ated ▁style , ▁and ▁is ▁thought ▁to ▁have ▁fallen ▁into ▁ru in ▁before ▁the ▁D iss ol ution ▁of ▁the ▁pri ory ▁in ▁ 1 5 3 9 ▁due ▁to ▁struct ural ▁failure ▁caused ▁by ▁poor ▁found ations . ▁ ▁The ▁body ▁was ▁found ▁buried ▁in ▁a ▁wooden ▁coff in , ▁wrapped ▁in ▁lead ▁sheet . ▁Despite ▁the ▁lead ▁sheet ▁being ▁dam aged ▁at ▁the ▁foot ▁end , ▁the ▁body ▁was ▁in ▁a ▁remarkable ▁state ▁of ▁pres ervation . ▁The ▁body ▁was ▁wrapped ▁in ▁two ▁shr oud s , ▁which ▁are ▁on ▁display ▁in ▁the ▁pri ory . ▁Since ▁the ▁body ' s ▁identity ▁was ▁unknown , ▁he ▁was ▁dub bed ▁" St ▁Be es ▁Man ". ▁ ▁The ▁coff in ▁and ▁contents ▁were ▁exam ined ▁for ens ically ▁over ▁the ▁following ▁week . ▁The ▁body ▁was ▁reported ▁to ▁exhib it ▁p ink ▁skin ▁and ▁visible ▁ir ises ▁immediately ▁after ▁being ▁ex hum ed . ▁An ▁aut ops y ▁performed ▁on ▁the ▁body ▁shortly ▁after ▁its ▁discovery ▁indicated ▁that ▁the ▁cause ▁of ▁death ▁was ▁most ▁likely ▁a ▁ha em oth or ax ▁caused ▁by ▁a ▁direct ▁blow ▁to ▁the ▁tor so . ▁ ▁Although ▁the ▁body ▁was ▁about ▁ 6 0 0 ▁years ▁old , ▁his ▁n ails , ▁skin ▁and ▁st om ach ▁contents ▁were ▁found ▁to ▁be ▁in ▁near - per fect ▁condition . ▁The ▁lead ▁sheet ▁in ▁which ▁the ▁body ▁was ▁wrapped ▁ex cluded ▁mo ist ure ▁whilst ▁the ▁be es w ax ▁co ating ▁of ▁the ▁shr oud ▁ex