Torald de Dalling, of Wood Dalling

Not the son of Pierre de Valoignes, (I), seigneur de Valognes

Tirus, Turald, or Torald, was enfeoffed of this lordship, by Peter Lord Valoins, and when that lord founded the priory of Binham, Turald gave 2 parts of his tithes to that priory, in the reign of Henry I. Sir Ralph, son of Turald, of Wood Dalling, gave to the monks of Binham, the churches of this town and of Ryburgh Parva, with lands here for the soul of Peter Lord Valoins; witnesses, Reginald de Warren, and Alice his wife, the Lady Juga his own wife, Roger his son, William de Merlai, dapifer to the Earl of Arundel, Ralph de Beaufoe, dapifer to Reginald, & c. Roger, son of Ralph de Dalling, confirmed the aforesaid grants, and the Lady Agnes, widow of Sir Adam de Rattlesden, confirmed lands to them in this town;—witnesses, Sir Gyles de Argenton, Sir Ralph Gateley, junior, William de Hackford, Richard de Bec, & c. William, son of Roger de Dalling, released to the prior all his right in a windmill and watermill, and Richard, the prior of Binham, confirmed to Sir Ralph, son of Roger de Wood Dalling, the watermill, with the site of a windmill at Wenescote, and the land that Roger his brother held of the monks, with homages and services of divers men.
In the 34th of Edward I. this lordship was settled by fine, on Simon de Rattlesden, and Maud his wife in tail; remainder to the heirs of Simon, by Gilbert Luvell, & c. trustees; and in the 9th of Edward II. Simon held the 3d part of a fee of the honour of Valoins, and was found to die seized of it in the 14th of that King; in the 18th of Edward III. it was settled by fine on Sir John de Rattlesden, and Alianore his wife, by their trustees for life; remainder to Philip and John, their sons, in tail.

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Wood Dalling watermill worked for at least four hundred years, possibly longer. It's location is not known.

Turald was enfeoffed of this lordship by Peter Lord Valoinns and when that lord founded the priory of Binham Turald gave two parts of his tithes to that priory in the reign of Henry I.
Sir Ralph, son of Turald of Wood Dalling ...
Roger, son of Ralph de Dalling ...
William, son of Roger de Dalling released to the prior all his rights in a windmill and watermill and Richard the prior of Binham confirmed to Sir Ralph, son of Roger de Wood Dalling the watermill and the site of the windmill at WENESCOTE.
In hte 34th of Edward I Anno 1306 this lordship was settled by fine on Simon de Rattlesden.
Blomefield's History of Norfolk; Armstrong's History of Norfolk - Eynesford

A piece of parchment held in the Norfolk Record Office amongst the Aylsham Papers that consist of a small group of title deeds mainly relating to freehold property, bears a record dated 1799 with the title:
Final concord, Shaw vs Rice and Boutell re water mill etc. in Wood Dalling

https://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/bb4fz/bulwer1.php

BHO provides the first few generations of this family as follows.

• Tirus, Turald or Torald de Dalling of Wood Dalling, Norfolk (a temp Henry I who r. 1100-1135)
  • 1. Sir Ralph de Dalling of Wood Dalling
    • A. Roger de Dalling
      • i. William de Dalling possibly father of ...
        • a. Ralph de Dalling (a 1202) probably father of ...
          • (1) Peter (FtzRalph) de Dalling Lefguena was wife of either Peter or his son Thomas.
            • (A) Thomas de Dalling possibly father of ...
              • (i) Simon de Dalling (of Wood Dalling &) Gissing (a 1283) m. Isabel
                • (a) John de Dalling of Wood Dalling (a 1335) m. Maud
                  • ((1)) daughter m. William (son of Roger de Shimpling)
      • ii. Roger de Dalling

It is not clear how the later families of Wood Dalling were connected to the above or how/why Bulwer was adopted as the family name. However, Commoners reports that the branch shown in the lower section of the page descended from Sir Ralph De Dalling of Wood Dalling (son of Tyrus or Turold de Dalling of Wood Dalling) and identifies the family shown immediately below as "the senior branch of the family". We do not know how the branches were connected so we show them separately. Visitation starts with

• John Dalling alias Bulwer of Wood Dalling m. Margaret Smyth (dau of John Smyth)

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• https://www.wooddalling.com/more-info
• History and Antiquities of the County of Norfolk. ... By Mostyn John Armstrong. Page 133-134. <GoogleBooks>
• https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/l/a/w/Peggy-Lawson-TX/WEBSITE-0001/UH...
• https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C9693293
• https://www.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-hist-norfolk/vol8/p...
• https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/l/a/w/Peggy-Lawson-TX/WEBSITE-0001/UH...
• http://www.norfolkmills.co.uk/Watermills/wood-dalling.html
• https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/l/a/w/Peggy-Lawson-TX/WEBSITE-0001/UH...
• https://www.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-hist-norfolk/vol8/p...
• https://www.wooddalling.com/more-info
• https://binhampriory.org/history-2/historical-notes/ Binham Priory was founded as a cell of St Albans Abbey in 1091 by Peter de Valoines.
• https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/l/a/w/Peggy-Lawson-TX/WEBSITE-0001/UH...