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Hi Horselydown. Thanks very much.
I thought it might be William, but the only children I've found for Richard and Alice Dangar, (her name is given on the will cover as 'relict'), are Elizabeth, James and Charles. Not to say others are missing of course.

I think the second Bondsman is John Pomery.
Charles Pomery married Mary Dangar in 1705 .
They had a son John bap 1708 in St Neot.
This John is always termed 'John Pomery of Liskeard" - as on this admon. There were scores of Pomerys in Cornwall at this time!
I think Mary Dangar must have been the sister of Richard of this admon.
Both children of another Richard and his wife Martha. Richard baptised 1673, and 'Marie' baptised 1679. Again no William found born to them.
That would make this John Pomery the testators' nephew (I think!).
I'm just trying to join up the dots.
As I say, there were scores of Pomery families in Cornwall at this time.There is a will case for a Richard Dangar 1674, but it is just a tiny scrap of paper and so badly deteriorated, it's impossible to read anything from it.
What fun!

According to the information on familysearch.org's page for Lesmahagow:

[i]Here is a list of the surviving Kirk session records for this parish:

Minutes and Some Accounts 1651–1657, 1683–1727, 1768–1811
Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/239.

[/I]

So it looks as though they don't survive for the time period you're looking at.

Civil registration in Scotland didn't start until 1855, so there would have been no birth certificates to check people's ages., or marriage certificates to show they were married.
Many people were 'economical with the truth'!

Have you searched the National Archives Discovery site?

I found this item by searching for "Gilbert James".
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7492053
Although there is a comma between 'Gilbert' and 'James', it may be just the one person, 'Gilbert James'.
The only way to find out is to ask for a copy of the document.

Have you searched the Staffordshire Record Office catalogue?
http://www.archives.staffordshire.gov.uk/CalmView/Overview.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog

The best avenue of research at this period is wills.
Findmypast have Lichfield wills, under which Staffordshire and surrounding counties came.
Have you looked for any wills for any James families that look like they may be of interest?

Another avenue is manor court records.
According to the manorial documents register on The National Archives, there is very little for Caverswall. It may be included in a neighbouring parish.
This is the listing for Dilhorne.
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_col=300&_dss=range&_subj=manor&_tn=dilhorne&_ocn=Staffordshire&_st=mdr

If you know who the local landowner was, (probably some high class person), you may find documents of rents or disputes in their papers, which may still be held privately.

Have a look here:
https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/things-to-do/history-and-heritage/guildhall-library/family-history/apprenticeship-records

https://www.londonroll.org

Added: I checked out 'londonroll'. They don't cover watchmakers. who I would think come under 'The Worshipful Company of Clockmakers'. https://clockmakers.org/home.
It's always worth checking other livery companies than the one you'd think they'd belong to though. I was stuck for many years looking at The Dyers Company for an ancestor who was a dyer, only to suddenly find he had been apprenticed in The Drapers' Company!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worshipful_Company_of_Clockmakers
this says archives at The Guildhall.

PS. Love your avatar!