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?