Sir

Inconsequence of a Note from Mr
Thomas Shelton< no role > informing me that I was fined £5 for neglecting
to attend as [..] last October, and that unless I attended at
the Session this Day, I shoud be estreated into the Court of Exche
qun In the receipt of the Summons last October, [..]
upon the Under Sherifs, and informed him, that being the
Receive for the Kings Duty on Property insured against hire
I was employed at that time in making up the Quarterly Accounts
for to Say before his Mggt; Commissioners of the Stamp Office
in order that the Mony arising from the said Duty might be
paid in due Time agreable to the Act of Parliament, and
Requested he went Represent to the Court the reasons for my
not obeying the Summons; He Promised me he wand & that
he judged my presence at the Court wand not be necessary
J represented at the same time that being Secretary to
the Sun hire Office, I shoud be much obliged to him to
excuse me as he coud with propriety [..] from being
Summond in Juries, That my Employment and Trust
was such that my time was totaly taken up, That if I attended,
the Business of the Office must suffer, or that I must submit
to such Fines as the Court might think proper to lay up on me;
Inconsequence of this Representation, I was never Summond,
nor did I know of having been fin'd till late last Saturday

Having troubled you with the above
I take the Liberty of requesting your Interest to have the