However, this is different with Nobles since they are well-educated, wealthy, associated with Royalty and high members of the clergy (members of the church) but they still face punishments. If they committed High Treason, Blasphemy, Sedition, Spying, Rebellion, Murder, Witchcraft, and Alchemy they would face consequences. But before you would get tortured  you must go through a trial however, "A Defendant's chances in receiving any acquittal in court are extremely slim. Trials were designed in the favour of the prosecutors and defendants accused any of the above crimes were not even allowed legal counsel.” (http://www.william-shakespeare.info/elizabethan-crime-punishment.htm)

     A few torture devices that were used are the Iron Boot (which is a  Spanish boot that has an iron casing for the leg and foot. Wood or iron wedges were hammered in between the casing and the victim's flesh.)  , The Pillory (a device made of a wooden or metal framework erected on a post, with holes for securing the head and hands.), The Scavenger's Daughter ( It was an A-frame shaped metal rack; the head was strapped to the top point of the A, the hands at the midpoint, and the legs at the lower spread ends. The frame could fold, swinging the head down and forcing the knees up into a sitting position, compressing the body so as to force the blood from the nose and ears.),The Iron Maiden (a coffin that has full of spikes where the victim goes inside and get poked to death) ,The Gossip's Bridle(or otherwise known as Brank it was a device that has an iron muzzle in an iron framework that enclosed the head.) ,The Rack ( a device that pulls the victim's arms and legs apart.),The Bastinado (was more of a foot whipping than an actual death device since its suppose to inflict pain not kill the person.) and The Jougs (an iron collar which is fasten around a person which is used for humiliation.) All these torture devices varies between executioner's mood or what the higher ups would like to use them on. Sometimes ”Executioners showed mercy to their victims by placing gunpowder at the base of the stake which helped the victims to a swifter, and less painful, death.” (http://www.william-shakespeare.info/elizabethan-crime-punishment.htm). 

Sources:
Elizabethan Crime and Punishments
http://www.william-shakespeare.info/elizabethan-crime-punishment.htm. Accessed 25 April, 2019

Crime and punishment in Elizabethan 

Accessed 25 April, 2019 

An Nguyen