I was reading an account of William Prynne, who twice nearly died while suffering judicial punishment for his Puritan activity. His books were burned and he almost suffocated on the smoke, and then his ears, which had already been cropped, were cropped again, leading to severe blood loss. (Both of these are cited in Michael Braddick's God's Fury, England's Fire.)

If he had died in either case, would those carrying out the punishment have been considered liable or punished in any way? More generally, in an age where corporal punishment was frequently used, was inflicting accidental death ever legally punished?