HAMPER

HAMPER. Apparently from the large coarse basket called in old times a hanaj?er. The Hanaper Office is a place where writs were formerly deposited in baskets, and the original Mr. Hanaper or Hamper may have been connected with that establishment. A Galfridus le Hannper, occurs in H.E. — probably a sobriquet.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.