To William Mainwaring< no role > Esqr . Chairman and
the rest of his Majesties Worshipful Justices of the
Peace for the County of Middlesex

The humble Petition of James Burton< no role > of
Wardrobe Court Doctors Commons

Sheweth
That Your Petitioner is established in the
Profession of a Surveyor after having been regularly bred
to the same, is of the Age of 24, and hath an increasing
family to support: Therefore humbly craves leave of
Your Worships, to be admitted a Candidate for the Office
of Surveyor (under the Building Act of the 14th. Geo. 3rd.) to
the district of St. James and St John Clerkenwell , vacant
by the decease of the late Mr: Sutton: Which Office should
he be so happy as to be appointed to, Your Petitioner
begs leave to assure your Worships, that he will by a
faithful and constant attention to the duties thereof,
endeavor to render himself worthy sheir Choise.

And, as in duly bound, your Petitioner shall
ever Pray.

James Burton< no role >

February 1784.