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1532

[Hamburg]

Lenghty complaint of Hamburg merchants against the English in Iceland, who misbehave both towards German merchants and the Icelanders, are involved in fishing activities, rob the merchants of their ships and goods, and have attacked them on multiple occasions between 1486 and 1532.

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1532

English complaint about attacks from Hamburg and Bremen men on the ship of Nicolas Gybson from London in the harbour Grenewick in Iceland, where after the Germans wanted to take stockfish which belonged to Gybson, they came during the night and killed 15 men on board.

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1661, November 20

Bremen

Bremen to Jacob Jacobsen, Hanseatic consul in London: sends him the complaint of the Bremen merchants about salt excise in Shetland, with the request to have it translated into English and to further the matter in the English government.