Complex sentence: Alard Banastre (fl.1174), was Sheriff of Oxfordshire under Henry II in 1174 and 1176, and in this capacity was appointed, in company with the constable of Oxford, to fix the tallages and assizes on the king's demesnes in that county.
Split into simpler sentences: Alard Banastre (fl.1174), was Sheriff of Oxfordshire under Henry II in 1174 and 1176. In this capacity, Banastre was appointed, in company with the constable of Oxford, to fix the tallages and assizes on the king's demesnes in that county.