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15640306KOB00

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1564, March 6

Copenhagen

King Frederick II of Denmark to Hamburg: in response to complaints of Bremen merchants about interference in the harbour Kummerwage in Iceland, it is asked not to sail there anymore this sommer. Also complains about deceptive behaviour of Hamburg ships in the Sound.

15670926BRE00

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1567, September 26

Bremen

Instruction for Tyleman Zerneman, who is sent by the Bremen city council to the king of Denmark to ask for reduction of the tolls to be paid for harbours in Iceland because of the bad fish catches of the last year, and licenses for the harbours Bodenstede, Stappe, Kummerwage, and Ostforde, and for reduction of the Sound toll on behalf of the city's Bergen merchants.

15680405BRE00

1568, April 5

Bremen

Bremen to king Frederick II of Denmark: answer to the prohibition for Bernd Losekanne to use the harbour Ostforde in Iceland, after complaints of Heinrich Mumme. Also about the Sound toll.

15690214BRE00

1569, February 14

Bremen

Instruction for Thomas Haverkamp and Tyleman Zerneman, representatives of the city council of Bremen to the Danish king, to discuss among others the Sound toll on behalf of the Bergen merchants and the permission for Bremen merchants to use the harbour Ostforde in Iceland.

16450000OLD00

After 1645

Oldenburg

Citizens of Oldenburg to king Christian IV of Denmark: request for permission to trade with Iceland again, after the Danish king has given them toll exemptions in the Sound and in Norway, like the merchants of Holland, in 1645.