Venn: Adm. pens. (age 19) at CAIUS, Feb. 19, 1808. S. of William (1780), R. of Hawkedon, Suffolk. B. there [Jan. 28, 1789]. School, Christ's Hospital. ' Matric. Michs. 1808; Scholar. Migrated to St Catharine's, Dec. 28, 1808; B.A. 1812; M.A. 1817; D.D. 1833. Ord. deacon (Bath and Wells) Feb. 1812; priest (London) Sept. 25, 1814. R. of N. Fambridge, Essex, 1817. Preb. of Durham, 1826-55. P.C. of St Margaret's, Durham, 1827. V. of Norham, Northumberland, 1831-55. Canon of Durham, 1853. Married, Dec. 18, 1825, Jane Charlotte Mary, dau. of Major Colberg. Paid many visits to the Vaudois, and in 1824 published a Narrative of an Excursion to the Mountains of Piedmont and Researches among the Vaudois (or Waldenses), which aroused much sympathy in England for the inhabitants; a subscription was started for their relief, part of which was used for a College and library at La Tour in Piedmont. In 1841 he wrote The Peasantry of the Border, an appeal on their behalf, with the object of bettering the condition and housing of the agricultural labourers in North Northumberland. Other works include The Spirit of the Gospel; More Waldensian Researches; A Memoir of Felix Neff, pastor of the High Alps; Our Protestant Forefathers, etc. Died Sept. 10, 1855, at Norham.
| Year | Type | Name as Recorded | Location | Office/Status | Full Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1812 | Ordi(Subscription on ordination) | Gilly, William Stephen | / | deacon | View |
| 1813 | Ordi(ordination) | Gilly, Wiliam Stephen | / | priest | View |
| 1813 | Appt(Licensing) | Gilly, William Stephen | Wanstead / | Curate | View |
| 1817 | Appt(Institution) | Gilby, Wiliam Stephen | North Fambridge / | Rector | View |
| 1819 | Appt(Licensing) | Gilly, William Stephen | Stradishall / | Stipendiary Curate | View |
| 1819 | Appt(Licensing) | Gilly, William Stephen | Hawkedon / | Stipendiary Curate | View |
| 1824 | Appt(Licensing) | Gilly, William Stephen | St. George the Martyr / Philanthropic Society Chapel | Preacher | View |
| 1826 | Appt(Installation) | Gilly, | Durham cathedral / 9th prebend | Canon | View |
| 1826 | Appt(Licensing) | Gilly, William Stephen | Sommers Town parochial chapel / | Stipendiary Curate | View |
| 1826 | Appt(Subscription on Appointment) | Gilly, W. S. | Durham Cathedral / 9th Prebend | Prebendary | View |
| 1827 | Appt(Nomination) | Gilly, | Crossgates / | Curate | View |
| 1828 | Appt(Subscription on Appointment) | Gilly, William Stephen | Saint Margerets / | Perpetual Curate | View |
| 1831 | Appt(Presentation) | Gilly, | Norham / | Vicar | View |
| 1831 | Appt(Subscription on Appointment) | Gilly, William Stephen | Norham / | Vicar | View |
| 1831 | Appt(Resignation) | Gilly, William Stephen | St Margaret's Durham / | Perpetual Curate | View |
| 1831 | Appt(Resignation) | Gilly, William Stephen | St Margaret's Durham / | Perpetual Curate | View |
| 1832 | Vac(cession) | unknown, | North Fambridge / | Rector | View |