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14810912BER00

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1481, September 12

Bergen

Norwegian Council of the Realm to Lübeck: cancels the permission that King Christian I of Norway gave to Hamburg merchants to visit Iceland, and demands that Icelandic commodities are traded via the Bergen staple again.

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.

15330205HAM00

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1533, February 5

[Hamburg]

Reply of the English representative to the Hamburg complaints about the behaviour of the English in Iceland.

15330205HAM01

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1533, February 5

[Hamburg]

Answer of Hamburg's city council to the complaints by the English representative about the violence of Hamburg merchants against the English in Iceland.

15330207HAM00

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1533, February 7

[Hamburg]

Suggestions for a better relation between the English and Hamburg merchants in Iceland, among others that those who first arrive in a harbour have the right to trade there and shall not be hindered, that the Icelanders shall be free to trade with whom they like, and that the law of the land shall apply to the foreigners in case of conflicts.

15330215SEG00

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1533, February 15-17

[Segeberg]

Proceedings of the negotiations between the representatives of the city of Hamburg and the English representative in Segeberg, about the violent attacks of German merchants on the English in Iceland.