HANAPER, a basket to contain a "hanap," i.e., a goblet with a stem. The famous Royal Gold Cup in the British Museum is called a "hanap' in the inventory of Charles VI. of France. The wicker basket in which were kept writs and other documents in the chancery was called a "hanaper," and hence it became the name of a department of the chancery, now abolished, under an officer known as the clerk of the hanaper, into which were paid fees for the sealing of charters, patents, writs, etc., and from which issued certain writs under the great seal.