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Definition of Hanaper

Hanaper
Hanaper Han"a*per, n. [LL. hanaperium a large vase, fr. hanaus vase, bowl, cup (whence F. hanap); of German origin; cf. ONG. hnapf, G. napf, akin to AS. hn[ae]p cup, bowl. Cf. Hamper, Nappy, n.] A kind of basket, usually of wickerwork, and adapted for the packing and carrying of articles; a hamper. Hanaper office, an office of the English court of chancery in which writs relating to the business of the public, and the returns to them, were anciently kept in a hanaper or hamper. --Blackstone.

Meaning of Hanaper from wikipedia

- Look up hanaper in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Hanaper, properly a case or basket to contain a "hanap" (O. Eng. kneels: cf. Dutch nap), a drinking...
- The Clerk of the Crown and Hanaper was a civil servant within the Irish Chancery in the Dublin Castle administration. His duties corresponded to the offices...
- words 'hamper' and 'hampyre' evolved as contractions of the Anglo-French hanaper, from the Medieval Latin hanaperium, which was a secure case for holding...
- jointly with Sir John Williams 14 April 1532, c. 1533–1540 Clerk of the Hanaper 16 July 1532, jointly with Ralph Sadler Apr. 1535–1540 Chancellor of the...
- distinguished, descending from Francis Edgeworth, joint Clerk of the Crown and Hanaper in 1606, who inherited a fortune from his brother Edward Edgeworth, Bishop...
- later life Fitzsimon held the lucrative office of Clerk of the Crown and Hanaper. The Times, Ireland, 11 August 1856 The Times, Ireland, 17 January 1832...
- to Henry V and Henry VI, he was required to pay 40 shillings into the hanaper for the privilege. The status of denizen allowed a foreigner to purchase...
- the successful candidates before the vote. The Clerk of the Crown and Hanaper in Ireland was responsible for electoral arrangements; each peer voted...
- Clare, 1355*,— "Je devise a ..." http://www.lexic.us/definition-of/hanap Hanaper Meyer, Franz Sales (1896). A Handbook of Ornament, with 300 Plates Containing...
- Drury, Lord President of Munster. Sir John was Clerk of the Crown and Hanaper and MP for Roscommon, a valued servant of the Crown and a major landowner...