Abercrombie, Sir Ralph, prisoners of war sent home, 19
Admiral de Vries, ship, capture, 51
Akin, H., on horn work of prisoners, 131
Aligre, M. d’, referred to, 294
Alison, Sir Archibald:
British mode of obtaining supplies in war, 82
Perth Depot for French prisoners, 146
Alkmaar Cartel, references to, 52, 54
Amiens, treaty of, 1802:
Release of prisoners of war under, 240–242
Terms, 241
Ashby-de-la-Zouch, depot for parole prisoners, 205
Baker, Captain, agent for prisoners of war, 247
Banks, Sir Joseph, reference to, 236
Baptismal register at Peterborough, 59
Barracks, sum allotted for building (1793), 8, 9
Bartin, M., parole prisoner, 216
Bathorse, meaning of term, 28
Batman, meaning of term, 28
Batrille, Bernard, personated by Le Fevre, 220–221
Beathand, General, report on construction of Norman Cross Prison, 13
Beef, rations allowed, 69
Bell, Mr., schoolmaster of Oundle, on attempt of a prisoner to escape, 161
Bitche, fortress of, prisoners of war sent to dungeons, 234
Black Hole at Norman Cross, 24, 64, 162
Bone work by prisoners, 130–131
Borrow, George:
Description of Norman Cross Prison, 32–34
Journey across the Fens described, 41–42
Statement respecting prisoners’ food, 33, 71
“Straw-plait hunts” mentioned, 34, 137, 143–144
Borrow, Thomas, at Norman Cross, 143
Bourchier, Charles François Marie, hanged at Norman Cross, 67
Bourde, Captain, release, 198
Bradley, Rev. E., on illicit trade in straw plaits, 135
Brassey, H. L. C., M.P., reference to, 139
British Queen, transport ship, mutiny of prisoners, 49
Brown, Rev. Arthur, romance on Norman Cross prisoners, 28, 180–181, 185
Brown, Rev. E. H., information on Norman Cross prisoners, 176
Brunet, General, parole prisoner, 216
Burral, Major General Sir Harry, exchange of, 85
Camperdown, battle of, 51
Cane, Dr. L., reference to, 132
Capitole, at Dartmoor Prison, 113–121
Careney, Prince de, refutation of Pillet’s accusations as to British treatment of prisoners, 86–88
Cartel, meaning of term, 52
Carysfort, Lord, sale of site for Norman Cross Prison, 9
Caussade, de la Vauguyon, Prince de Carency: See Carency, Prince de
Cawdor, Lord, reference to, 156
Cemetery at Norman Cross, 173–176
Charretie, M., commissioner for France:
Appointment, 56–57
Correspondence on maintenance of prisoners of war, 75–79, 166, 273
Release of British seamen without exchange, 229
Chartiée, Louis, name carved on block, 132, 147
Chatelin, M., French surgeon at Norman Cross, 77–78
Chouquet, M., marriage, 216
Christian, Sir Hugh Cloberry, transport commissioner, 7
Clothing:
British prisoners in France, 238
Correspondence with French government relative to provision of, for prisoners, 75–88, 108–109, 272–285
Uniform provided by British Government, 73
Coeymans, Albertus, marriage with Ann Whitwell, 206
Cooke, Arthur, picture of plait merchants and French prisoners, 135–136
Coquille, La, frigate, capture, 51
Corn, prisoner, name on a silk holder, 97
Cotes, Captain, British agent in Paris, correspondence relative to treatment of prisoners of war, 80, 81, 109, 271–272, 281
Cotgrave, Captain, agent at Dartmoor, treatment of the “Romans,” 116–117, 121–123
Cox, Colonel, effort to effect exchange, 198
Craig, Mr., inspection of Norman Cross Prison, 16
Cramer, Jan, escape, 158
Dack, C., curator, references to, 128, 130, 132
Dartmoor Prison:
Account of the “Romans,” 111, 112–123
Chapel built by prisoners, 125
Cheerfulness of prisoners, 109
Date of construction, 1
Granite used for, 12–13
Health of prisoners, 167
Numbers at, in 1811, 286
Records of the “Cachot” quoted, 65–66
Tragic suicide of a prisoner in 1814, 253
David, Jean Baptiste:
Engaged in illicit trade, 141, 183, 184–185, 187, 188
Passport of, 310–311
Davis, Rev. Father A. H., on Sunday trading at Norman Cross Prison, 99
Davis, Rev. Father Robert A., reference to, 19
Davis, History of Luton, on straw plait industry, 138
Decourbes, Captain, duel with Captain Robert, 216–217
