The fire blazed and roared, and the man who lay in its rosy glare raved on, crying out now and then at the top of his voice; but on that night of all nights, of all years, light and voice drew no savage band to put out the one and silence the other for ever.
— from By order of the company by Mary Johnston

343 INDEX 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 Beer, rations allowed, 69 , 72 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 p. 344 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 Forging of name, 132 , 147 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,
— from The Depot for Prisoners of War at Norman Cross, Huntingdonshire. 1796 to 1816 by Thomas (Thomas James) Walker

The fire blazed and roared, and the man who lay in its rosy glare raved on, crying out now and then at the top of his voice; but on that night of all nights, of all years, light and voice drew no savage band to put out the one and silence the other forever.
— from To Have and to Hold by Mary Johnston