 With the reformation and the end of monastic services, the east end of the abbey church became redundant.In 1569, Adam Bothwell, the commendator of Holyrood, informed the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland that the east end was in such a state of disrepair that the choir and transept should be demolished.This was done the following year, retaining only the nave, which by then was serving as the parish church of the burgh of Canongate.