Apparently from the price, hangings of silk or rich stuff. A perfect idea of the richness and splendour of hangings at that period, may be formed from the description of those in the palaces of Henry the Eighth, in the Harleian MS. 1419, A. & B.; whilst of those used in the early part of the fifteenth century, a full account is given in the list of Henry the Fifth's effects on the Rolls of Parliament, vol. iv. Hobart James, 71, 80, 92, 109, 117, 141, 152, 172, 181, 193, 203, 258, 279. It does not appear who this individual was, but as every entry relating to him is of a payment for bringing marmelade, dates, sweet oranges, lemons, and "other pleasures," it may be inferred that he was a kind of pastry-cook. Hobby, a dun, for meat for, 131. ----, for a, 119. Hobbies brought, 28, 104, 224. Hogsheads of wine, 98, 99. Holand John, 218. Hollys William, alderman of London, 170. Afterwards Sir William Hollis. His will is printed in the _Testamenta Vetusta_, whence it appears that he died in 1542. He was Lord Mayor of London in 1539. Holt, to the deputy of the, 151. Honyson Guilliam, jeweller, 91. Horden Thomas, 67. Horns trimmed [probably for mounted] by the jeweller, for, 184. Horses. See Gelding. ---- brought, 12, 13, 16, 54, 175, 211, 224, 245, 282. ----, for healing the king's, 20. ----, the day on which they ran, 25. ----, for drink given to the king's, 31. ----s' medicines, for the king's, 31, 118. ----, food for, 132. ---- Barbary, to the keeper of the, 133. See BARBARY. ----, to the yeoman of the, 137. ----, paid the expenses of taking the king's to grass, 142, 263. ----, food for the stalking, 194. ----, a stalking, brought, 162. See STALKING. ----, paid for the hire of, 193. ----, to a boy that ran the Barbary, 199. See BARBARY. ----, to the keeper of the Barbary horse, and for a bath for it, 204, 218. ----, to a Dompne, for riding two at once, 218. See DOMPNU. ----, paid for, 88, 128, 139, 180, 250, 257. "We cannot gather the _prices_ of Horses from these accounts as often as it is desirable. Gilbert Talbot, afterwards Earl of Shrewsbury, in 1578, offers 33_l._ for two Fryseland Horses."--Lodge's _Illustrations_, ii, 171. "There was particular attention paid in this reign, as appears by several laws, to promote the breed of large and strong horses. Mr. Barrington on Statutes (p. 499) conjectures that Tournaments and other magnificent Pageantries being in vogue in the early part of this reign might have prompted these measures. Certainly the strength of the Horses would contribute to render Tournaments more safe to those engaged in them as well as heighten the general effect of the scene." M.