sentences:  Sir Rupert George was responsible for the "care and custody" of the French prisoners.Most of the men held in the prison were low-ranking soldiers and sailors, including midshipmen and junior officers, with a small number of privateers.About 100 senior officers and some civilians "of good social standing", mainly passengers on captured ships and the wives of some officers, were given "parole d'honneur" outside the prison, mainly in Peterborough although some as far away as Northampton, Plymouth, Melrose and Abergavenny.