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1564, August 28

Bremen

Bremen merchants with Bodenstede in Iceland to Bremen: complain about interference of Jurgen Borchers from Hamburg in the harbour Bodenstede this year, and request the Danish king to forbid this.

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1567, September 22

Bremen

Bremen merchants with Iceland to Joachim Hinck, dean of the Bremen cathedral chapter: ask for mediation in acquiring a license to use the harbours Bodenstede and Kummerwage in Iceland.

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1567, September 26

Bremen

Instruction for Tyleman Zerneman, who is sent by the Bremen city council to the king of Denmark to ask for reduction of the tolls to be paid for harbours in Iceland because of the bad fish catches of the last year, and licenses for the harbours Bodenstede, Stappe, Kummerwage, and Ostforde, and for reduction of the Sound toll on behalf of the city's Bergen merchants.

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1568, April 10

Frederiksborg

King Frederick II of Denmark to Bremen: in reply to Gerd Hemeling's request for compensation of his ship and goods that were taken by count Bothwell in Shetland, Frederick answers that he is welcome to start a lawsuit against him.

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1576, October 28

Bremen

Bremen to king Frederick II of Denmark: request to renew the license to use the harbour Ostforde in Iceland. The license was formerly given to Bernd Losekanne, and should now be transferred to Christoffer Meyer.

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1588, January 18

[Bremen]

Instruction for Bremen counsellor Heinrich Bredelo and secretary Heinrich Houck, who were sent to the Danish king to discuss the problem of Bremen merchants losing their licenses for harbours in Iceland to Hamburg and Oldenburg merchants. Therefore, it is asked to secure the four remaining harbours Ostforde, Bodenstede, Flattoh and Watlose for Bremen merchants, and to request new licenses for Stickingsholm and Elleroh to compensate for the lost harbours.

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1597, April 4

Copenhagen

King Christian IV of Denmark to Bremen: request to stop using the harbour Stickingsholm and to return the license, which was issued to Heinrich Alberts and Albert Rote, but was acquired under false pretenses, as it appears to be a part of Neswage, for which count John of Oldenburg already holds a license.

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1597, November 2

Bremen

Luder Losekanne, Hinrich Albers and Berendt Egeler, merchants in Stickningsholm in Iceland, to Bremen: explain that they have collected testimonies from Icelanders last summer to prove that Stickningsholm and Neswage are two separate harbours, that the Oldenburg ship of 40 last is too small to meet the needs of the locals, and that they are selling bad flour mixed with clay. Therefore, they request the continued use of the harbour.

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1597, November 5

Bremen

Bremen to king Christian IV of Denmark: request prolonged use of the harbour Stickingsholm in Iceland, of which the Oldenburg merchants claim that it belongs to Neswage, but from the enclosed documents it can be shown that it is a different harbour, for which the single Oldenburg ship is moreover too small to meet the needs of the locals.

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1601, July 24

Copenhagen

King Christian IV of Denmark to Bremen: grants the right to trade in Iceland to merchants from Copenhagen and other surrounding cities, and forbids foreign merchants to trade there after their licenses have expired.

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1601, November 15

Bremen

Instruction of the Bremen city council for Johan von Affelen, who is sent to the Danish court to discuss the prohibition of the Icelandic trade for foreign traders. Not only will the prohibition damage the Bremen merchants, who have traded in Iceland for as long as people remember, also it will be of disadvantage to the Icelanders. Therefore, it is asked to prolong the licenses for the three harbours served by Bremen, or at least to let them sail to these harbours until they have collected their outstanding debts.

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1610, January 19

Hamburg

Hamburg to King Christian IV of Denmark: because Heinrich Krack was accused of having traded illegally in Iceland in 1609, he was brought to court in Hamburg, where he declared that he had been fishing near Shetland and the Faroes, and because he had caught too little and was driven by a storm to Iceland, he was forced to trade a little there to make a living. Therefore, it is asked to refrain from further prosecution.