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1577, September 28

Gottorp

Duke Adolf of Holstein-Gottorp to king Frederick II of Denmark: states how he had sailed to Iceland the year before, but was forbidden to do so this year, and therefore almost ran out of stockfish. As merchants from Bremen and Stade have gotten licenses, he requests one for a harbour in Southern Iceland as well.

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1580, January 25

[Hamburg]

Matthias Eggers to Hamburg: states that he and his predecessors have rightfully used the harbour Ostforde in Iceland for more than forty years, and that the Bremen merchants Bernd Losekanne and Christoffer Meyer therefore have no right to claim the use of the harbour for themselves.

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1594, August 26

Anonymous complaint about interference of Bremen merchant Hans Honne in the harbours Kummerwage and Neswage in Iceland. When merchant Harmen Kloppenborg went to Neswage, he found their booths destroyed and burnt to the ground, the Bremen merchants claiming they had a royal license to use the harbour.

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1594, August 27

Oldenburg

Count John VII of Oldenburg to king Christian IV of Denmark: complaint about interference of Bremen merchant Hans Honne in Neswage, where he supposedly destroyed the Oldenburg booths and built his own, and interfered with the trade of Oldenburg skipper Claus Koch when he arrived there. The first part of the letter concerns the Oldenburg possession of the land of Jever.

15960219OLD00

1596, February 19

Oldenburg

Count John VII of Oldenburg to king Christian IV of Denmark: request for a license to use the harbours Grundeforde, Kummerwage, and Neswage in Iceland, after the license for Neswage given to Bremen merchants by Carsten Bake expires.

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1596, March 1

Kolding

Heinrich Ramel, royal Danish privy councillor, to count John VII of Oldenburg: informs him that the letters he sent to the king have just missed him, as the king just left, but that he will do his best to support his requests.

15960315OLD00

1596, March 15

Oldenburg

Count Johan of Oldenburg to Heinrich Ramel, royal Danish privy councillor: thanks him for the support, and sends a horse as a gift.

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1597, September 3

Oldenburg

Harmen Kloppenburg reports that he was lucky to have arrived eight days before the Bremen merchants in Iceland, who nowadays buy all the fish in Grundeforde which used to be sold in Kummerwage. Moreover, sheriff Carsten Bake only accepted the tolls for Kummerwage and not for Neswage, which he had given to Bremen.

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1600, September 22

Oldenburg

Count John VII of Oldenburg to king Christian IV of Denmark: request for a permission to use the harbour Stickingsholm in Iceland, now the Bremen license has expired, and request to send the licenses in threefold.

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1601

Overview of the harbours in use in Iceland and in which year their licenses expire, 1601-1603.