HANSdoc Database

15610306HAM00

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1561, March 6

Hamburg

Instruction for Hamburg burgomasters and councillors Albert Hackeman, Laurentz Niebuer, Wilhelm Moller and Nicolaus Vogler, who are sent to Denmark to prevent the prohibition of the sulfur trade from northern Iceland for Hamburg merchants, in which the services of Hamburg for the Icelanders and the Danish crown are emphasized.

15610628KOB00

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1561, June 28

Copenhagen

King Frederick II of Denmark grants Stefan Loitz and his family the monopoly to trade sulfur from the North of Iceland for twelve years starting 1562, on the condition that they bring it to Copenhagen first and export nothing else than sulfur, for an annual payment of 3000 Rhenish guilders.

15660307STE00

1566, March 7

Stettin

Stefan Loitz to king Frederick II of Denmark: among many other things, complains about the decision that Hans Nielsen should sail to Iceland with his ships from Rostock, because the sulfur trade is supposed to be his monopoly and that this will only create new misunderstandings.

15810713BES00

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1581, July 13

Bessastaðir

Johan Bockholt to Bremen: Heine Ratken has traded illegally in Kummerwage in Iceland, which is licensed to Joachim Kolling. Kolling must have found the letter from Ratken to his wife, in which he spoke badly about Bockholt, in Rolof Gerdes's house and brought it to Bockholt in anger. Gerdes has nothing to do with it, and Bockholt never forbade Ratken to come to Iceland because of the letter.

15830200KLI00

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[1583, February]

[Klingstrup]

[Governour Johan Bockholt of Iceland to Hamburg]: explains how he has forbidden Hamburg merchants Simon Schmidt, Matthias Eggers, Jochim Focke and Jochim Warneke to use the harbours Ost- and Horneforde, after complaints of Bremen merchants Bernd Losekanne and Christoffer Meyer. However, they have traded there nevertheless, and therefore he asks again to prevent them from using the mentioned harbours.

15830210KLI00

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1583, February 10

Klingstrup

Johan Bockholt to Friederich Koster in Bremen: writes that he has received a letter from Hamburg, in which they state that Hamburg merchants have a license for the contested harbour in Iceland [Ostforde] as well, and therefore asks both parties to appear at the next Althing, so a solution can be found.

15941104HAM00

1594, November 4

Hamburg

Hamburg to king Christian IV of Denmark: request for a license to use the harbour Dureshave in Iceland on behalf of Cordt Basse and Hans Hering, and a license for the harbour Wapenforde on behalf of Basse, Hering and Jacob Winock.