I'm not convinced that this is not two families mixed together - the will does not help.
Will of Richard PEACHEY 1714
Richard PEACHEY of Chedworth, husbandman
Ann is his ‘now’ wife.
To son Joseph all house & backside adjoining to the BOUTCHERS (lately deceased) with 4 acres of land belonging to the house & one beast pasture.
To son Obadiah all Ten acres that came out of STEPHENS his living with 25 sheep pastures.
To daughter Luce all that 2 houses or tenements that I now live in with the houses, backside & garden belonging.
To son Daniel 20 shillings
To son Charles’ children 20 shillings to be divided between them.
To daughter Ann one shilling
Premises to be taken immediately after deaths of Richard & his now wife Ann.
Joseph, Obadiah & Luce to be joint executors.
Will made 7 May 1709, signed by testator
Witnessed by William JOHNSEY, Robert TAYLER and John ROBERTS
Proved by Joseph, Obadiah and Luce 13 Apr 1714
8 June 1699
Apprentice
Master
Churchwardens
William Peachy son of Richard Peachy Cordwainer
William Cooke of Bibury Cordwainer or Shoemaker
Robert Sly and Robert Robins
Will of Ann Drake of Chedworth 1743
Thy Will be done the Last will and Testament of me Ann DRAKE widdow of the parish of Chedworth in the County of Gloucester made the seventeenth Day of July in the year of our Lord One Thousand seven hundred and forty and the thirteen of our (King’s) Raine.
Item first I give and bequeath to my daughter Priscilla JOACHIM my furnis and Iron Pot . I give to my daughter Priscilla my truckel bedstid and my …. and bigest barel and a ould gint Churre and a trunk. I give to my daughter Priscilla fortey shillings to her and her heires forever.
Item I give to my grandaughter Hanna RANDEL my bed and Bedstid Bolstours and all bed close belonging to my Bed. I give my grandaughter Hanna RANDEL my chest of drase and a Round Table and a Cubord and a gint Stole and a box with a Lock on and fure pounds of mony all to her and her heires for ever and baril and litel ketel.
Item I give to my gransun Thomas JOACHIM my grate box.
Item I give to my granson Giles COATES an ould Cofer.
Item I give my grandafter Elizabeth COATES a litel Deske.
I mak my Dafter Hanna COATES my hole and sole Executrix of this my Last will and testament giving her all godes whatsoever which I have not Disposed of. To which I Do set my hand and sele making all voydable voyde before by me made.
The mark of An DRAKE
Sined and seled publishd and delivered the said testator Ann DRAKE and for his last will and testament in the presons of us Wm JOACHIM, Thomas HILL, Mark of Elizabeth SMITH
This will was proved the 14th day of July in the year of our Lord 1742 before the Worshipful Sir Henry Penrice Knight Doctor of Laws Vicar General in Spirituals of the Rt Rev Father in God Martin by Divine Permission Lord Bishop of the Diocese of Gloucester and of his Episcopal Consistory Official Principal Lawfully Constituted by Hannah COATES Daughter and Sole Executrix and so forth to whom and so forth having first sworn well and faithfully to administer to the said will and also to Exhibit an Inventory and render an account and so forth.
In the book "The Cotswolds" by Brian Smith it states under a section about Chedworth that Giles Coates was a well known land surveyor and a leading member of the local establishment.
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FILE - LONGBOROUGH - ref. Q/SRh/1775/A - date: 1775
|_ [from Scope and Content] Ink plan of road between Stow-on-the-Wold and Longborough to be diverted. Showing part of Turnpike road from Stow to Evesham. Small scale; paper. Surveyor: Giles Coates.
