Hanaper

The famous Royal Gold Cup in the British Museum is called a "hanap" in the inventory of Charles VI of France of 1391.

hanaperium) was used particularly in the English chancery of a wicker basket in which were kept writs and other documents.

[1] From "hanaper" is derived the modern "hamper", a wicker or rush basket used for carrying game, fish, wine, etc.

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.

[3] In Ireland the office of the Clerk of the Crown and Hanaper within the Irish Chancery persisted until 1922.