High-status prisoners could live in conditions comparable to those they might expect outside; one such example was that while Walter Raleigh was held in the Tower his rooms were altered to accommodate his family, including his son who was born there in 1605.
Deținuții de vază puteau trăi în condiții comparabile cu cele din libertate; un astfel de exemplu a fost Walter Raleigh, pentru care au fost modificate încăperi pentru a-i găzdui familia, inclusiv pe fiul care s-a născut acolo în 1605.