Additional Punishments in Elizabethan England
Jails:
"Here from Verona art thou banished.
Be patient, for the world is broad and wide.
There is no world without Verona walls,
But purgatory, torture, hell itself.
Hence banished is banished from the world,
And worlds's exile is death. Then "banished,"
is death mistermed. Calling death "banished,"
Thou cut'st my head off with a golden ax
And smilest upon the stroke that murders me."
--The Friar and Romeo, Act 3, Scene 3, Lines 15-23
Fines:
Other punishments in Elizabethan England that did not include torture, but sometimes the victim of the torture had to pay large fines. Some times a criminal would have o pay large fines just fo the crime they commited as a punishemnt instead of anything else. ("Torture in the Tower of London, 1597").
The Death Sentence:
People who committed crimes, such as treason, heresy witchcraft, murder and other serious crimes would face a death sentence. Those found guilty were beheaded, burned at the stake, hanged, or killed in other strange and brutal ways, often in front of a crowd. Executions were not uncommon.
- Punishments most often did not include jail time, because jails were expensive to keep up. Punishments often included fines for less severe crimes and torture for worse crimes. Jails were used merely as holding cells until a trial could be held or until the punishment could be carried out.
- In some cases if the crime committed was not serious enough for death or torture, the criminal would br banished or sent away for life. If they return they face pain of death. banishment was usually very rare and there were few times it was actually used.
"Here from Verona art thou banished.
Be patient, for the world is broad and wide.
There is no world without Verona walls,
But purgatory, torture, hell itself.
Hence banished is banished from the world,
And worlds's exile is death. Then "banished,"
is death mistermed. Calling death "banished,"
Thou cut'st my head off with a golden ax
And smilest upon the stroke that murders me."
--The Friar and Romeo, Act 3, Scene 3, Lines 15-23
Fines:
Other punishments in Elizabethan England that did not include torture, but sometimes the victim of the torture had to pay large fines. Some times a criminal would have o pay large fines just fo the crime they commited as a punishemnt instead of anything else. ("Torture in the Tower of London, 1597").
The Death Sentence:
People who committed crimes, such as treason, heresy witchcraft, murder and other serious crimes would face a death sentence. Those found guilty were beheaded, burned at the stake, hanged, or killed in other strange and brutal ways, often in front of a crowd. Executions were not uncommon.