sentences:  The Prior of St Mary's Isle, like others, had a seat in Parliament, Robert Strivelin being the last prior.After his death Robert Richardson, was presented to the Priory on 30 March 1538, sat, as a vacant benefice until an incumbent was provided, in the Parliament of 1560.The declared rental at the general assumption of 1561 represents that the Priory was worth £235.4.4.