FILE - CHELTENHAM - ref. Q/SRh/1777/A/1 - date: 1777
|_ [from Scope and Content] Detailed perspective plan, ink on paper, linen backed of Cheltenham, inc. Church, Toll Gate, Bedlum Bridge, and Mr. Gregory's Mill; showing road from Arle Cross to Pillford Lane to be stopped up. Cartouche (wreath). Surveyors: G. Coates and Son. 1776
FILE [no title] - ref. D1350/1 - date: 1688-1860
[from Scope and Content] Includes extract (1840) from Chedworth Inclosure Award, 1805, relating to lands belonging to Robt. SMITH; marriage settlement of Rebeccah HARDING, Preston, spinster, to Giles COATES, Chedworth, yeo., 1723; probate will of Wm. TROTMAN, sen., Chedworth, yeo., 1791, pr. 1793; extract and copy will of Thos. STEPHENS, Sherbourne, gent., 1812; copy (1840) will of Chas. ROBINS, Chedworth, yeo., orig. dated 1782, pr. 1783; copy (1840) will of Robt. SMITH, Chedworth, farmer, orig. dated, 1836, pr. 1840; copy (1860) will of Jas. NEWMAN, Longfurlong, par. Chedworth, gent., orig. dated 1859, pr. 1860. MS. poem "The Local Act", supporting Act for water supply of (?) Stow-on-the-Wold, n.d. (c.1850). [found with deeds].
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Hannah, Wife of GILES COATES, Land Surveyor, died May 7, 1775, aged 67
Recipient in Ann Drake's will
Age at death, 80
Marriage witnesses: John Blackwell & generic
Clockmaker
Reference "Gloucestershire Clock and Watchmakers", Graham Dowler, Phillimore & Co, Chichester, 1984, pp 76-78. Northleach Churchwardens' Accounts show that Giles cleaned the church clock in 1805 and again in 1811, being paid 10/6 for the work (It is possible that the entries may refer to his son). The quality of his craftsmanship was excellent and he was evidently a man of considerable ability, not limited to the horological arts. The following notice was found pasted on the inside face of the door of a longcase clock by Joseph Thompson of Cirencester. At the top of the notice, in faded ink, is written the date 17 Nov. 1779, the occasion, it is must be supposed, of his repairing the clock. THE BAROMETER AND THERMOMETER Made by GILES COATES, of Chedworth; By Whom Clocks and Watches are made and Mended, and Land accurately surveyed and Maped. He also makes CHAINS FOR LANDMEASURING If any young Men are desirous of Being Instructed in Measuring Land, or other Parts of Mathematicks, he will wait on them at their houses, if desired, on reasonable Terms.- By directing a letter to him at Chedworth,, they may be supplied with Instruments, or Books of any Sort now in Use. Cirencester: Printed by S. Rudder
10. Giles COATES. Son of Giles COATES & Jane MARKS. Baptism 27 Mar 17833 in Chedworth, Gls3. Died 12 Apr 1835 in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. Occupation Watch / Clockmaker38.
"Gloucestershire Watch and Clockmakers" states that no clocks are known definitely to have been made by him. In the Northleach Churchwardens' Accounts it is recorded that a Giles Coates cleaned the church clock in 1805 and again in 1811, on each occasion being paid 10s 6d for the work. It is possible that the Giles referred to is his father Giles. Giles apparently came to an unhappy end as is shown by the following account.
GLOUCESTER JOURNAL. October 1833. FIFTY POUNDS REWARD. WHEREAS, on the Evening of Sunday, October the 20th, GEORGE SIMPEER, Gamekeeper to the Right Honourable Lord Stowell, at Chedworth, in the County of Gloucester, while endeavouring to secure GILES COATES, of Chedworth aforesaid, whome he detected in a Wood in the unlawful pursuit of Game, was deliberately fired at, within the distance of one yard, and severely wounded in the side, by the said GILES COATES, who immediately absconded, leaving behind him a short double-barrelled gun and his hat.
