Before we conclude this branch of our enquiries, it may not be amiſs to exemplify theſe rules by a ſhort ſketch of the manner in which we muſt ſearch for the heir of a perſon, as John Stiles, who dies ſeiſed of land which he acquired, and which therefore he held as a feud of indefinite antiquity[1].
In the firſt place ſucceeds the eldeſt ſon, Matthew Stiles, or his iſſue: (№ 1.) — if his line be extinct, then Gilbert Stiles and the other ſons, reſpectively, in order of birth, or their iſſue: (№ 2.) — in default of theſe, all the daughters together, Margaret and Charlotte Stiles, or their iſſue. (№ 3.) — On failure of the deſcendants of John Stiles himſelf, the iſſue of Geoffrey and Lucy Stiles, his parents, is called in: viz. firſt, Francis Stiles, the eldeſt brother of the whole blood, or his iſſue: (№ 4.) — then Oliver Stiles, and the other whole brothers, reſpectively, in order of birth, or their iſſue: (№ 5.) — then the ſiſters of the whole blood, all together, Bridget and Alice Stiles, or their iſſue. (№ 6.) — In defect of theſe, the iſſue of George and Cecilia Stiles, his father's parents; reſpect being ſtill had to their age and ſex: (№ 7.) — then the iſſue of Walter and Chriſtian Stiles, the parents of his paternal grandfather: (№ 8.) — then the iſſue of Richard and Anne Stiles, the parents of his paternal grandfather's father: (№ 9.) — and ſo on in the paternal grandfather's paternal line, or blood of Walter Stiles, in infnitum. In defect of theſe, the iſſue of William and Jane Smith, the parents of his paternal grandfather's mother: (№ 10.) — and ſo on in the paternal grandfather's maternal line, or blood of Chriſtian Smith, in infinitum; till both the immediate bloods of George Stiles, the paternal grandfather, are ſpent. — Then we muſt reſort to the iſſue of Luke and Frances Kempe, the parents of John Stiles's paternal grandmother: (№ 11.) — then to the iſſue of Thomas and Sarah Kempe, the parents of his paternal grandmother's father: (№ 12.) — and ſo on in the paternal grandmother's paternal line, or blood of Luke Kempe, in infinitum. —
- ↑ See the table of deſcents annexed.
