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15621126BRE00

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1562, November 26

[Bremen]

Johan Runge to Bremen: in replication to the answer of Segebad Detken in the lawsuit about the use of the harbour Baltasound in Shetland, Runge states that Detken had abandoned the harbour some years before, that he could have mentioned he wanted to use it again before they set sail to Shetland, and that the other harbours were in use by other merchants, so that they had no choice but to sail on to Norway.

15660331BRE00

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1566, March 31

Bremen

Bremen to governour Magnus Guldenstern of Iceland: in response to his letter, the merchants trading with the harbour Kummerwage and Bodenstede have complained, and they have sent a letter to the Danish king to ask for protection against Hamburg merchants.

15820406KLI01

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1582, April 6

Klingstrup

Governour Johan Bockholt of Iceland to Christoffer Meyer and Bernd Losekanne: thanks them for the salmon they sent him, and requests them to provide the names of the Hamburg merchants who used the harbour Ostforde illegally, so he can forbid them to use that harbour.

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1583, March 20

Klingstrup

Governour Johan Bockholt of Iceland to Bremen: explains that he has asked the Bremen and Hamburg merchants who have a conflict about the harbours Ost- and Horneforde to appear at the next Althing, because they both claim to have a valid license for the place.