Delafons, John, appointed agent, and instructions to, 38–40, 44
De Lancey, General, defalcations and inquiry into, x.–xii., 9
De la Porte, Jean: See La Porte, Jean de
Delapoux, John Andrew:
Appointment at Norman Cross, 59, 247
Baptism of children, 178–179
Marriage register, 59
Denmark:
British prisoners of war in, reference to, 238
Prisoners of war in England, 249
Dent, Challoner, storekeeper at Norman Cross, 49
Deschamps, Nicholas, trial for forgery, 66–67
Devoust, Lieut., parole prisoner, 216
De Winter, Admiral, defeat of Camperdown, 51
Dobee, Joseph, Captain of La Sophie, parole prisoner, 215
Draper, Captain John, R.N.:
Agent at Norman Cross, 38
Humane treatment of prisoners, 143–144
Drummond, Hugh, baptism of son, 179
Du Chattelier, Charles Lewis de Salmon: See Salmon du Chattelier
Duels:
Frequency, 159
Record of those at Verdun, 315, 320, 327
Duncan, Admiral, battle of Camperdown, 51
Dundas, Mr., Secretary of State, prisoners of war controversy with France, 71, 80, 109
Dussage, Pierre, assumed name of Nazarean, 195
Dutch prisoners of war:
English service joined by, 55
Good conduct of, 107
Marriages to English girls, 206–209
Number in England, 203
Parole prisoners at Peterborough, 194
Registers at Norman Cross, 268
Sent to Norman Cross, 51
Ennis, Lieutenant Peter, 49
Entente Cordiale, L’, proposal of association to erect monument at Norman Cross, 174
Exchange of prisoners:
Failure of negotiations, 217–222
Punishment by deprivation of chance, 64
Fearnall, William, report on Norman Cross Prison, 18, 26, 126, 259–264
Felix, Colonel, parole prisoner, 216
Fens, the waterways the cheapest mode of transport, 41–42
Fitzwilliam, George Wentworth, 181–182
Fitzwilliam, William, Fourth Earl:
Correspondence with and relative to the Bishop of Moulins, 141, 180, 181–187, 291–311
Yorkshire election of 1807, 182–183
Folksworth, village, residence at, of wives of soldiers, 175
Fontaine, Vincent, death certificate, 172
Food:
Contracts for and rations allowed, 69–72
Correspondence with French Government on provision of, for prisoners of war, 270–285
Cost to the country of providing, 68–69
Diet allowed to British prisoners in France, 234, 237
Hospital diet, 169–179
Insufficiency of rations complained of, 270–285
Prices in 1797, 19
Prisoners’ committee of inspection, 63, 72
Punishment by reduction of rations, 64
Sale of rations, and measures to prevent, 121–123
Specifications for quality for Norman Cross Prison, 43
Forbes, James, prisoner at Verdun, 236
Forbes, J. Macbeth, on forgery by prisoners, 147
Forby, Rev. Robert, description of Norman Cross Prison, 34–35
Forgery of banknotes by prisoners, 145, 147–148
Foulley, French prisoner, model of Norman Cross Prison, 19–20, 91, 251
Fowkes, Mr., references to, 182, 183
France:
Correspondence with British Government relative to prisoners of war, 73–88, 108–109, 270–285
Exchange of prisoners, failure of negotiations, 217–222
Treaty of Amiens and return of prisoners of war, 239–242
War of 1793, cost to England, 2
See also Norman Cross Prison and Prisoners of War
Franey, Mr., house at Norman Cross, 31
Freemasons, Masonic Lodges of prisoners of war, 204–205
Gallois, M., appointment as French agent, 79
Gambling, misery and evil from, 95–96, 107–111, 113–123, 276, 280–282, 283, 285
Garden, Count Guillaume de, on treaty of Amiens, 245
Gardiner, William, clerk at Norman Cross, 247, 262
George, Sir Rupert:
Appointment as Transport Commissioner, 7
Correspondence on maintenance and treatment of prisoners, 275–282
Correspondence relative to the Bishop of Moulins, 141–143, 302–303, 309
Letter on manufacture of straw plait, 134–135
Godfrov, prisoner of war, 97
Godwin, Rev. G. N.:
On the Bishop of Moulins, 181, 185
Reference to, 241
Gourny, Jacques, prisoner of war, 97
Govstry, Helen, marriage with M. Salvert, 216
Gower, Captain, prisoner of war, 235
Grieg, M., artistic work, 97