Tudor Life : Torture

Question 1

What was The Rack

Answer 1

Prisoners stretched for hours until joints were dislocated and tendons and ligaments ripped

Question 2

What was the press

Answer 2

Prisoner lay under wooden boards. Heavy stones were placed on top until they confessed

Question 3

What was the Spanish Donkey

Answer 3

Prisoners sat on a wooden horse with weights attached to their legs

Question 4

What was the Judas Cradle

Answer 4

Prisoner was hung above a cone pyramid and the sharp tip of the cone was forced in between the prisoners legs

Question 5

What was the Scottish Boot

Answer 5

Prisoners foot was placed in a heavy metal boot and wooden wedges hammered down the side until the legs and anklebones were crushed

Question 6

What was the Skeffington’s Irons

Answer 6

The prisoners head was strapped to the top. Hands at midpoint and legs at the lower end of a Frame so the body was compressed in a very uncomfortable position until their back was broken