on Cheyney, was a considerable estate in
1627, where it was passed by fine from John and Mary Barker to Vincent
Gookin, Esq.

In 1646, Vincent Gookin, Esq. (no doubt the knight's _son_), and Mary
his wife, and Robert Gookin their son, Gent., passed the same estates by
fine to Dr. Samuel Bave, after which it is supposed the Gookins left the
parish. In Sims' _Index_ are references to pedigrees under _Gokin,
Kent_. Any further notices of _Sir_ Vincent or his son would be
acceptable to

H.T. ELLACOMBE.
Bitton, May 20, 1850.

_Sneck up_ (No. 29, p. 467.)--All Shakspearean {493} students will be
deeply indebted to you for giving insertion to articles on obsolete
words and phrases, so many of which are to found in the pages of the
great poet. The article by R.R. is very interesting, but I apprehend
that the passage from Taylor, first quoted by Weber, is sufficient to
show that the phrase _sneck up_ was equivalent to _be hanged_! See
Halliwell, p. 766, on the phrase, that writer not connecting it with
_sneck_, to latch. Compare, also, _Wily Beguiled_,--"An if mistress
would be ruled by him, Sophos might go _snick up_." And the _Two Angry
Women of Abingdon_, 1599,--"If they be not, let them go _snick up_,"
i.e. let them go and be hanged! These passages will not be consistently
explained on R.R.'s principle.

R.

_Hanap_ (No. 29. p. 477.).--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 a ma joefne fille Isabel Bardolf en cide de lui
marier un _hanap_ plat door."

And in that of the Earl of March, 1389,--

"Item. nous devisons a notre treschier friere Mons'r. Henri, un
_hanaper_ de tortelez ove un ostelle en le founce."

A very elegant specimen is described in the will of the Duchess of
Gloucester, 1390,--

"Un _hanappe_ de Beril gravez de long taille, et assis en un pee
d'or, ove un large bordur paramont, et un covercle tout d'or,
ove