who transported Icelandic fish on Hinrick Berndes ship and on Boedtken Droeghe's ship to England, where it was confiscated on the pretense that it was the fish that was stolen from English merchant John Breyen in Iceland, which was not true.

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1533, February 10

[Hamburg]

Skippers Tonnies Pinxten, Hinrick Martinus and their companions testify that they had been in Haneforde in Iceland, and had bought fish in Grindewick, but discovered that English merchant Joen Brey had marked it as being his when they came to pick it up. Thereupon they attacked the English with 180 men, together with the bailiff and the merchants from Bremen in Holm.