These are just some of the horrifying things that they used to do as punishments
Judas Cradle: This torture device would make you sit there for many days. Your legs would be tied together and if you struggled or moved you would be impaled by the spike.
Coffin Torture: The victim who was dubbed by this torture would be place/ forced to stand in there with very little food and very little water. Sometimes they would be placed in the coffin outside so everyone could see the victim.
Scold's Bridle: The Torture would see the victim have this mask placed on there face if the victim spoke they would be in sever pain. Usually the mouth piece was covered in spikes.
Rack Torture: This torture would see the victim placed on the would with there arms and legs connected to ropes. These ropes would be pulled on so there arms and legs were either dislocated or broken.
Head Crusher: This torture would see the victims head placed underneath the plunger. The plunger would be pushed down on and the victims head would be crushed.
Pear of Anguish: The torture would see the victim have this pear put in there jaw. While it was in your jaw it would be slowly opened eventually breaking your jaw.
The torture would see the victim sat in this chair. Not only could you not move this chair had spikes all over it so you would be penetrated by spikes.
Iron Maiden: This torture is argued about if it existed or not. If it did exist thought the victim would be tied inside then the doors would be shut and many vital organs would be penetrated, some times it would take days to kill
Pillory Torture: This torture was not about harming the victim but about humiliating them. Depending what they were in there for sometimes this torture could last weeks.
Crocodile Shears: This torture would be proceeded on any victim who tried to assassinate the king. Ligaments would simply be sheared off.