ENGLAND: THE OTHER WITHIN

Analysing the English Collections at the Pitt Rivers Museum

Explore the database of all the people associated with the Pitt Rivers English collections. This gives information about their lives; their education, careers, place of residence, and their network of friends and colleagues. Select the first letter of their surname from the list below.

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Individual's Details

John Nicholes I or II

Career Manufacturer

Biography Gunmakers and mayors of Oxford [Alison Petch [as part of 'The Other Within' project 2006-9] 01/05/2007] Most likely to be the II especially if purchased by James Woodforde as he was only in Oxford post 1750, note that the name can be spelt a variety of ways

Biography References http://www.headington.org.uk/oxon/mayors/1714_1835/nicholes_john_2_1752.htm / http://www.headington.org.uk/oxon/mayors/1714_1835/nicholes_john1_1719_1731.htm

County Oxfordshire

Relationship Maker

Archaeological or Ethnographic Ethnography

Collected around 1911

Date made around ?1750-1785

Dates active I ?-1750, II 1703-1785

Donated around 1911

English collections Pair of flint-lock pistols by Nicholes of Oxford, with steel wrench for turning the barrels.

Oxford Uni Education No

Oxford based Yes

Date in Oxford 1703-1785

English collection size 3

Connections F.C. Woodforde possibly Francis Cardew Woodforde