… Image Thomas Rowlandson, 'Bodmin Cornwall: French Prisoners on Parole', Yale Center for British Art, B1975.3.145, 1795. Image 'Certificate of Prisoner of War on parole at Montgomery', Powysland Museum & Montgomery … Isles. Paroled, sometimes for many years, these captives organised social functions, created theatre productions and started Masonic lodges with their British hosts. They became a familiar presence in many communities across Britain and the … the 1790s, where French men of rank socialised with the Bonham family. Their use of the Bonham’s library and the taking part in convivial dinners were cultural activities shared by both French and British men of rank. 5 In Selkirk (Scotland) …