Prince, in his Worthies, calls the Rector of Haccombe "a kind of chorepiscopus;" and in a note refers to Dr. Field Of the Church, lib. v. c. 37.
With regard to the Vicar of Bibury (quoted by Mr. Sansom, "N. & Q.," Vol. ix., p. 185.), he founded his exemption from spiritual jurisdiction, I believe, upon his holding a Peculiar, and not as an archpriest.
H. T. Ellacombe.
Clyst St. George.
Dogs in Monumental Brasses (Vol. ix., p. 126.).—I have always understood (but I cannot say on any authority) that the dogs at the feet of monumental effigies of knights were symbolical of fidelity. That signification would certainly be very appropriate in monuments of crusaders, where, I believe, they are generally found. And I would suggest to Mr. Alford, that the idea might not have been confined to fidelity in keeping the vow of the Cross, but might have been extended to other religious vows: in which case the ladies undoubtedly might sometimes claim the canine appendage to their effigies. The lion might perhaps symbolise courage, in which ladies are not commonly supposed to excel.
M. H. R.
The Last of the Palæologi (Vol. v., pp. 173. 280. 357.).—The following scrap of information may be useful to L. L. L. and others, if too long a time has not gone by since the subject was under discussion. In The List of the Army raised under the Command of his Excellency Robert Earle of Essex, &c.: London, printed for John Partridge, 1642, of which I have seen a manuscript copy, the name of Theo. Palioligus occurs as Lieutenant in "The Lord Saint John's Regiment."
Edward Peacock.
Bottesford Moors, Kirton in Lindsey.
Long Names (Vol. viii., pp. 539. 651.).—Allow me to add the following polysyllabic names to those supplied by your correspondents:—Llanvairpwllgwyngyll, a living in the diocese of Bangor, became vacant in March, 1850, by the death of its incumbent, the Rev. Richard Prichard, æt.