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14340209GDA01

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1435, February 19

Danzig (Gda?sk)

Peter Dambecke confesses, that he has received the freight which he had earned with his ship from Iceland in England and gives the shipowners his part of the ship back.

15130726KOB00

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1513, July 26

Copenhagen

Agreement between King Christian II of Denmark-Norway and the Wendish cities, in which the Hanseatic privileges in Bergen are renewed, among others that Hanseatic merchants will refrain from the trade with Iceland, except if they bring the fish to England.

15130812NYK00

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1513, August 12

Nyköping

King Christian II of Denmark to the Wendish cities: declares that, after complaints from the Hanseatic Kontor in Bergen, it is forbidden to trade directly with Iceland, unless the fish is brought directly to England.

15140000BER00

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[1514]

Complaints of the Hanseatic Kontor in Bergen, collected for the negotiations with the Danish king in Oslo, in which the direct trade of Hamburg, Bremen and Holland with Iceland, Shetland and the Faroes is presented as the main reason for the Kontor's demise.

15170720BER00

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1517, July 20

Bergen

The Hanseatic Kontor to Klaus Repenhagen, Gerd Krudup and Hans Cordes, eldermen of the Bergen merchants in Lübeck: request to present the Kontor's complaints at the Wendish Diet in Lübeck, among others about the direct trade with Iceland.

15320729LON00

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1532, July 29

London

Eldermen of the Hanseatic Kontor in London to Hamburg: after the attacks of the English on Bremen and Hamburg merchants in Iceland, now merchants from Lynn have complained about how they were attacked by Lutke Schmidt's men in Iceland, who killed and wounded them and sank their ship. Therefore, eldermen of the Kontor and Hamburg merchants in England have to appear before the royal court, and it is asked to appropriate Lutke Schmidt's ship until the matter is settled.

15321114HAM00

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1532, November 14

Hamburg

Hamburg to the Hanseatic Kontor in London: in reaction to the Icelandic fish that was confiscated from Hamburg merchants because the English claimed it was theirs, the council cannot help as the matter is dealt with at the Danish court.

15321223LON00

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1532, December 23

London

Hanseatic Kontor in London to Hamburg: complain that Hamburg and Bremen defend their actions against the English in Iceland by stating that they acted on order of the Danish governour, although they normally behave like free cities, which is damaging the Hanseatic rights in England, and demand them to behave peacefully towards the English in Iceland.

15330130LUB00

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1533, January 30

Lübeck

Lübeck to Hamburg: in response to a complaint of the Kontor in London about the violent behaviour of Hamburg and Bremen merchants against the English in Iceland, which damages the Hanseatic privileges in England, the council is once again asked to settle the matter as soon as possible.

15330210HAM01

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1533, February 10

[Hamburg]

Skippers Tonnies Pinxten, Hinrick Martinus and their companions testify that they had been in Haneforde in Iceland, and had bought fish in Grindewick, but discovered that English merchant Joen Brey had marked it as being his when they came to pick it up. Thereupon they attacked the English with 180 men, together with the bailiff and the merchants from Bremen in Holm.

15330408GOT00

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1533, April 8

Gottorf

King Frederick I of Denmark to Hamburg: sends them a copy of the treaty of Segeberg, which they can send on to the English king.

15330520LON00

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1533, May 20

London

Eldermen of the Hanseatic Kontor in London to Hamburg: hope that the conflict with England about the Icelandic situation has come to an end with the negotiations in Segeberg, and ask for compensation of expenses in the matter, as the Kontor had nothing to do with it.

15350227HAM00

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1535, February 27

[Hamburg]

Hamburg merchants with Iceland to Hamburg: repeat the complaints about the behaviour of the English against them in Iceland on various occasions, but accept the outcome of the negotiations in Segeberg, although they were not sufficiently compensated.