Hanap

I have a few notes by me relative to the drinking vessel, which may, perchance, be acceptable to some of your readers. It was similar to the *standing cup* and grace cup, as these vessels were subsequently called, being raised from the table by a foot and stem, for the convenience of passing it round the table for the company to pledge each other out of; it was thus distinguished from the *cup*, which was smaller, and only used by one person. The hanap frequently occurs in wills and inventories of the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth centuries. In the will of Lady Calre, 1355,— "Je devise…