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15320823HAM01

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1532, August 23

[Hamburg]

Lutke Schmidt to Hamburg: reply to the complaint of English merchants, in which he tells his version of the events in Iceland in 1532, when he arrived on March 30 with a ship in Botsand, and was visited by Thomas Hammon from Harwich, and the day after by Jon Willer from Lynn, who attacked him both.

15320907HAM00

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1532, September 7

Hamburg

Hamburg to king Henry VIII of England: state that they have heard from the Hanseatic Kontor in London about the complaints of merchants from Lynn and Harwich about damage inflicted to them by Lutke Schmidt from Hamburg in Iceland, and state that the English merchants have caused the conflict themselves by their unruly behaviour. Moreover, Lutke Schmidt has declared to be prepared to let a law court decide upon this, which should happen at the court of the Danish king, since Iceland belongs to him.

15321021HAM00

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1532, October 21

Hamburg

Hamburg to king Henry VIII of England: in response to complaints of Nicolaus Gybson, whose ship was attacked by Hamburg and Bremen merchants in Iceland last summer, it is stated that the English misbehaved and that the German merchants were only helping the Danish governour to punish them.

15321116HAM00

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1532, November 16

Hamburg

Hamburg to king Henry VIII of England: in response to the confiscation of Icelandic fish from Fredericus Ostra and his son Henning in London, Johan Stemmelman and Johan Petersen have testified that they had sold them the fish, which they had acquired themselves honestly from Icelanders in the harbour Botsand.

15321116HAM01

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1532, November 16

Hamburg

Hamburg to king Henry VIII of England: in response to the confiscation of Icelandic fish from Hans Hesterberch and Herman van der Huden in London, Hamburg merchants have testified that it had been acquired honestly from Icelanders in the harbour Botsand.

15680630FRE00

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1568, June 30

Frederiksborg

King Frederick II of Denmark to Bremen: replies to the repeated request of Gerd Hemeling about compensation of his ship and goods, which were stolen by count Bothwell in Shetland, and repeats his previous answer that Hemeling is welcome to start a lawsuit against Bothwell.