Complex sentence: This uncle was able to obtain for Richard the help of another Devonian, John Jewel, bishop of Salisbury, and was accepted to Corpus Christi College, Oxford, where he became a fellow of the society in 1577.
Split into simpler sentences: This uncle was able to obtain for Richard the help of another Devonian, John Jewel, bishop of Salisbury. The bishop saw to it that Richard was accepted to Corpus Christi College, Oxford, where he became a fellow of the society in 1577.