16030200OLD00

1603, February

Oldenburg

Count John VII of Oldenburg to prince Ulrich of Denmark: asks for help in acquiring a license to use the harbour Olefswick in Iceland for three years from the Danish king.

Created for and published on the HANSdoc website of the German Maritime Museum, Bremerhaven, by Bart Holterman in the context of the research project Between the North Sea and the Norwegian Sea: interdisciplinary Studies of the Hanse. Licensed CC BY.

Oldenburg, Niedersächsisches Landesarchiv

Best. 20, -25, no. 6, no. 56

One bifolio

20x35cm

Paper

foliated 123-124

Clearly written. Two small corrections in the same hand.

Draft

High German

Numbered 19. Date originally September 1602, September was corrected to February. Document 16030310FAL00 refers to a similar letter written to the king of Denmark on February 9, 1603, so it is likely that the scribe forgot to change the year when correcting the date.

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