[..] said Act mention'd,
well and truly observ'd,

That your petitioners has been yearly brought up
in the Building branch and perfected in
that Art under the Tuition and in the Service
of the Messrs. Adam of the Adelphi Architects

That your Petitioner humbly presumes himself qualified
for undertaking and performing the intended employment
of a Surveyor under the said Act,

Your Petitioner therefore most humbly prays
your Worships will be pleasd to nominate and
appoint him to Succeed the late Mr Sutton to
the Surveyorship of the district of Saint James
and St. Johns Clerkenwell , and if so happy as
to be approv'd will conscientiously discharge
the duties of that office; on the faithful Execu=
=tion of which the lives and properties of so many
of his Majesties subjects depends,

We whose names are hereunto Subscribed do certify
that we are of opinion that Mr. William Thomas< no role >
is every way qualified for the office he no [..] Solicits

James Adam< no role >

And your Worship Petitioner shall ever pray, Etc;

Wm Thomas< no role >