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1489, March 12

Lübeck

Proceedings of the Diet of Wendish cities in Lübeck, in which among others the eldermen of the Bergen merchants complain about the trade with Iceland, Shetland and the Faroes, whereupon all gathered cities except Hamburg decide that they shall refrain from this trade if Hamburg does so as well.

14940525BRE00

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1494, May 25

Bremen

Proceedings of the Hanseatic Diet in Bremen, in which among others the merchants in Bergen complain about merchants sailing to Shetland, who mix Shetland fish with fish from Bergen, upon which it is decided that Shetland shall not be visited anymore, upon penalty of being excluded from the Hanse.

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1498, May 28

Bremen

Proceeding of the Hanseatic Diet in Bremen, in which among others the Kontor in Bergen complains about merchants sailing to Shetland and the Faroes and mixing fish from various origins, upon which the prohibition is repeated to sail to Shetland and other islands, except for Iceland, on the penalty of exclusion from the Hanse.

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1506, May 21

Lübeck

Proceedings of the Hanseatic Diet in Lübeck, where among others the Bergen merchants complain that Hamburg and Bremen violate the prohibition of the trade with Orkney, the Faroes and Shetland, whereupon it is decided that the matter will be postponed until the next Diet.

15130618KOB00

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1513, June 18

Report of Hamburg secretary Johann Reinken about the negotiations of Hanseatic cities with Denmark in Copenhagen, in which among others the King and the Council of the Realm state that Bremen and Hamburg are only allowed to trade in Iceland if they bring the fish to England.

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[1517, June 14 - July 5]

[Lübeck]

Proceedings of the Hanseatic Diet in Lübeck, in which among others the gathered representatives emphasize that merchants in Iceland should behave peacefully towards the English, the Hanseatic Kontor in Bergen complains against the Icelandic trade, and Osnabrück complains about the mixing of Shetlandic and Icelandic fish in Bremen.

15210529LUB00

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1521, May 29 - June 11

Lübeck

Proceedings of the Hanseatic Diet in Lübeck from May 29 to June 11, 1521, in which eldermen of the Bergen Kontor complain about illicit trade of Bremen and Hamburg in Iceland, among others.

15250707LUB00

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[1525, July 7 - 29]

Lübeck

Proceedings of the Hanseatic Diet in Lübeck, in which among others the trade with Iceland, Shetland and the Faroes is discussed, during which Bremen claims that the fish from these lands does not push the fish from Bergen from the market, and Hamburg claims that merchants from other nations are sailing there anyway, whereupon it is decided that the Bergen merchants should accept this trade.

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1569, February 14

Bremen

Instruction for Thomas Haverkamp and Tyleman Zerneman, representatives of the city council of Bremen to the Danish king, to discuss among others the Sound toll on behalf of the Bergen merchants and the permission for Bremen merchants to use the harbour Ostforde in Iceland.