HANSdoc Database

14910500ANT00

Transcript available

[1491, May 2-June 22]

[Antwerp]

Report from Danzig (Gda?sk) about the negotiations between England and the Hanse in Antwerp, in which English merchants complain about damage done to them by Germans, among others that they were driven out from Icelandic harbours by men from Hamburg.

14980528BRE00

Transcript available

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.

15130812NYK00

Transcript available

1513, August 12

Nyköping

King Christian II of Denmark to the Wendish cities: declares that, after complaints from the Hanseatic Kontor in Bergen, it is forbidden to trade directly with Iceland, unless the fish is brought directly to England.

15501221KOB00

Transcript available

1550, December 21

Copenhagen

Copenhagen to King Christian III: lenghty answer to Hamburg complaints, in which it is explained how the Hamburg merchants have violated the prohibition of the winter stay in Iceland, acted against the governor, kidnapped and mistreated the bailiff and his secretary, and stole fish which belonged to Copenhagen and the king. Therefore, compensation for the fish is demanded, as well as a punishment of the persons responsible for this.