Nicholas the Bowman (fl. 1086) (or "Nicholas the Gunner", Latin: Nicolaus Balistarius or Archibalistarius), also known as Nicholas de la Pole, was a servant of King William the Conqueror (1066-1087) and was one of that king's Devon Domesday Book tenants-in-chief. He was also a tenant-in-chief in Warwickshire 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.