 Ranulf died on 5 September 1128 . He was buried in his chapter house in Durham , where his tomb was opened in 1874 . His skeleton is still extant , and examination of it reveals that he would have been about 5 ft 9 in ( 1 @.@ 75 m ) tall . He was fond of clothes and was always richly dressed . While he was efficient in collecting the royal revenues , he was generous to his own men , and later in life gave liberally to the poor . His crozier and signet ring were found in his grave , and they were rather plain . An oddity of his grave was that he was buried on top of a layer of charcoal that was laid over alternating layers of lime and dirt . 
