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Region/Country: Region/Land: Shetland, Scotland
Archipelago in the North Atlantic, which was settled by Viking settlers in the Early Middle Ages, and belonged to the king of Norway until 1469, when it was pledged by king Christian I of Denmark-Norway to Scotland, as security for the dowry of his daughter. The dowry was never paid. In the 15th to 17th centuries, the islands were frequented by merchants from Bremen and, to a lesser extent, Hamburg.
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1416, May 24 - August 3
Lübeck
Proceedings of the Hanseatic Diet in Lübeck, in which the eldermen of the Bergen Kontor complain about German sailing to Orkney, Shetland, and the Faroes, after which the gathered envoys decide that this journey is forbidden.
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[1416, July 10]
[Lübeck]
The envoys of the gathered hanseatic cities in Lübeck to the Bergen Kontor: announce the prohibition to sail to sail to and settle in Orkney, Shetland, and the Faroes, or other Norwegian lands other than Bergen, Oslo, or Tønsberg.
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[1416, August 15]
[Lübeck]
The envoys of the gathered Hanseatic cities in Lübeck to Reval (Tallinn): report about the settlement of disputes in Lübeck and about the prohibition to sail to Orkney, Shetland, and the Faroes, or other Norwegian lands other than Bergen, Oslo, and Tønsberg.
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1416, August 15
[Lübeck]
The representatives of the Hanseatic cities gathered in Lübeck declare that the Bergen Kontor has complained about merchants who trade with forbidden regions, and forbid Hanseatic merchants to visit Shetland, Orkney and the Faroes or elsewhere in Norway, with the exception of Bergen, Oslo and Tønsberg.
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[1434, December - 1435, April]
Requests of the Hanseatic Kontor in Bruges to the gathered Hanseatic representatives during negotiations in Flanders, among others that the prohibition to sail to Shetland, Orkney and the Faroes should be respected.
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1469, December 31
Braunschweig
Braunschweig to Lübeck: ask legal advice in a case where their citizen Frederik Leddinghusen has freighted the ship of Bremen skipper Marten Stene for Iceland, who shipwrecked on Shetland on the journey, but still wants to receive the full promised freighting money.
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1470, December 30
Braunschweig
Braunschweig to Bremen: regarding the conflict between Frederik Ledinghusen from Braunschweig and skipper Martene Steen from Bremen, in which the latter claimed the full freight money from Leddinghusen for transporting commodities to Iceland, even though he shipwrecked in Shetland, the Hanseatic Diet has decided in 1447 that in such cases, only part of the freight money is due, and therefore it is asked to see that the matter is settled.
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1481, September 10
Bergen
Eldermen of the Hanseatic Kontor in Bergen to Lübeck and the other Wendish cities: state that the king has given permission to sail to Iceland and Shetland, but did so without the support of the Norwegian Council of the Realm, and therefore asks to prohibit this trade, which damages the position of Bergen.
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1484, March 16
Lübeck
The representatives of the Wendish cities gathered in Lübeck and the city council of Lübeck to Danzig: relate how the Norwegian Council of the Realm and the Hanseatic Kontor in Bergen have complained bitterly about the Icelandic trade, and therefore it is decided to stop the trade with Iceland, Shetland and the Faroes, and it is requested to prevent the ships which are currently prepared to sail to Iceland from Danzig from leaving.
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[1486, May 24 - June 20]
[Lübeck]
Proceedings of the Hanseatic Diet in Lübeck, in which among others the representatives of the Bergen Kontor complain about the trade with Iceland, Shetland and the Faroes, which damages their position, upon which the gathered representatives promise to refrain from this trade, except those from Danzig and Hamburg, who claim not to have permission to decide in this matter.
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