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HANAPER

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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 908 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HANAPER  , properly a

case or
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basket to contain a "hanap " (O . Eng. kneels: cf . Dutch
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nap), a drinking vessel, a goblet with a
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foot or stem; the
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term which is still used by antiquaries for
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medieval stemmed cups . The famous Royal Gold Cup in the
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British Museum is called a " hanap " in the inventory of Charles VI. of France . The word "hanaper " (Med .
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Lat. hanaperium) was used particularly in the
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English
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chancery of a wicker basket in which were kept writs and other documents, and hence it became the name of a department of the chancery, now abolished, under an officer known as the clerk or
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warden of the hanaper, into which were paid fees and other moneys for the sealing of charters,
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patents, writs, &c., and from which issued certain writs under the
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great seal (S . R . Scargill-
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Bird, Guide to the Public Records (1908) . In Ireland it still survives in the office of the clerk of the
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crown and hanaper, from which are issued writs for the return of members of parliament for Ireland . From " hanaper " is derived the
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modern " hamper," a wicker or rush basket used for the
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carriage of
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game, fish, wine, &c . The verb " to hamper," to entangle, obstruct, hinder, especially used of disturbing the mechanism of a lock or other fastening so as to prevent its proper working, is of doubtful origin . It is probably connected with a root seen in the Icel. hemja, to restrain, and Ger. hemmen, to clog .

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