Complex sentence: Thomas Gardiner (fl.1507-1542), was a monk of Westminster Abbey who wrote a chronicle of English history from Brutus of Britain to the seventh year of Henry VIII, entitled "The Flowers of England".
Split into simpler sentences: Thomas Gardiner (fl.1507-1542), was a monk of Westminster Abbey. He wrote a chronicle of English history from Brutus of Britain to the seventh year of Henry VIII, entitled "The Flowers of England".