sentences:  The declining health of the priory, related more generally to the declining fortunes of monasteries in Scotland in the 15th century, led James IV of Scotland to seek its reincorporation into Holyrood Abbey.This only led to a kinsman of the abbot of Holyrood becoming Prior of St Mary's Isle.In the 16th century control of the priory was secularized and held by a series of Commendators.