_Arch-priest in the Diocese of Exeter_ (Vol. ix., p. 105.).--Haccombe is doubtless the parish in the diocese of Exeter, where MR. W. FRASER will find the arch-priest about whom he is inquiring. Haccombe is a small parish, having two houses in it, the manor-house of the Carew family and the parsonage. It is said that, by a grant from the crown, in consequence of services done by an ancestor of the Carews, this parish received certain privileges and exemptions, one of which was that the priest of Haccombe should be exempt from all ordinary spiritual jurisdiction. Hence the title of arch-priest, and that of chorepiscopus, which the priests of Haccombe have claimed, and perhaps sometimes received. The incumbent of Bibury, in Gloucestershire, used to claim similar titles, and like exemption from spiritual jurisdiction. J. SANSOM. Since sending my Query on this subject, I have obtained the following information. The Rectory of Haccombe, which is a peculiar one, in the diocese of Exeter, gives to its incumbent for the time being the dignity of arch-priest of the diocese. The arch-priest wears lawn sleeves, and on all occasions takes precedence after the bishop. The late rector, the Rev. T. C. Carew, I am told, constantly officiated in lawn sleeves attached to an A. M. gown, and took the precedence due to his spiritual rank as arch-priest of the diocese. The present arch-priest and Rector of Haccombe is the Rev. Fitzwilliam J. Taylor. Does such an office, or rather dignity, exist in any other case in the Anglican Church? WM. FRASER, B.C.L. Tor-Mohun. {186} _"Horam coram dago"_ (Vol. ix., p. 58.).--Your correspondent [Sigma]. is probably thinking of Burns' lines "Written in a wrapper, inclosing a letter to Captain Grose," &c.: "Ken ye aught o' Captain Grose? Igo et ago, If he's among his friends or foes, _Iram, coram, dago_." It is not very likely, however, that this should be the first appearance of this "burden," any more than of "Fal de ral," which Burns gives to other pieces both before and after this. It may have a meaning (as I believe one has been found for "Lilliburlero," &c.), but I should think it more likely to be sheer _gibberish_. By the way, how comes _burden_ to be used in the sense of "chorus or refrain?" I believe we have the authority of Shakspeare for so doing. "Foot it featly here and there And let the rest the burden bear?" Is it the _bourdon_, or big drone? Certainly the chorus could not "bear a burden," in the sense of _hard work_, even before the time of Hullah. J. P. ORDE. In Chambers' _Scottish Songs_, Edinburgh, 1829, p. 273. is a piece beginning-- "And was you e'er in Crail toun? _Igo and ago_; And saw ye there clerk Fishington? Sing _irom, igon, ago_." And in _Blackwood_ for Jan. 1831 ("Noctes Ambrosianæ, No. 53.") is "A Christmas Carol in honour of Maga, sung by the Contributors," which begins thus--