GLOUCESTER JOURNAL. 9 November 1833. BOW-STREET.- On Saturday, Giles Coates was bought up in custody of James Hall, formerly an officer of this establishment, but now a farmer, residing in Gloucestershire, charged with shooting a man named Simper, the gamekeeper of Lord Stowell, on the 20th October. It appeared that on the day above mentioned the prisoner, who is a watchmaker was poaching in the parish of Chedworth, Gloucestershire, when the gamekeeper came up and took the stock of his gun from him, upon which the prisoner hit the barrels with a knife, when the contents of the weapon entered the side of Simper, who was seriously injured. A reward of 50I. was offered for the apprehension of the prisoner, and Hall, hearing that he was in London, came to town with the intention of securing him. On that evening, witness accidently met him in Cockspur-street, and captured him. The prisoner first offered 5I. the 10I. to be let go; but witness refused his proposal, and having procured assistance, brought him to this office. The prisoner, who declined saying anything at present, was remanded till Monday, preparatory to his being sent to Gloucester to take his trial. The trial took place in the Crown Court, Lent Assizes 1834 and is recorded in detail in "Watch and Clockmakers" pages 213 & 214. Judgment of death was recorded against him. The Judge intimated that it was not without considerable difficulty and anxiety he had brought himself to determine upon saving his life. Giles was later reprieved and a sentence of transportation to Van Dieman's Land substituted for it. On 12 December 1834 he sailed ? in the ship King George III which was wrecked in the mouth of the Derwent River off Hobart on 12 April 1835. Full details of this may be found on pages 252 & 253 of "The Convict Ships". The sole survivor was not Giles Coates!
A Physical description of Giles is to be found in the County Prison Record. "Very Dark Hair, Dark Eyebrows, Whiskers and Beard. Brown Eyes, Very Hairy Nose twisted a little to the right. Long face, rather Wide Mouth. Two Moles on Right Arm, Three Moles on the Pit of Stomach, a Great Many Moles on his Back and Shoulders. Can Read and Write. Height 5ft.2.75 inches".
He married Sarah (Restell) RESTALL, 5 Oct 1805 in Northleach, Gls. Baptism 5 Dec 1790 in Northleach, Gls1.
This information is from an article by Mike Tovey published in the Gloucestershire FHS Journal No. 84, March 2000. It relates to a cottage in Chedworth which was in the hands of both the PEACHEY, GLOVER and COATES families.
The first indenture is dated November 18th 1791 when Mary WHEATLAND, spinster and servant to Miss NASH of Cirencester, Richard PEACHEY yeoman of Chedworth and his wife Ann and Robert KINGSTON gentleman of Petty France, Westminster and his wife Jane sold the cottage to Nathaniel GLOVER baker of Chedworth and Joseph PITT of Cirencester for £40 [Mary, Ann and Jane were the only children of William WHEATLAND carpenter of Chedworth who was the only son of John WHEATLAND yeoman of Chedworth]. The house had previously belonged to Thomas DRAKE yeoman of Chedworth who had devised it in his will to Thomas WHEATLAND the younger, clerk, who had in turn sold it to John WHEATLAND in 1718. John died intestate leaving the octtage to his eldest son William WHEATLAND.
The cottage changed hands shortly after when on December 20th 1791 GLOVER and PITT sold it to Benjamin HARPER baker of Chedworth for £40, Richard PEACHEY remaining the occupant. On May 11th 1809, Benjamin HARPER tailor of Guiting Power sold it for £80 and it became the property of Thomas SMITH yeoman of Chedworth for the natural life of William SMITH labourer of Chedworth. On October 23rd 1813 William SMITH of Chedworth and John SMITH druggist of Cirencester sold the property to the sitting tenant Giles COATES watchmaker of Chedworth for £100. On October 17th 1814 Giles COATES used the property to secure a laon of £80 at 5% interest from David EDWARDS labourer of Chedworth, By December 30th 1815 COATES owed EDWARDS £88 (including interest and another loan of £3 18s 3d) and the cottage was transferred to Daniel SLY yeoman of Chedworth for the life of EDWARDS. Its later history is detailed in the aforementioned article.
13 Aug 1837 John Moss, Chedworth widower labourer, son of John Moss labourer
Sarah Coates Chedworth widow daughter of Thomas Restall weaver
William Lawrence, Charlotte Moss
Probable with family in Upper Eaton Street, Hanover Square, London, in 1841, Clockmaker
Giles Coates, 35, not of county, clockmaker
Mary, 30, Middlesex
John, 9, "
Mary Ann, 5, "
Eliza 2, "
May be son of previous Giles/Sarah