Nicholas the Bowman (fl. 1086) (or "Nicholas the Gunner", Latin: Nicolaus Balistarius or Archibalistarius), also known as Nicholas de la Pole,[1] was a servant of King William the Conqueror (1066-1087) and was one of that king's Devon Domesday Book tenants-in-chief.[2] He was also a tenant-in-chief in Warwickshire[3] and at some time between 1095 and 1100 he exchanged his manor of Ailstone in Warwickshire for the manor of Plymtree in Devon, held by St Peter's Abbey, Gloucester.[4]