hanaper

Clerk of the Hanaper became an office in the department of the chancery, now abolished.

From "hanaper" is derived the modern "hamper," a wicker or rush basket used for the carriage of game, fish, wine, etc.

A monk knelt with a hanaper of wine, and Duncan lifted Morgan's head against his knee to bring the wine to his lips.

On 20 September 1485 Smyth gained a place in the Court of Chancery as keeper of the hanaper which gave him a salary for life.

At this time he was also a servant to William Smyth, who was keeper of the hanaper in the Court of Chancery.

Upon the Restoration, he continued in his office as Groom of the Bedchamber, was able to enjoy the Comptrollership of Customs, and was appointed Clerk of the Hanaper.

The clerk, also known as warden of the hanaper, was paid fees and other moneys for the sealing of charters, patents, writs, etc., and from which issued certain writs under the great seal.

The school was founded on 23 July 1545 by the clerk of the hanaper John Hales as the Free Grammar School under letters patent of King Henry VIII.

The following royal order to the Sheriff of London is recorded: "To give John Russell our steward, for the king's use, 300 lbs of wax, a hanaper of almonds and 2 frails of figs"

High Deryni Morgan nodded meekly and allowed himself to be given several swallows of the wine, steadying Duncan's grip on the hanaper with both hands, then passed one hand before his eyes as though to clear away a troublesome memory.

Charles I's commission on exacted fees and innovated offices was investigating Mynne and the Hanaper (in effect the treasury of the Great Seal) in 1630; he got off then but was finally brought to trial for extortion in 1634.

In Ireland it survived until 1949 in the office of the Clerk of the Crown and Hanaper, from which are issued writs for the return of members of parliament for Ireland and for the election of Representative Peers.

A man I know on the turf named Charles Alberta Marsh (I was in bed with him just now and another gentleman out of the Hanaper and Petty Bag office) is on the lookout for a maid of all work at a short knock.

Edward had such trust in his chancellor and the chancellor's clerks that Burnell and the clerks were allowed to dispense with the hanaper system, which required fees for sealing charters to be paid into the hanaper department of the Chancery for disbursal.