Unable to complete the building work due to his "secular employments", following the advice of Lanfranc, Archbishop of Canterbury, he handed the priory to the Abbot of St Albans Abbey.

In return for his gift, Robert de Todeni was buried within the priory's chapter house and the monks were to pray for his soul.

It did, however, attract gifts and patronage; many of those making donations were, similar to its founder, buried within the priory's church or chapter house.

[1] The priory's small size meant it struggled to support itself and was frequently in debt and facing poverty.

[1] Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland preserved "the monumental remains of his ancestors, by transferring them chiefly to Bottesford", from Belvoir and Croxton Abbey.