The Prior often complained of poverty and due to the occupation of its lands and distraction of its buildings, the priory and related convent fell into hard times, causing the Archbishop of Dublin to relax the proxies they were required to pay.
[5] The writ was never repealed, however, it seems that it was not long obeyed; a number of the subsequent abbots and church officers have Irish names.
[4] After the campaign of 1394 by Richard II, the prior was granted a charter stating "We concede and confirm for ever to have and to hole him and his successors, all the aforementioned manors, lands, tenements, rents, services, and other possessions, spiritual and temporal, together with liberties, franchises, privileges, and customs which they and their predecessors were accustomed as of right and use to enjoy".
In 1488, Sir Richard Edgcumbe stayed at the priory in his efforts to secure oaths of allegiance to Henry VII in the face of Lambert Simnel’s claim to the English throne.
[4] On 4 February 1539, the buildings and lands were granted, for a Crown head rent of 4 pounds, 3 shillings and a halfpenny, to the mayor and corporation of Dublin[1] on behalf of the citizens.
The landing stage, at a place called the "Long stone" of the Steine, was located north of the priory near the present day Pearse Street Garda Station.