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14760307BER00

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1476, March 7

Bergen

The bishop of Bergen and the master of the royal chapter declare their support in favour of Hanseatic merchant Johannes Mønik and skipper Johannis Rørembergh, who have been robbed in Iceland by English merchants, and demand that this should not go unpunished.

15210919BRU00

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[1521, September 19]

[Bruges]

English complains against the Hanse, brought forth during negotiations in Bruges, among others about hindrance by Hamburg merchants in the business of merchants from Hull in the harbour Botsand in Iceland in 1423 and 1477.

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.

15330201HAM00

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1533, February 1

[Hamburg]

English complaints against the attacks of Hamburg and Bremen merchants in Icelandic harbours, presented to the Hamburg city council by the English representative Thomas Lee.

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.