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1532, [Summer]

Hafnarfjörður

Skippers and merchants in Hafnarfjörður to [German merchants in Iceland]: complain that the English in Grindewick have taken the fish which they have bought before, and plan to use violence against them to make them pay, and ask for a quick reply.

15320901WIN00

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1532, September 1

Windsor

King Henry VIII of England to Hamburg: complaint about how London merchant Nicolaus Gybson was attacked in Grindewick in Iceland in May by 280 men from Hamburg and Bremen, who killed 15 of his men on board of the ship, confiscated his ship and goods, worth 1500 pounds. Therefore, compensation and punishment of those involved is demanded.

15670225BRE00

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1567, February 25

Bremen

Bremen to Queen Mary Stuart of Scotland: send a complaint of their citizens, who have suffered violence and robbery from her subjects in Shetland the previous year, and request that the perpetrators be punished.

15830906BRV00

1583, September 6

Bremervörde

Prince-archbishop Henry III of Bremen to king Frederick II of Denmark: reminds him that he promised to see if the harbour Reff in Iceland was available, and if not if the king can grant permission to use Neswage in the meantime, until Reff becomes available.

16130225BRE00

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1613, February 25

Bremen

Bremen to king James of Great Britain: request to reduce the newly imposed customs and tolls on the trade with Shetland, by request of the Bremen merchants trading in Shetland.

16141214BRE00

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1614, February 14

Bremen

Bremen to king James of Great Britain: repeated request to reduce the newly imposed tolls and customs on the Shetland trade on behalf of the Bremen merchants with Shetland, for which a request was already sent a year earlier but which was left unanswered.

16150201BRE00

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1615, February 1

Bremen

Bremen to King James of Great Britain: repeated request for the reduction of newly imposed tolls and customs in the Bremen trade with Shetland.

16340917BRE00

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1634, September 17

Bremen

Bremen to George Brust: concerning a shipment of salt by Bremen skipper Christian Bolcken.

16611120BRE00

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1661, November 20

Bremen

Bremen to Jacob Jacobsen, Hanseatic consul in London: sends him the complaint of the Bremen merchants about salt excise in Shetland, with the request to have it translated into English and to further the matter in the English government.