The Depot for Prisoners of War at Norman Cross, Huntingdonshire. 1796 to 1816Walker, Thomas (Thomas James)
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The Depot for Prisoners of War at Norman Cross, Huntingdonshire. 1796 to 1816
Walker, Thomas (Thomas James)
France -- History -- 1789-1815; Norman Cross depot; Prisoners of war
Roelans, Mary, marriage to Joseph Little, 207, 208
“Romans” of Dartmoor Prison, 111, 112–123
Rose, Lucy, marriage with C. P. Vanderaa, 207
Rose, Nancy, marriage with Antoni Staring, 207–208
Roubillard, Jean, trial for forgery, 66–67
Ruddle, Dan, purchase of block of Norman Cross Prison, 23, 37
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Salmon du Chattelier, C. L. de, formerly Vicar-General of the Diocese of
Mans, 179
Salvert, M., marriage with Helen Govstry, 216
Sands, H. B., proposal to erect monument at Norman Cross, 174
Sands, Mrs., 139
Sarrazin, Jean:
Career, 85–86
Refutation of statements made by Pillet, 85–86
Savary, M., French surgeon at Norman Cross, 77–78
Schank, John, Transport Commissioner, 7
Seamen, British:
Conduct as prisoners of war, 237–238
Efforts to induce prisoners to enter French service, 234
Serle (Searle), Ambrose:
Appointed Transport Commissioner, 7
Correspondence and report on treatment of prisoners, 100, 127, 152,
275–284
Sievwright, William, on illicit straw-plait trade, 144
Sissinghurst Prison, 109
Sixtieth Foot (60th): _See_ King’s Royal Rifle Corps
Sixtieth Royal Americans: _See_ King’s Royal Rifle Corps
Sleigh, _History of Leek_, on parole prisoners, 215–217
Smith, Captain Sir Sidney, efforts to obtain release, 79, 195, 273
Snow, Elizabeth, marriage with Jean Habart, 209–219
Spilsbury, Sarah, marriage with Joseph Vattel, 216
Squire, Thomas, agent for supervision of parole prisoners, 49–50, 193
Stapleton Prison, prisoners of war sent to, 246
Staring, Antoni, marriage with Nancy Rose, 207–208
Stephenson, General, inquiry into condition of prisoners, 123
Stilton cheese, origin of name, 34
_Story of Dartmoor Prison_, quoted, xiii., 65–66, 112–123, 253
Straw hats and bonnets, illicit trade by prisoners, 133–145
Straw marquetry: _See_ Marquetry work
Straw plait:
Manufacture by prisoners, 134–145, 302–319
Splitter machine invented by prisoners of war, 138–139
“Straw-plait hunts” described by Borrow, 34, 137, 143
Strazynski, Captain A., escape and recapture, 194–195
Strong, Archdeacon, 22, 127
_Stuyver_, privateer, capture, 53
Suicides, large number, 159
Sunday trading at Norman Cross Prison, 98–99
Swinburne, Mr., agent for British Government in France, 57
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_Tableau de la Grande-Bretagne_, by Jean Sarrazin, 85
_Tartuffe_, _La_, frigate, capture, 51
Taylor, A. C, 128
Thesiger, Captain, agent for prisoners of war, 247
Thomson, Basil:
Indebtedness to, acknowledged, xiii.
_Story of Dartmoor Prison_, quoted, 65–66, 111, 112–123, 253
Thornhill, Cooper, sale of Stilton cheese, 34
Thorpe, John T., on Masonic Lodges of prisoners, 204–205
Todd, William, store-clerk at Norman Cross, 59, 247, 262
Tong, Pierre Marie, release of, 198–199
Toufflet, Jean, marriage, 216
Trafalgar, battle of, 129
Transport Office:
Creation and duties, 6, 37–38
Prisoners’ traffic in obscene articles reported to, 148
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