Edward Dayman
Edward Arthur Dayman, BD, was an English clergyman and hymn writer.
Life
Dayman was born at Padstow in Cornwall, the third son of John Dayman, of Mambury in Devon, and educated at Blundell's School in Tiverton and at Exeter [College, Oxford|Exeter College] in Oxford. He was awarded 1st Class in Lit. Hum, BA, MA and BD. He was for some time fellow and tutor of his college, and pro-proctor in 1835.Dayman took Holy Orders in 1835 and became successively examiner for University Scholarship for Latin, 1838; in Lit. Hum., 1838–1839, and 1841–1842, senior proctor of the university.
Dayman’s clerical appointments were:
- 1842 - Rector of Shillingstone in Dorset
- 1849 - Rural Dean
- 1852 - Proctor in Convocation
- 1862 - Hon. Canon of Bitton in Sarum Cathedral
Works
He was joint editor with Lord Nelson and Canon Woodford of the Sarum Hymnal, 1868; which contains translations from the Latin, and original hymns by him; and with Canon Rich-Jones, of “Statula et Comuetudines Ecclesiae Cathedralis Sarisburiensis”, 1883. He also contributed several translations from the Latin to The Hymnary, 1872. He was for many years engaged in compiling an English Dictionary of Mediaeval Latin founded on Du Cange.
The original hymns contributed by Dayman to the Sarum Hymnal are as follows:
- Almighty Father, heaven and earth, q.v. Offertory.
- O Lord, be with us when we sail. For use at Sea.
- O Man of Sorrows, Thy prophetic eye. Tuesday before Easter.
- Sleep thy last sleep. Burial.
- Upon the solitary mountain's height. Transfiguration.
- When the messengers of wrath. During Pestilence and Famine.
- Who is this with garments dyed? Monday before Easter.