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Explanation of the TABLE of DESCENTS.

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HE TABLE of DESCENTS is intended to exhibit, to the Eye of the Student, the fucceffive Order, in which he muft fearch for the Heir of a Perfon (as JOHN STILES) who dies feised of an Eftate in Fee fimple.

IF fuch Eftate came to him by his own Acquifition, or PURCHASE, and not by Defcent from any of his Anceftors; then in the first place fucceeds the eldest Son, Matthew Stiles, or his Iffue: (No. 1.) If his Line be extinct, then Gilbert Stiles and the other Sons, refpectively, in Order of Birth, or their Issue: (No. 2.) In Default of thefe, ALL the Daughters together, Margaret and Charlotte Stiles, or their Iffue: (No. 3.)-On Failure of the Defcendants of JOHN STILES himself, the Iffue of Geoffery and Lucy Stiles, his Parents, is called in: viz. First, Francis Stiles, the eldest Brother of the whole Blood, or his Iffue: (No. 4.) Then Oliver Stiles, and the other whole Brothers, refpectively, in Order of Birth, or their Iffue: (No. 5.) Then the Sifters of the whole Blood, ALL together, Bridget and Alice Stiles, or their Iffue. (No. 6.) In Defect of these, the Iffue of George and Cecilia Stiles, his Father's Parents; Refpect being ftill had to their Age and Sex: (No. 7.) Then the Iffue of Walter and Chriftian Stiles, the Parents of his paternal Grandfather: (No. 8.) Then the Iffue of Richard and Anne Stiles, the Parents of his paternal Grandfather's Father: (No. 9.) And fo on in the paternal Grandfather's paternal Line, or Blood of Walter Stiles, in infinitum. in Defect of these, the Iffue of William and Jane Smith, the Parents of his paternal Grandfather's Mother: (No.10.) And so on in the paternal Grandfather's maternal Line, or Blood of Chriftian Smith, in infinitum; till both the immediate Bloods of George Stiles, the paternal Grandfather, are spent. Then we muft refort to the Iffue of Luke and Francis Kempe, the Parents of JOHN STILES's paternal Grandmother: (No. 11.) Then to the Iffue of Thomas and Sarah Kempe, the Parents of his paternal Grandmother's Father: (No. 12.) And fo on in the paternal

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Grandmother's paternal Line, or Blood of Luke Kempe, in
infinitum. In default of which, we must call in
the Iffue of Charles and Mary Holland, the Parents of his
paternal Grandmother's Mother: (No. 13.) And fo on
in the paternal Grandmother's maternal Line, or Blood
of Frances Holland, in infinitum; till both the immediate
Bloods of Cecilia Kempe, the paternal Grandmother, are
alfo spent.
Whereby the PATERNAL Blood of JOHN
STILES entirely failing, Recourse must then, and not be-
fore, be had to his MATERNAL Relations; or the Blood
of the Bakers, (No. 14, 15, 16.) Willis's, (No. 17.)
Thorpes, (No. 18, 19.) and Whites, (No. 20.) in the
fame regular fucceffive Order as in the paternal Line.

IN cafe JOHN STILES was not himself the PURCHASOR,
but the Estate in fact came to him by DESCENT from his
Father, Mother, or any higher Anceftor, there is this
Difference; that the Blood of that Line of Ancestors,
from which it did not defcend, can never inherit; but the
Estate shall rather escheat to the Lord of the Fee. Thus
if it defcended from Geoffrey Stiles, the Father, the Blood
of Lucy Baker, the Mother, is perpetually excluded:
And fo, vice versa, if it defcended from Lucy Baker, it
cannot defcend to the Blood of Geoffrey Stiles. This, in
either cafe, cuts off one half of the TABLE from Succef-
fion And further, if it can be shewn to have defcended
from George Stiles, this cuts off three fourths; for now
the Blood not only of Lucy Baker, but also of Cecilia
Kempe, is excluded. If, lastly, it defcended from Walter
Stiles, this narrows the fucceffion ftill more, and cuts *.
off feven eights of, the TABLE; for now, neither the
Blood of Lucy Baker, nor of Cecilia Kempe, nor of
Chriftian Smith, can ever fucceed to the Inheritance.
And the like Rule will hold upon Descents from
Ancestors,

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