Complex sentence: Like the miniaturist Nicholas Hilliard, who had begun three years earlier, Peake trained as an apprentice of the Goldsmiths Company in London, starting on 30 April 1565 under Laurence Woodham, Edmond, "Hilliard & Oliver", 153.
Split into simpler sentences: Like the miniaturist Nicholas Hilliard three years earlier, Peake was apprenticed to the Goldsmiths Company in London. He began his training on 30 April 1565 under Laurence Woodham, Edmond, "Hilliard & Oliver", 153.