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1498, May 28
Bremen
Proceeding of the Hanseatic Diet in Bremen, in which among others the Kontor in Bergen complains about merchants sailing to Shetland and the Faroes and mixing fish from various origins, upon which the prohibition is repeated to sail to Shetland and other islands, except for Iceland, on the penalty of exclusion from the Hanse.
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1559, December 12
[Bremen]
Gerdt Hemeling to Bremen: defense against the complaint of Gerdt Breker's lawyer Didrick van Minden in the case about the death of his brother Cordt Hemeling on Shetland, in which he states that the witnesses contradict each other about what happened in Shetland, and that there is no alternative explanation for the cause of death of Hemeling than that he died from the blow dealt to him by Breker. Moreover, Breker confessed before Shetland governour Olave Sinclair, of whom he sends a letter of testimony, and demands that Breker pays the desired amount.
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1560, January 29
[Bremen]
Gerdt Hemeling to [Bremen]: rejoinder and final plea to the replication of Didrick van Minden, lawyer of Gerdt Breker, in the case about the death of Cordt Hemeling in Shetland, in which he states that he could not have forced Breker to sign his obligation, as he was about a week sailing away when it happened, and that statute 101 is not valid in this case, as the manslaughter happened abroad and not in the city of Bremen.
1567, August 15
Sumburgh Head
James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell, testifies that he arrived in Shetland and ordered Bremen merchant Gerdt Hemeling to rent his ship to him for two months, for 50 crowns each month, and in the case that the ship is damaged or not returned, he will restitute him 1200 daler and 100 crowns for the guns.
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[1567, before November 19]
[Speyer]
Complaints (Gravamina) of Thomas Gerdes, burgomaster of Rostock, Heinrich Dosse, councillor, Christoph Butzau, Michael Boldewan, Brandt Schmidt and Klaus Lepeler, citizens of Rostock, partners of the deceased skipper Lorenz Winckelman, against Thomas Daye, merchant from England, in an appeal before the Imperial Chamber Court (Reichskammergericht) about a load of fish, which the appellants were supposed to deliver from Shetland to Thomas Daye in London, but instead sold in Hamburg as they could not get to England because of the alleged incompetence of the pilot.
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1568, March 3
[Bremen]
Gerd Hemeling to Bremen: request for mediation with the Danish king about compensation of his ship and goods, which were taken from him in Shetland previous year by a Scottish man, who is now held captive in Bergen in Norway.
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1575, May 4
Bremen
The city council of Bremen confirms the testimony of Eler Brede and Ladewich Wickboldt, who state that 3 years earlier, they and their companions have sold their trading company (maschup) to skipper Johan Schullen and his companions, including all debts and credits, booths and boats in Shetland for 160 daler.
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1583
[Bremen]
Luder Brummer confesses, that he has borrowed 16 daler from Syvert Otken to trade in Shetland on Segebad Detken's ship, for which Otken shall receive 16 daler upon successful return.
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1649, May 12
Bremen
The imperial lower court in Bremen to Robert Douglas, earl of Morton: request to hear the Shetland priest Johan Edmesthun about his transactions with Bremen merchants Cordt Warneken and Jasper Stüving in Shetland, and provide testimony thereof to act as evidence in the court case between the two merchants.
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