Matthias, son of John Hunyadi, was elected king of Hungary in
1458. "The defence of the country chiefly engaged the
attention of Matthias at the commencement of his reign.
Measures of defence were accordingly carried on with the
utmost speed, the most important of which was the
establishment of regular cavalry; to levy which one man was
enrolled out of every 20 families. This was the origin of the
'Hussar,' meaning in Hungarian the price or due of twenty."
_E. Szabad,
Hungary, Past and Present,
page 50._
HUSSEIN, Shah of Persia, A. D. 1694-1722.
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HUSTINGS.
COURT OF HUSTING.
"The 'hygh and auncyent' Court of Husting of the City of
London is of Anglo-Saxon, or, to speak more accurately, of
Scandinavian origin, being a remarkable memorial of the sway
once exercised over England by the Danes and other Northmen.
The name of the Court is derived from [hus], 'a house,' and
[dhing], a thing, 'cause,' or 'council,' and signifies,
according to general acceptation, 'a court held in a house,'
in contradistinction to other 'things,' or courts, which in
Saxon times were usually held in the open air. … The term
'Husting' or, less correctly, 'Hustings' is commonly applied
at the present day to open-air assemblies or temporary courts,
usually held in some elevated position, for the purpose of
electing members of Parliament in counties and boroughs, its
strict etymological meaning, being lost sight of. … [The
Court of Husting] is the oldest court of record within the
City, and at one time constituted the sole court for settling
disputes between citizen and citizen."
_R. R. Sharpe,
Introduction to Calendar of Wills,
Court of Husting, London._
HUTCHINSON, Mrs. Anne, and the Antinomian troubles.
See MASSACHUSETTS: A. D. 1636-1638;
and RHODE ISLAND: A. D. 1638-1640.
HUTCHINSON, Governor Thomas,
and the outbreak of Revolution in Massachusetts.
See MASSACHUSETTS: A. D. 1761;
and UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: A. D. 1765,
NEWS OF THE STAMP ACT; 1772-1773; 1774 (MAY-JUNE).